The familiar sight of Royal Canadian Legion boxes overflowing with red poppies for sale are available on most corners of the city. The iconic plastic poppy has been around probably as long as Remembrance Day. Perhaps the most challenging thing is finding a way to keep the pinned to your jacket. My mother was a creative woman and she would replace the straight pin with a tiny Canada flag pin – with a backer that clicked locked in place. That solution did work, however while chatting with my girls about Remembrance Day last year we decided to get a little crafty. We dropped our donation in a local poppy box and instead of taking a poppy from the box we went home and made a Remembrance Day felt poppy.
Remembrance Day Felt Poppy
red and green felt
coordinating thread
needle
scissors
paper
brooch pin
To make the petals of the poppy, sketch a four petaled flower on a piece of paper (about 2″ wide). Cut out the paper flower.For the flower’s centre, trace a thimble and cut out the paper flower centre.
Pin the paper flower to a piece of red felt. The paper flower centre is small enough that you don’t even need to use a pin, simply hold the cutout in place.Cut out the flower and the flower centre.
Next, sew the pin to the backside of the centre of the red felt. The stitches will be hidden when you sew on the green centre.
Finally, sew the green centre piece onto the red flower. Be sure to tie any knots on the backside of the poppy.Pin the poppy to your sweater or jacket – on the left side of your chest – over your heart.
In no way do I believe that we should not donate to the Royal Canadian Legion. In fact, I think we should give more. These felt poppies are a tribute to the original plastic poppies. My daughter’s and really liked the idea of making a beautiful poppy to honour our veterans. These poppies can be worn for years to come. With our poppies on our jackets and our donations made, we are ready for Remembrance Day.
I was hoping that you would be able to link up with my poppy-related linky? I do read your blog (in fact I subscribe and share though am utterly hopeless at commenting) and I love the craft.
And I forgot the link: http://domesticgoddesque.com/2012/11/simple-poppy-remembrance-day-craft-and-linky/
And thank you for linking. I appreciate it!