Made from soft felt and a variety of pretty floral fabrics, these animal bags are not only useful but simply too adorable for words. Let your little one choose a cat, bunny or mouse (or even all three) and once made you'll see them smile from ear to ear. The proof
Stitch a cat bag
Download the templates for this project below and print the cat ones. Iron fusible webbing to the back of grey felt and floral fabric. Draw around the templates, transferring all of the instruction marks, then cut out.
Iron the floral fabric ears, nose, paws and back lining to the relevant felt pieces. Straight stitch around the ears, nose and paws using coordinating embroidery thread. Using one strand of black thread, embroider the mouth in back stitch, the spots in French knots and the whiskers in long stitch. Sew on two black seed beads for eyes, then secure a magnetic clasp to the front body and undecorated face piece.
Remove the fusible webbing on each piece. Place the two front body sections wrong sides together, then iron. Repeat with the face and two tail pieces, then do the same with the back body sections, making sure to trap the tail between the layers. Stitch all the way around each part, 5mm from the edge. Sew the front body section to the back body, then stitch the head section in place by sewing across the top, catching a length of coordinati