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Such a decorative felt cactus with a bright flower can be a wonderful decoration on your table. It can also be used as a needle bed. Making a cactus in a pot requires a minimum of sewing skills.
Here is what you need:
  • Felt material with a soft structure of dark green, black, sand colors.
  • Small pieces of felt of juicy colors (bright yellow and pink) for a flower.
  • Threads of beige, black, swamp shades.
  • Needle for sewing or embroidery.
  • Scissors.
  • A simple pencil, a chalk marker.
  • A piece of cardboard.
  • A small amount of holofiber.

Felt cactus in a pot

1. Print and cut cactus and pot patterns on the printer.
Felt cactus in a pot

2. From beige felt, cut one piece for the pot: base, bottom and rim. From black felt, cut a circle about 8-10 cm in diameter to simulate the earth.
Felt cactus in a pot

3. From felt of a dark green shade, cut 5-6 identical details for the cactus. From pink and yellow felt, make one identical detail of the flower. Make a stripe for the middle of the inflorescence of any bright color.
Felt cactus in a pot

4. Take the wide rounded part (the base of the pot) and connect its short edges. Sew them with beige threads using a butt or lap seam.
Felt cactus in a pot

5. Take the bottom of the pot, sew to the base with a sewing stitch (or over the edge).
Felt cactus in a pot

6. Take a narrow rounded strip, sew it short slices butt. Then wrap the pot on top of this part and sew along the inner contour. To do this, lay the finishing line in the form of a dotted line.
Felt cactus in a pot

7. Then connect the upper edges of the pot and rim with overcasting seam or any other as you wish. Spread the pot, give it a beautiful shape.
Felt cactus in a pot

8. From the cardboard cut out a circle the size of the bottom of the pot. It is needed for sustainability.
Felt cactus in a pot

9. Place the cardboard circle on the bottom of the pot. Check to see if it fits the bottom well.
Felt cactus in a pot

10. Pull the black circle towards you, pass the thread around its edge.
Felt cactus in a pot

11. Pull the thread, put the holofiber inside.
Felt cactus in a pot

12. Tighten the thread, fasten the tie with a few stitches and a knot. Use your fingers to form a rounded part with a smooth spherical surface.
Felt cactus in a pot

13. Remove the pot. Put a ball simulating soil into a pot. If it does not completely fill the space of the pot, pull it out and put some synthetic filler on the bottom.
Felt cactus in a pot

14. Put the soil in a pot, align it with your fingers so that it is evenly distributed over the entire top.
Felt cactus in a pot

15. Take the green elements of the cactus. Fold them in two, sew in a basting seam in pairs.
Felt cactus in a pot

16. In the middle of the fastened parts, lay a vertical line, piercing the needle through the material.
Felt cactus in a pot

17. Then sequentially attach all the details of the cactus to each other, stitching together their midpoints.
Felt cactus in a pot

18. Sew the main part of the cactus to the soil, capturing all sections of the base.
Felt cactus in a pot

19. Make sure that the sides of the plant are distributed evenly on the surface of the earth (you can first pin them with pins). Put the cactus in the pot.
Felt cactus in a pot

20. Take the parts of the inflorescence, sew them to each other in the middle.
Felt cactus in a pot

21. Cut the strip-core on one side with scissors into small pieces. On the other hand, do not cut the strips to the edge.
Felt cactus in a pot

22. Twist the strip into a roll.
Felt cactus in a pot

23. Sew the core to the flower with hidden stitches.
Felt cactus in a pot

24. Place the flower on top of the cactus or in another place where you want. Sew an inflorescence to a cactus.
Felt cactus in a pot

25. Flatten the petals of the inflorescence and the edges of the cactus with your hands, giving them the desired shape.
Felt cactus in a pot
Felt cactus in a pot
Felt cactus in a pot
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