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How-Tuesday: Make a Felt Mushroom with My Little Mochi
Story by katiearms
Published on May 19, 2009 in How-To 		Photo by

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Myra Masuda, the brains behind My Little Mochi, knows that crafters love mushrooms. She promises that this cute little guy is easy-peasy and quick-as-a-breezy. Download the pattern and complete project instructions here. Enjoy!

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Materials:

Red and white felt scraps
Scrap of sturdy cardboard
Red and white embroidery Floss
Brown crochet thread or cord
Polyfill stuffing
White acrylic paint
Hot glue gun
Paint brush or stick with a Wide back tip
Ultra fine glitter (optional)



Instructions:

1. Transfer and cut out the pattern pieces from white and red felt and cardboard. You will need a large red felt circle, a small cardboard circle and a strip of white felt.

2. Making the stem: Tie a knot at the end of a length of white floss (I used red floss here for illustrative purposes only) and use a needle to string it through the bottom corner of one end of the white felt.

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3. Starting from the end of the felt with the floss, begin rolling the felt into a coil. Make sure to keep the end of the floss outside of the coil.

4. After you're done rolling the felt into a coil, insert the needle into the middle of the coil and out through the bottom outer corner of the felt strip.
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5. Re-insert the needle into the felt coil to stitch the end closed. After the last stitch, insert the needle back into the coil and out through the center of the coil, and tie a knot at the center to secure it in place. Set the stem on the side.
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6. Making the cap: Tie a knot at the end of a length of red floss (I used white floss here for illustrative purposes only) and sew a running stitch along the edge of the red felt circle. Pull the thread to form a little sack.
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7. Firmly stuff the sack with polyfill. Note: the more polyfill you use, the higher the cap of your mushroom will get. I used all the polyfill shown in the materials photo at the top which was a nice sized handful of polyfill.
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8. Insert the cardboard circle into the sack, over the polyfill. It's okay if some of the polyfill peeks out the sides, but try your best to keep the polyfill in place with the cardboard circle.
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9. Pull on the red floss again to tighten the red felt over the cardboard leaving a small opening of the cardboard visible. Note: the opening should be slightly smaller than the diameter of the white felt stem coil for a nice tight fit.

10. Use your needle to secure the gathers and tie a knot. Hide the thread end by reinserting the needle into the felt and out through the middle opening. Clip excess thread.
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11. Apply a dab of hot glue to the exposed cardboard on the cap.
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12. Insert the stem onto the glue on the cap at a 90 degree angle and press firmly but gently in place.
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13. Use a knitting needle (I used a bamboo skewer) to push any exposed stem edges back into the cap opening.
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14. The dots: Pour some white acrylic paint onto a paint palette and dab the back end of a wide paint brush handle into the paint. Apply the paint to the top of the stem to form dots. Depending on the type of felt you use and the look you want, you may need to apply two coats of paint for each dot.
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15. If you like, you can add a short length of brown crochet thread or cord to the top center of the cap for a hanger, but it should also be able to stand up on its own. And that's it! "All pau," as they say Hawaii. Easy right?
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I sprinkled ultra-fine glitter over the white dots while the paint was still wet for a shimmery effect, which was really hard to photograph, but looks so great in person.
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Thanks to Myra for sharing! Don't forget to head over to her blog, My Little Mochi for more fun.

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May 19, 2009 at 1:48 p.m. Ryanplz

love this!

May 19, 2009 at 1:48 p.m. JessicaPoundstone

Supercute!

May 19, 2009 at 1:51 p.m. PipocaHandmade

Too cute! Magic(al) mushrooms! Thanks for sharing.

May 19, 2009 at 1:51 p.m. adoreneko

I love working with felt.
Thank you for the cute tutorial!

May 19, 2009 at 1:53 p.m. ArtsyCraftsy2

Awww, this mushroom is so adorable! Great tutorial =]

May 19, 2009 at 1:54 p.m. gloilocksandbody

Oh my gosh ... !!!

Its so cute!

May 19, 2009 at 1:55 p.m. VintagePaperParade

Thanks for the tutorial!

