Another tutorial by reader request - fabric fortune cookies. As some of you may know, I made these little goodies as part of the loot bag for my daughter's birthday party last month. We slipped little "thank you" notes into them, and put them in mini chinese food take out containers that I bought at the local dollar store, along with a few candies for the kids. They were very well received, and in fact, I have been thinking about making more - they can be filled with inspirational quotes, as a daily inspiration, or they can be used as a "reward" for the kids when they do a great job on something. In fact, there are lots of ways these little goodies can be used, and they are oh-so-easy to make. Ready to get started? Here we go!
Materials Needed:
- fabric scraps, 5 inches wide
- craft fleece
- fusible web
- pinking shears
- circle rotary cutter (or a circle template, 4.5 to 4.75 inches in diameter)
Instructions:
Fuse the webbing to the back of your fabric. Cut your craft fleece into 5 inch squares, and fuse them to the back of your fabric. Using your circle rotary cutter or your template, cut out your circles.
Next, stitch around your circle, using a 1/4 inch seam, and trim with your decorative scissors:
Now, you want to fold your circle in half, right sides together. Then, stitch down the center of your half circle, approximately 1/4 inch from the fold to about a half inch from the open edge, like this:
** Note** the left and right sides of the stitched line will become the top and bottom of the fabric fortune cookie, respectively, with the open edge at the front. Now you need to flip one side of the stitched line right side out, followed by the other; continue this until you have your set of beautiful fortune cookies!!
Materials Needed:
- fabric scraps, 5 inches wide
- craft fleece
- fusible web
- pinking shears
- circle rotary cutter (or a circle template, 4.5 to 4.75 inches in diameter)
Instructions:
Fuse the webbing to the back of your fabric. Cut your craft fleece into 5 inch squares, and fuse them to the back of your fabric. Using your circle rotary cutter or your template, cut out your circles.
Next, stitch around your circle, using a 1/4 inch seam, and trim with your decorative scissors:
Now, you want to fold your circle in half, right sides together. Then, stitch down the center of your half circle, approximately 1/4 inch from the fold to about a half inch from the open edge, like this:
** Note** the left and right sides of the stitched line will become the top and bottom of the fabric fortune cookie, respectively, with the open edge at the front. Now you need to flip one side of the stitched line right side out, followed by the other; continue this until you have your set of beautiful fortune cookies!!
Admire, and hand out with abandon, and completely guilt free, since they have no calories!!
2 comments:
Thanks, I was wondering how you made them.
My pleasure!
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