Get ready for a whole lot of fabric fabulous-ness! It's been a lot of midnight sew-a-thons around here to show off this fabulous fabric. Susan and I have been hard at work! Here's the first tutorial from the studio!
This is a really cute skill-building toy for preschoolers as little fingers will work on gaining their fine motor skills by lacing the strings through the holes! It also makes a darling decorative display item in the home or is a great project for a child's birthday party.
Materials
- Carina's Partridge Bird Pattern-Free Download
- ⅓ yard heavyweight fast2fuse, thin piece of cardboard, or heavyweight Wonder Under.
- 1 fat quarter for a single-sided bird or 2 fat quarters (for an alternate fabric) for a double sided bird
- Colorful shoelace or cording ⅛' to ¼" diameter. Length will be vary depending on the size of your bird.
- Fabric glue
- Paper punch
Instructions
1. Your first step is to download the PDF of the partridge from Carina's Partridge Bird Pattern. At this point you can decide how large you want your lace up project to be. The smaller the child the larger you may want to make the bird so that they will have something substantial to hold in their hand and lace up!
2. Adjust the percent for the size you need and print your bird.
3. If you are using the Fast2Fuse, you will fuse your fabric onto the Fast2Fuse according to the manufacturer's instructions on the Fast2Fuse packaging.
4. Trace the bird patterns onto the fused fabric and cut them out.
5. Use a good hole punch to punch the holes for the lacing.
6. Knot one end of the the shoelace and lace it through the first hole pulling it to the knot.
Alternate method
You can also make a Pinfeather's Birdie Lace Up using a very thin piece of cardboard. Tracing the bird onto the cardboard, you cut out the bird's shape. Then trace the bird pattern onto the fabric. Use spray fabric glue to glue the fabric to the thin cardboard bird. Use a hole punch to punch holes. Finally finish the project with step #6.