CINPIUK 12 Set Felt Bees for Crafts, Wool Felt Bumble Bee Plush for Tiered Tray Decoration Party Favors DIY Craft Jewelry Accessory

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Once your bee body is formed to your satisfaction pull off a fine length of orange wool and roll it slightly between your hands into a long thin sausage shape. Cut a length of sewing thread and tie it around your cone. The thread will fit easily into the gaps of the cone so that it is not visible going round. Stab the wool to make it hold that oval shape. Stabbing with the needle more deeply will make more of a dent in the wool, while stabbing lightly will just affect the surface. The more you stab, the firmer and smaller your bee will be. To tidy any straggling loose threads of wool and smooth up the surface stab at an angle along the body so the needle just pierces along the surface. This will smooth the surface without shrinking the overall shape as much.

Pin the ABDOMEN PIECES (with the fabric right sides together) at the end dart, matching points L and sew the end dart closed. Cut around the sewing line with a 3mm(¼ inch) seam allowance. Clip the seam allowance, especially where it is very curved then turn the FEELER PIECES right sides out. Use a fabric pen, or tailor’s chalk to draw where to sew the topstitch lines on the WINGS, using the pattern markings to guide you. Use (paper) scissors to cut out the shape of the EYES in the template for the FACE PIECE so you can transfer the eye position markings onto the RIGHT SIDE of the fabric of the FACE PIECES. Pin the LEGS to the THORAX 2 PIECES using the pattern markings to guide you and sew them in position with a 3mm(⅛inch) seam allowance.

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There are loads of good vendors that sell wool and needles, I have included links to the ones I buy from, but there are plenty more, just buy from a shop specifically for needle felting. A lot of kits sold by art shops that are supposed to be for needle felting really are not fit for purpose.

Bees are very versatile; I add the small ones to other sculptures, I add a pin to make them into cute brooches, add a wire and they fly over your plants, add a magnet and they decorate your fridge. Pull the LEGS out of the Bee’s body, pin the ABDOMEN PIECES closed (so the LEGS are on the outside of the body) and sew from H – K. Pin the ARMS to the FACE PIECES using the pattern markings to guide you… and sew them in position with a 3mm(⅛inch) seam allowance.

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TIP: Do not sew the ABDOMEN PIECES from H and K. We need to leave the PIECES open at the top so it’s easier to sew them together with the ARMS and LEGS in TIP: You can make the WINGS removable by using velcro to attach them! Your Bumble Bee is ready to LOVE! Come join the fun on Facebook!

I made this photo tutorial so you can see how to sew my Bee Pattern ~> scroll down for step-by-step photos!Fold the LEGS PIECES, as shown on the pattern markings, so that the seams are together in the centre and pin them closed at the top. (This is so that the feet will face forwards.)