Tutorial: Felt Pinwheels
03rd
2011
Last year I threw a carnival themed baby shower for a dear friend. I remembered making paper pinwheels when I was younger and thought a bunch of them in a mason jar would be the perfect centerpiece! I decided to use felt since I just have so much of it on hand and they turned out SO cute. I’m finally getting around to sharing the how-to… enjoy!
Supplies:
- Two colors of felt
- Beads, buttons, other misc. findings to use for the center
- A small round object to use as a template for a circle (I grabbed a pinch bowl from my kitchen)
- Pen
- Scissors
- Needle & thread
Use your pen and bowl (or whatever) to trace two circles on the felt, one of each color.
Cut out the circles.
This step is optional, but it makes the finished pinwheel look nice and crisp: Glue the two pieces of felt together, using just a small amount and preferably near the edge of the circles. This will keep the felt from lifting and pulling apart. Don’t put the glue right in the center or it’ll cause you problems later when sewing the center.
Cut notches in the two circles to make an “X”. They should measure about a third of the circle’s diameter.
Using the two photos above as a guide, fold the corners with the pink dots to the center.
Use a needle and thread to stitch the corners down (or use glue… I’m sure that would work just fine) and sew a cute little bead to the center. That’s it!
I glued them to wooden dowels when I was making the centerpieces, but you could also make a cardigan pin, a hair clip or headband, or string them up as a garland. HOW FLIPPING CUTE WOULD THAT BE? OMG.
awesome.
oh, and my blog is public again :)
on May 3rd, 2011 at 8:05 pm
LOVE your tutorials!
on May 3rd, 2011 at 8:14 pm
Yay! I love them. A pin would be SO cuuuuuute.
on May 3rd, 2011 at 9:55 pm
this is an ADORABLE diy post! thanks for sharing, sweet mama! i actually tried to make felt pinwheels recently and couldn’t figure out how to make the 2 layers fit together – never thought of gluing them. (-: absolutely adorable. now i want to make a pinwheel garland for poppy’s room…
hope that you, the handsome husband, your lovely girl and your new little man are all wonderful!
cheers!!!
on May 3rd, 2011 at 10:51 pm
soo cute!! :)
on May 4th, 2011 at 4:55 am
Super cute!!! I’m definitely going to have to try these out … they would make for some fun 4th of July decor!!
on May 4th, 2011 at 7:07 am
These are really cute, I love pinwheels!
on May 4th, 2011 at 12:25 pm
Those are so cute! Thanks for the steps :0) Where do you buy your felt? Cause….my store never has colors like those…mostly just bright primary colors!
on May 6th, 2011 at 7:38 am
No wonder mine looked different– I began with a square.
on May 6th, 2011 at 12:33 pm
Oh, Yay! I was making some the other day and i remembered seeing your pictures and looked them up! So cute!
on May 7th, 2011 at 3:47 pm
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on May 14th, 2011 at 9:29 am
Thank you for the fabulous tutorial… these are so cute – I have seen some mini felt ones that are glued onto picks for cupcake toppers and this tute means I now know how to whip up some for my girls birthdays!
Cheers ☺
on May 23rd, 2011 at 3:31 am
BIG PUFFY HEART LOVE! I have been racking my brain about flowers for my wedding for the fellas and this might be the ticket! Thank you so much for sharing! ox
on May 23rd, 2011 at 4:54 pm
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on May 26th, 2011 at 11:57 pm
This is really cute! Love it=) Where did you get your hot glue gun? I’ve been looking for one. All we have is a big bulky hard-to-handle!
Thanks
on June 6th, 2011 at 11:58 am
LOVE you for this Mrs Morgan! look out over on MAD for my attempts!! xx
on June 11th, 2011 at 3:07 am
very good tutorial i´m from spain barcelona.
very nice
on June 14th, 2011 at 6:44 am
Olá, fantástica essa idéia. Fiz uma postagem em meu blog sobre seus cataventos!
Grata, Dolly
on June 22nd, 2011 at 8:41 am
I’m a mom of 3 under 3 and I have to say that I enjoy your blog so VERY very much. These crafts are just the cutest and make my creative endeavors so much more productive and are great inspiration :) Thank you!
on July 5th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
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on September 16th, 2011 at 4:50 am
You have the cutest things on your blog. I predict your blog is going to end up costing me lots of cash. (Not that I’m not complaining) So many ideas swirling around in my head now!
on November 18th, 2011 at 12:27 pm
Absolutely love these. My niece would too. Making some for her birthday party.
on February 10th, 2012 at 11:06 am
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on March 18th, 2012 at 6:31 am