How To Make An Envelope With Felt

How To Make An Envelope With Felt

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How about making a felt envelope with our tutorial on how to make an envelope? Less and less people use envelopes nowadays, but I have to say that the wonderful and warm feeling of classic way for expressing our feeling will never fade from our heart.
Traditional envelopes are made from sheets of paper and used as containing letters just as its name implies. In the modern times, envelopes are made from various materials and are designed in many patterns, while the pattern of this felt envelope is a heart and wings of angle that is so perfect for gift in Valentine's Day. There are not only used to containing letters, but also cards and some flat gifts. Let's see how to make an envelope.

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You Will Need (5 things)

  • Felt
  • Metal Buttons
  • Sewing Thread
  • Needle
  • Scissors

Steps (4 steps, 60 minutes)

  1. 1

    Cut felt
    Cut out four rectangles from felt including one of burlywood 8cm*13cm, two of gray, one of black 9cm*13cm that the gray ones are a little longer than another two, one gray felt 6cm*13cm for front flap . Cut out a heart shape and two wings of angle and straight stitch along the heart covering the wings to sew them with the burlywood felt.

  2. 2

    Sew the envelope
    Lay four pieces of felt with gray ones between burlywood one and black one. Sew the edges with blanket stitch as the picture shows. Link the grey front flap to the black felt by blanket stitch, covering the edge of the black felt, and stitching along the edges of front flap

  3. 3

    Add button
    Look at the right side of the envelope. Attach a button atop the heart in the middle.

  4. 4

    Sew a buttonhole
    Shear a small opening in place at the front flap as buttonhole. Sew the edge of the buttonhole to make it neater. Button up, then you can get an envelope made of felt.