Making a felt crown

by mobblegobble

WARNING – inexperienced tutorial creator. Let me know if you have an idea on how I can better explain something. And I know, the camera work is a bit dodgy – hopefully you can get the gist.

You will need:

Paper for pattern (anything from tracing paper to yesterday’s form guide)
Felt (2 x 14cm x 49.5cm)
7.5 cms x 50mm wide Elastic
Trims and decorations – beads, buttons etc

Getting Started:

Draw your pattern onto paper. My crown has quite a few peaks. You could draw your pattern with fewer but wider peaks – or try squares instead of triangles. The straight bottom should approximately 49 – 50 cms, with the peaks reaching up to 14cms. You will also need 1 cm seam allowance on either end of crown

Cut 2 of crown pattern (1 outside, 1 inside) and cut 7.5cms of elastic

Affix trims and decorations to outside piece of felt. I layed the jewels out on the other piece so I could keep track. Depending on your trims, you can machine or handstitch.

With right sides facing in, pin one end of elastic inside the two pieces of felt. Sew and secure (one straight stitch, finished with zigzag).

With crown still inside out, pin unattached end of elastic between the other end of the crown. Sew as before.

Turn the crown so the trims etc are facing outward. Pin and stich around outside edge. For this crown, I started at one of the back peaks and use a gold thread to zigzag the whole way around.