Felt Wall Art

This project is very easy and so much fun. Withsquares, once they are attached to each other.
the amount of color choices there are, you areMachine stitch the felt front to your back piece,
sure to have a vibrant work of art. I made oneleaving one side open, to add batting. Once you
of these for my daughters room. I went with thehave added enough batting to your liking, stitch
theme of her room and it turned out so cute.the last side. With your sewing machine, run a
This project can be a simple no sew or a morestitch around each square. Your piece should now
advance quilted look.look quilted. Hand stitch or glue the felt shapes to
For this project, you will need several felt squares.the felt squares. Stitch two pieces of ribbon to
The color and amount of the squares depend onboth top corners of your felt quilt. These ties will
what you have chosen for your project. You willallow you to hang the finished quilt.
need felt for the background and for the designFor a no sew art piece, you will need a hot glue
pieces. The amount of squares you will need,gun or a needle and thread. Craft glue will work
depends on how large you want the piece.also but takes more time to dry. You can hand
Cut any desired shapes from all the other feltstitch the felt background pieces together or over
pieces (butterflies, hearts, flowers, moons, starslap them slightly and run a bead of glue to attach
what ever theme you are going with). Lay all yourthem. Just simply glue or hand stitch the shapes
background squares out on to a large flat surfaceto the background. You could leave it as is and
and begin placing your felt cut out on top of it. It'shang it on the wall, and now you have a one of a
best to lay them out first, so you can make surekind handmade art piece. You could still achieve
they are where you want them to be.the quilted look by hot gluing the felt front to a
For the quilted look, machine sew the feltback piece. In order to get the quilted look, you
background pieces together. For the back piece,will need to hand stitch between the squares.
cut and hem a piece the same size as your felt