See? It's adorable isn't it? I'm hoping to make some felt food for our play kitchen (maybe as Easter or Christmas gifts this year). I decided last night to pull out the craft felt I have lying around the house and see what I could come up with. I found this tutorial for a doughnut pattern. It seemed simple enough so I gave it a try. Here's my finished project:
Not too bad for a first time. There are definitely some things I would change. Next time I will use my machine to sew. I did this all by hand because I didn't feel like lugging out my machine (reason #124,529 that I need a dedicated craft room). It was a fun, mindless project to do while watching The Pelican Brief with my husband, but I certainly could have done it much faster with my machine. Second, the overall doughnut needs to be larger and the center hole needs to be smaller. The pattern I used called for a 5 1/2 inch outer circle. I only had a 4 1/2 inch ready made circle to trace, so I used that. The center hole though started as a tracing of a 2 liter pop bottle lid. It sort of grew with cutting and sewing. I also didn't have embroidery thread for the sprinkles (some people also use seed beads, but I wanted this to be kid friendly) so I used regular thread, and it's stuffed with cotton balls (which worked surprisingly well) instead of batting.
All in all though, I think it turned out pretty well. Pinky immediately recognized it as a doughnut, so that's success enough for me.
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