Tip #5 How to hand sew Felt by Futuregirl
One of the obvious things you will notice about softie-making is that felt plays a popular role in being a base material. Felt is very versatile, comes in a huge amount of colours and has enough flexibility and durability (at least in the good quality felt) to maintain shape and form.
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If you are hand sewing felt pieces together for a softie, it is important to use the right stitch and to sew the stitch correctly. Doing so will avoid having your softie suddenly burst open at the most inappropriate of times e.g. handing it over to the person you made it for, whilst explaining how much effort you put into it and that you think it is the best thing you ever made. 
The amazing Futuregirl has posted these excellent step-by-step tutorials (with pictures) on two stitches that are used widely in softie-making:
1) How to hand sew a whip-stitch
2) How to hand sew a blanket-sticth
3) And how to know which of the two stitches to use on a project
So please read the above links, apply them, and hand over your next handsewn softie with a lot more confidence!