May 19, 2009 at 1:55 p.m. Nishale

cute!!!!!!!!!!!!

May 19, 2009 at 1:57 p.m. ememem

Oooh, this is sugar sweet!
Thanks!

May 19, 2009 at 1:58 p.m. 4TheSparrowsNest

Red toadstool spotted mushrooms...my favorite!!!!! This is an absolutely adorable how-to.

May 19, 2009 at 2 p.m. ehmio

im obsessed with mushrooms, so cute!

May 19, 2009 at 2:01 p.m. dandelionland

Sooo cute! Thanks.

May 19, 2009 at 2:01 p.m. beadsandbits

Super-cute project! But is anyone else as surprised as me that we all loves mushrooms, gnomes, owls and acorns again???

May 19, 2009 at 2:08 p.m. CatherinetteRings

Nice ! Very cute !

May 19, 2009 at 2:11 p.m. StellaAmore

Aaaahhh these would look amazing sewn to bags/tops etc!!

May 19, 2009 at 2:12 p.m. TheSingingBird

Adorable, thanks for the tutorial! :)

May 19, 2009 at 2:13 p.m. ChelseaVanTol

this is seriously WAY cute, can't wait to try it

May 19, 2009 at 2:15 p.m. TipsyTimeMachine

Sweet! I Love that Mushroom print by Laurageorge. Mushrooms and Owls always bring back memories of my 70's childhood.

May 19, 2009 at 2:15 p.m. TheMainePain

This is darling! It brings back memories for me. My eldest son bought me the most ugly glass mushroom earrings when he was about 5 years old. Of course I wore them! This wonderful idea you have offered is really cute, so I will make one for him now. He will get a kick out of this AND its adorable!!! Thank you for sharing this = )

May 19, 2009 at 2:21 p.m. MiniMonster

Cute mushrooms...great tutorial!

May 19, 2009 at 2:22 p.m. sharonsaysoo

I want to make one this weekend!

May 19, 2009 at 2:29 p.m. doyoulovelucy

THAT IS SO CUTE!!!! It's a great accessory for my car!

May 19, 2009 at 2:33 p.m. Divanni

What a fun tutorial. Everyone needs a fun little mushroom in their life!

May 19, 2009 at 2:34 p.m. BetaBoutique

heh, I will try this out in Crafty Afternoon with my friends! Thanks alot!

May 19, 2009 at 2:34 p.m. youheartus

this is adorable

May 19, 2009 at 2:35 p.m. AForestFrolic

What a cute shroomy ;-)

May 19, 2009 at 2:37 p.m. Mattamorphis

That is a-dorable.

I am going to go design a felted dress right now

tata!

May 19, 2009 at 2:57 p.m. bluedogrose

That is frickin adorable! I want a shelf full of them.

May 19, 2009 at 3 p.m. imadeyouabeard

AGH! i love this. i want a little fleet of mushrooms for my kitchen... i'd line them up like the dancing mushrooms from Fantasia! that was the best part of that movie!

May 19, 2009 at 3:26 p.m. magpiefelts

So cute!

May 19, 2009 at 3:27 p.m. ElegantSnobbery

Ahhhh, that is sooo cute! thanks for sharing!!

May 19, 2009 at 3:27 p.m. FruteJuce

Lovely little mushroom, I like this.

May 19, 2009 at 3:36 p.m. variation

Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial! Very inspiring!

May 19, 2009 at 3:47 p.m. pinpinn

SUPER KAWAII!! Love the mini mushroom ^_^ It's super cute and looks like fun! Maybe I will make a mushroom village for my craft room window sill :lol:

May 19, 2009 at 3:52 p.m. chARiTyelise

cutie patootie!!!!

May 19, 2009 at 4:12 p.m. injeanuity

Too cute!! :)

May 19, 2009 at 4:24 p.m. Morado

Thats really sweet! Thanks :o)

May 19, 2009 at 4:29 p.m. lassandaliasdeana

qué mono!! lovely!!! thanks ;)

May 19, 2009 at 5:19 p.m. BululuStudio

This is a wonderful project for kids in summer time.

