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Fabric Acorn Tutorial & Giveaway {Guest Post – Zemphira}

by Kim Layton {Google+} {Pinterest} {Twitter}

I thought it would be fun to create some fabric acorns made with real acorn hats. So, we headed out on a family hike to gather some nuts like little squirrels. After we got home, we carefully pulled the tops off the acorns and I played around with some fabrics until I got the acorn-look I wanted. Here’s a quick little nature-inspired craft tutorial on how to make fabric acorns. I had fun making these, and I couldn’t make just one, my kids had fun helping me collect and choose fabrics, and my husband just thinks I’m nuts!

colorful fabric acorns

supplies needed

cut out a circle with 2.25 inch diameter

snip the circle 4 times just up to the center

fold the circle in half and sew a seam for each section you just cut – be sure to back stitch

(you will sew 4 seams)

when you are done sewing the 4 seams it will look like a cone – this is the bottom of the acorn

sew a running stitch about a quarter inch from the top of the bottom of the acorn

leave a little bit of a tail at the start of the running stitch

(i usually use a matching thread, i used black here to illustrate this step)

after you sewed all the way around the cone you should have two tails, the start and the end of the thread

pull the ends of the thread together so the cone closes up a little bit

stuff the acorn bottom with a little bit of stuff ‘n fluff

(do not entirely close the cone once it is stuffed- it will fill the acorn hat better if it is not pulled all the way)

put hot glue into an acorn hat

quickly press your acorn bottom to the hat and squeeze the two together

and there you have it – a quick, fun, and festive craft

Right now my acorns are being used as Nutkin’s snack. But I think they would make a very cute brooch or look fun in a bowl as a decoration for Autumn. I am thinking of stringing a few and making an acorn garland. I would love to your nutty creations!

Kim here…

Thanks so much for your wonderful Fall tutorial! Isn’t Sara super-creative?!

You can find these great acorns in her Etsy shop…Zemphira! And Sara always has something beautiful on her blog.

Would you like to win some of these fabulous acorns? Sara will give one lucky Everything Etsy friend a dozen of these sweet little things and mail them to you in an acorn bag…who wouldn’t want these!?

Here’s how to win…