For my son's third birthday in mid April I want to create him a picnic set. I am on the lookout for a retro basket and have my eye on this one....
......which is listed here on Trade Me. I am going to scour the op shops and internet for some classic picnic items like duraware plates and cups, fabulous napkins, doilies etc.
But most importantly it needs to be full of felt food! Lets start with the donuts.....
...these ones are actually now at my son's preschool as I mentioned them to his teacher and she got all excited so now I am making double of everything so they have a set too!
Now I could have made my own pattern but there are so many free patterns out there that I went straight to my felt food board on pinterest and found that I had already pinned two donut patterns - love it when that happens!
So the donuts I made are a combination of a couple of patterns plus my variations. The donut template I used can be found here at Skip to my Lou blog. If you want to make yours with a sewing machine then she has the full tutorial to follow.
I prefer to hand stitch and took inspiration from these tasty looking ones....
you can find the free pattern for this here but to be honest I had trouble accessing it. I think maybe you have to create an account first.
Note: you can substitute whip stitch for blanket stitch in all the steps if you find blanket stitch a bit tricky. Check out my Stitch Guide page if you need a hand!
Anyway here is what I did....
...cut out all the bits. I always do at least three at a time, that way you can start a production line and use all the thread on your needle etc
Next I whip stitched the icing on the top and then added sprinkes in lovely pastel colours....
.....then I used blanket stitch around the donut centre to attach the top and bottom halves.
Here is a close up......
Here is a look at the same stitching from underneath...
Next I blanket stitched most of the way around.....
...then stuffed with polyfill and stitched up the rest.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....donuts..........
Next free felt food tutorial is......Tea Bags....I am half way through making them so should have the tutorial ready in a couple of days so stay tuned......
You could stitch along with me and at the end of all the tutorials you will have your own basket of play food - your kids will love it!