May 19, 2009 at 7:19 p.m. LittleBolshevik

love this. :) thank you so much for sharing.

May 19, 2009 at 7:41 p.m. craftsholic

very cute

May 19, 2009 at 8 p.m. WeeWoodNaturalToys

Aww, so cute!

May 19, 2009 at 8:42 p.m. notmoira

Awesome!!

May 19, 2009 at 9:13 p.m. sandali

I LOVE all the mushroom manouvres -- the 'how-to-Tuesdays' rock !!! Happy Days ;)

May 19, 2009 at 10:28 p.m. sharlzndollz

This is so gorgeous and good enough to eat even! I will have to try it out.

May 19, 2009 at 11:27 p.m. manfredmonkeys

I love it!!

May 19, 2009 at 11:38 p.m. younghairlove

my dream: a felt bed. With felt pillow, felt sheets, felt quilt, felt boyfriend...

May 19, 2009 at 11:38 p.m. younghairlove

Katie you are top cool!

May 20, 2009 at 12:38 a.m. zeropumpkin

cool i love shrooms :)

May 20, 2009 at 12:52 a.m. samanthasartstudio

You make it look so easy! :)
Thank you for sharing, he is adorable! I love his little face.

May 20, 2009 at 12:54 a.m. tinyspace

very very cute!

May 20, 2009 at 6:38 a.m. nanouke

This is seriously cute!

May 20, 2009 at 10:10 a.m. VedaArts

very cute..

May 20, 2009 at 11 a.m. CollectionObsession

Awwwww. Too, too cute.

May 20, 2009 at 11:33 a.m. ireneagh

Lovely,thanks for tutorial! :)

May 20, 2009 at 11:45 a.m. themagicalbean

So sweet! Thank you for the tutorial!

May 20, 2009 at 11:49 a.m. kaoruwerk

super cute! I'll have to give it a try.

May 20, 2009 at 11:50 a.m. lovelygifts

Sooo cute!!!

May 20, 2009 at 11:52 a.m. HibouCards

I love this! I love felt! I'm so hooked with felt.... I love needle felting and using the felt sheets for my creations so thanks for these picks!
Thanks for the mushroom tutorial too it is really cute.... maybe I'll make a mushroom for my little owls :)

May 20, 2009 at 2:05 p.m. raisinlike

How nice! I think I will try this at home ;o)

May 20, 2009 at 2:57 p.m. EJPcreations

He makes me happy just looking at him!

May 20, 2009 at 6:05 p.m. stringfellowart

Adorable!

May 20, 2009 at 7:37 p.m. themefragrance

this is a fun project!

May 20, 2009 at 9:03 p.m. Wunderkind

My kids are yelling at me to try and make this as I type...it's so cute, thanks so much for sharing!

May 20, 2009 at 10:22 p.m. ShugaRose

Nice tutorial!! the mushroom is so cute!

May 21, 2009 at 11:58 a.m. mykonos

wow!! I love mushroom!!

May 21, 2009 at 10:09 p.m. fjonesart

Looks like a fun craft!

May 22, 2009 at 4:59 p.m. thelittlereddoor

Love the tutorial! Thanks so much for including my mushroom :)

May 24, 2009 at 3:54 p.m. vilte

cute mushroom :)

May 25, 2009 at 8:08 p.m. ikabags

very pretty list ; thanks ...

May 26, 2009 at 6:43 p.m. bettilouise

adorable!!!

June 10, 2009 at 10:44 a.m. MyJunkyTrunk

Can those little mushrooms get any cuter? LOL!

June 14, 2009 at 8:57 p.m. Thaifoodkitchen

It looks so cute and seems to be really easy to make :) I want to try!

June 16, 2009 at 9:23 p.m. jesslow

This is exactly what I was looking for! I'm running the arts and crafts at my church's summer camp and I'm going to use this project to have the kids make a mushroom village. I can't wait! Thank you :)

Oct. 18, 2009 at 7:32 p.m. LondonParticulars

SWEET!

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