Felt cactus in a pot

This decorative felt cactus with a bright flower can be a wonderful decoration for your table. It can also be used as a pincushion. Making a cactus in a pot requires minimal sewing skills.
Here's what you'll need:
  • Felt material with a soft structure in dark green, black, sand colors.
  • Small pieces of felt in rich colors (bright yellow and pink) for the flower.
  • Threads in beige, black, marsh shades.
  • Needle for sewing or embroidery.
  • Scissors.
  • Simple pencil, chalk marker.
  • A piece of cardboard.
  • A small amount of holofiber.

Felt cactus in a pot

1. Print and cut out the cactus and pot templates.
Felt cactus in a pot

2. From beige felt, cut out one piece for the pot: base, bottom and rim. From black felt, cut out a circle with a diameter of approximately 8-10 cm to imitate the ground.
Felt cactus in a pot

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

4. Take the wide rounded piece (the base of the pot) and connect its short edges.Sew them together with beige thread using a butt or overlap stitch.
Felt cactus in a pot

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

6. Take a narrow rounded strip and sew its short sections end to end. Then wrap this part around the top of the pot and sew along the inner contour. To do this, lay a finishing stitch in the form of a dotted line.
Felt cactus in a pot

7. Then join the top edges of the pot and the rim using an overlock stitch or any other stitch you desire. Straighten the pot, give it a beautiful shape.
Felt cactus in a pot

8. Cut a circle from cardboard the size of the bottom of the pot. It is needed for stability.
Felt cactus in a pot

9. Place a cardboard circle at the bottom of the pot. Check if it fits well with the bottom in size.
Felt cactus in a pot

10. Move the black circle towards you and pass a thread along its entire edge.
Felt cactus in a pot

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

12. Tighten the thread, secure the tie with several stitches and a knot. Using your fingers, form a rounded piece with a smooth spherical surface.
Felt cactus in a pot

13. Take out the pot. Place a ball simulating soil into the pot. If it doesn't completely fill the space of the pot, take it out and put some synthetic litter in the bottom.
Felt cactus in a pot

14. Place the soil in the pot and level it with your fingers so that it is evenly distributed across the top.
Felt cactus in a pot

15. Take the green cactus elements. Fold them in twos, sew them together in pairs with an overcast stitch.
Felt cactus in a pot

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

17. Then sequentially attach all the cactus parts to each other, sewing their centers together.
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 edges of the plant are distributed evenly over the surface of the ground (you can first pin them down with pins). Place the cactus and soil in a pot.
Felt cactus in a pot

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

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

22. Roll 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 the top of the cactus or anywhere else you want. Sew the inflorescence to the cactus.
Felt cactus in a pot

25. Straighten 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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