Adventure Time ornament tutorial 1

Materials: pattern, fabric scissors, felt colors (red not shown)

 

TOOLS: Starred items are optional but helpful :)

Pattern printou

tScissors (nice and sharp! It's a good idea to have separate scissors for paper and fabric.)

Small scissors: for cutting details*

Straight pins

Stuffing (lots of different kinds out there, they'll all do the trick.)

Tweezers or small locking forceps* (not too pointy is best): to make stuffing easier

Hole punch* (for Finn's eyes)

Fabri-Tac glue*: to hold pieces in place while they're being sewn

 

MATERIALS:

Felt:

For Finn: white, black, red

For Jake: mustard yellow (something between orange and yellow), white, black, red(

Note about felt: I use wool or wool/acrylic blend felt for details, and acrylic for large pieces. Wool comes in fewer colors and the white is generally more cream, but it's thicker and denser so it's easier to cut precisely.)

Ribbon or yarn: for making hanging loop

Thread:

For Finn: white, black, red

For Jake: yellow/orange/mustard, white, black, red

 

1. Gather up all your materials. It's best to do this first so you don't have to run around later! You need a clear space too since you'll be working with some very small bits.

2. Print out the pattern and identify your pattern pieces. You don't have to use the highest quality setting, you'll be cutting it up anyway. The pictures of Finn and Jake at the top are for reference, so you know where each piece goes. Below that is the exact same image, broken up into each piece you need to cut out. If the piece says x2 on it, you'll need to cut it twice. If it says nothing, you only need one.

3. Cut out the pattern pieces you need, as precisely as you can. You should cut on the outside of the gray line, both when cutting out the pattern, and the fabric. Pin larger pieces to your fabric if you like. It doesn't work well on small pieces, though. These you can just hold in place by pinching between your thumb and index finger of the hand you're not using to cut.

 

(pattern hadn't been sized properly when I printed mine, fear not, I fixed it)

Done