How to Make a Felt Gingerbread Man - FREE Pattern

In this simple tutorial, I will teach you how to sew an adorable felt gingerbread man. It is the perfect project for the Christmas season, quick and easy to make, and it comes with a FREE pattern!

This is a great pattern for you if you are a beginner sewer. It will introduce you to a basic pattern structure and give you a good opportunity to practice your hand stitches, as you will not need a sewing machine for this project.

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What You Will Need:

• The pattern piece:

  
  

Felt Gingerbread Man

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• Brown and white craft felt

• Black and red embroidery thread

• 2 buttons

• 7" of ribbon

• 3" of ribbon

• Toy stuffing

• General sewing equipment

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Here is a video for extra help:

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Method:

• Download the PDF file and print it out.

  
  

  

  
  

• Then cut both of the paper patterns out.

  
  

  

  
  

• Cut your pieces out of the fabric, as stated on the paper pattern.

• You should have these pieces: 2 gingerbread man shapes of brown felt, and 4 twists of white felt.

  
  

  

  
  

• With a pencil or tailor's chalk, lightly transfer the notches on the paper pattern onto the front gingerbread man piece.

  
  

  

  
  

• Place your 4 white twists on the legs and arms of your gingerbread man. Line them up using the notches you just drew.

  
  

  

  
  

• Sew them on using an overstitch.

  
  

  

  
  

• Take your 3" piece of ribbon, fold it in half and baste it together at the shortest edge.

  
  

  

  
  

• Take your 7" piece of ribbon, fold it right sides together and sew it closed at the shortest edge.

  
  

  

  
  

• Fold it right sides out and place the seam in the centre.

  
  

  

  
  

• Create two rows of ruffles on either side of the seam.

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

• Fold your smaller ribbon in half, width ways, and wrap it around the centre of the bow, making sure the folded side covers the raw edge.

  
  

  

  
  

• Sew it closed.

• Sew your bow onto your front gingerbread man piece, where the first notch in the centre is.

  
  

  

  
  

• Sew your two buttons onto the notches below the bow.

  
  

  

  
  

• With the black and white embroidery thread, embroider the eyes and mouth on your gingerbread man. You can use the paper pattern as a guide.

  
  

  

  
  

• Pin your front and back gingerbread pieces wrong sides together.

  
  

  

  
  

• Sew around your gingerbread man using a blanket stitch.

  
  

  

  
  

• Just as you come back to where you started, leave approximately a 2" gap.

  
  

  

  
  

• Stuff your gingerbread man until firm.

  
  

  

  
  

• Sew the whole closed.