Sprout craftalong



Supplies:
felt in light and darker green, brown, cream
embroidery floss in coordinating colors
one pipe cleaner
wooden bead
glue
a bit of wool batting


Cut out pieces: 2 brown body pieces and 4 seedpod pieces (2 lighter and 2 darker green) and green leaf piece and collar and a cream hat



Better picture of felt pieces
 


Bend pipe cleaner ends over so that it would not be sharp



Put leaf in the end of the pipecleaner and attach by wrapping floss tightly around




Slide bead onto the pipecleaner



Sew on hat



Dab some glue on the head all around and press the hat down




Bend pipe cleaner over and wrap in wool batting



Sew half of the body closed, then put sprout body inside and sew the other half
 


Gather at neck



Gather collar



Sew around neck and attach with a few tiny stitches



Sew together the seedpod. Sew through all 4 layers as shown



At this point sew only through 2 layers to create opening


 
Put the sprout baby in the seedpod and you are done!

First photo shows baby without collar, you can omit it.