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You don’t need to be green fingered to grow these beauties! Carolyn Letten’s colourful felt succulents are sure to brighten up any windowsill or shelf, and the best part? You never have to remember to water them, and they’ll never go droopy! To give the plants added structure, simply insert a tin inside the felt pot.
Sew a cactus
Download and print the templates from sewmag.co.uk, or copy from page 85. From green felt, cut six from the leaf one template and six pieces slightly bigger than leaf one. Place together in pairs with the bigger piece underneath, and sew all the way around, leaving the bottom edge unstitched. Stuff firmly up to the dashed line. Repeat this process five times for the leaf two template, five for leaf three and once for leaf four.
Lay the number one leaves into a circle, unstuffed ends overlapping, and hand sew in place. Repeat with the rest of the leaves, layering the number two leaves next, then the number three leaves. Cut two number five leaves from green felt and secure the base of each to the base of the stuffed number four leaf. Glue this to the top of the layered leaves.
Measure the height and add 1.5cm to the bottom and 2cm to the top. Use these measurements to cut a rectangle from coral felt. Stitch a length of pom pom trim across the width, 2cm from the top edge. Pin the short ends together, wrong side out, and sew a 5mm seam. Trim off the excess close to the stitch line.
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