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National Sewing Month 2016 Day 18: Halloween Black Cat Wall Hanging

September 26, 2016 by Katie King 24 Comments

This is part of a week-long series for National Sewing Month. Don’t forget to enter the Grand Prize Giveaway!

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It’s super fun to decorate for Halloween. You have so many options, from cute-spooky to super-scary. This adorable hand-sewn black cat wall hanging project by Katie King of Running With A Glue Gun definitely falls into the cute category!

National Sewing Month Halloween Garland Wall Hanging

 

National Sewing Month Halloween Garland Wall Hanging Pattern

Materials:

  • Pattern (size to scale)
  • 1 Piece of Stiff Black Felt
  • 1 Piece of Orange Felt
  • Sewing Needle
  • Black Thread
  • Orange Thread
  • White Embroidery Thread
  • Black Yarn
  • Pom-Pom Maker
  • Dowel Rod + Dowel Rod Caps (optional)
  • Orange Paint
  • Foam Brush
  • E6000 Glue
  • Pencil
  • Scissors

Before Getting Started:

This is a project that is designed to be sewed by hand. Even though we’re not sewing that much, the sewing that is done would be difficult to complete on the sewing machine. I promise you that the sewing is super easy and is something you can do while watching TV!

Instructions:

Step 1: Grab your black felt, orange felt and pattern. Then trace around each pattern piece onto your felt and cut them out. When you’re done, you should have a black cat, an orange hat, an orange bow, an orange strip (middle of the bow) and three black strips (stripes on hat).

Step 2: Grab your three black strips and sew them onto your orange hat. Then sew a whip stitch (using black thread) around the entire hat.

Step 3: Now grab your black cat and sew your orange striped hat, onto the cat’s head.

Step 4: Grab your orange strip and wrap it around the middle of your bow. Then sew an x in the middle by using your orange thread. Now grab your black cat and sew the bow onto the bottom of the cat’s chin.

Step 5: Using white embroidery thread, sew on a little nose and whiskers onto you black cat’s face.

Step 6: Use your pom-pom maker make a pom-pom for your cat’s hat. However, make sure you leave about a 12 inch tail of yarn, so we can connect it to our dowel rod later.

Step 7: Sew your pom-pom onto the top of your black cat’s hat.

Repeat steps 1-7 to make two more cats for your dowel rod.

Step 8: Paint your dowel rod and dowel rod caps. Once your dowel rod and dowel rod caps are dry, glue the dowel rod caps to the ends of your dowel rod.

Step 9: Tie all your cats onto your dowel rod by using the string that we left, which was connected to the pom-pom. Then cut a piece of yarn that is about 12 inches and tie each end to your dowel rod.

When you’ve finished tying the yarn, you’re ready to hang your new Halloween Black Cat Wall Hanging!

 

 

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Today’s Question: Do you prefer sewing by hand, or by machine?

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Katie King is a DIY blogger, who believes that crafting should be simple, fun and unique! By day, she is a college student studying business, and, by night, she is a crafty blogger. She started her blog, Running with a Glue Gun, in order to share her DIY projects and to meet other people who loved to craft!
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Comments

  1. Kathy E. says

    September 26, 2016 at 1:23 am

    I am most definitely happier when I can sew on my machine. I do agree that sewing by hand can be therapeutic, but the hum of my sewing machine is too!

    Reply
  2. Linda Webster says

    September 26, 2016 at 1:59 am

    I love sewing by hand – applique and embroidery. It’s so relaxing. But I do enjoy sewing by machine too.

    Reply
  3. jenna says

    September 26, 2016 at 4:08 am

    the whir of a sewing machine makes me a little manic, so I definitely am more relaxed when hand sewing.
    Just a thought, when I saw this project, I immediately thought this would be a great crafts for the 8yo to help the younger boys put together. with glue instead of stitching, of course. the whiskers would be a quick intro to embroidery.
    the older boy doesn’t like to do “girl stuff”, but when I told him that my father was required to learn to sew in the Army (WWII), because soldiers didn’t have their mommies to sew back their loose buttons & they had to darn their own socks because there weren’t stores in the theaters to buy new ones, he got on board. Not eagerly, but he’s there.

    Reply
  4. Diane Canup says

    September 26, 2016 at 2:15 pm

    Definitely machine, I’ll do buttons by hand, but I much prefer using my machine.

    Reply
  5. Terri C says

    September 26, 2016 at 3:05 pm

    Machine is my favorite way to sew, I’d do everything by machine if I could!

    Reply
  6. Charissa Forgie says

    September 26, 2016 at 8:33 pm

    This is a super cute easy pattern and would be great as an activity for kids!

    Reply
  7. barbara woods says

    September 26, 2016 at 11:43 pm

    machine, learning to sew by hand is slow and painful!

    Reply
  8. katie smith says

    September 27, 2016 at 1:14 am

    I definitely prefer sewing on the machine than by hand, but this wall hanging is so cute!

    Reply
  9. Sue Marie says

    September 27, 2016 at 2:40 am

    I like both, and dislike both in different ways. I prefer hand hemming to machine hemming. But straight stitching by machine is so nice.

    Reply
  10. Chris says

    September 27, 2016 at 3:00 am

    Mostly I sew by machine but some things are just hand only like yo-yos.

    Reply
  11. Kathy (never stop learning) says

    September 27, 2016 at 3:11 am

    The first thing I ever sewed was a dress, entirely by hand. I prefer machine sewing. much faster. But I do still prefer to match patterns, stripes and plaids with hand basting.

    Reply
  12. Mollie Parham says

    September 27, 2016 at 3:55 am

    Definitely by machine

    Reply
  13. Kim S says

    September 27, 2016 at 9:25 am

    I will take sewing by machine any day. I enjoy sewing but also want to see my projects completed in a timely manner.

    Reply
  14. Delaine says

    September 27, 2016 at 6:13 pm

    I prefer to sew by machine to get things done quickly and then on to the next project. Thanks!

    Reply
  15. Donna says

    September 28, 2016 at 1:14 pm

    I prefer sewing by machine, but occasionally it is restful to do a bit of hand stitching.

    Reply
  16. Bonnie Wells says

    September 28, 2016 at 2:23 pm

    I prefer sewing by machine because hand sewing makes my hand cramp

    Reply
  17. Linda Cartwright says

    September 28, 2016 at 5:41 pm

    Depends on the project, but I prefer sewing with a machine. Smaller craft items, I like to hand sew.

    Reply
  18. Marcy henning says

    September 28, 2016 at 7:04 pm

    I have returned to sewing after not doing it for about 25 years I do prefer the machine because of my carpal tunnel and arthritis there are so many things to make and just never enough time! I’ m trying to remember why I stopped in the first place ,I love to create things I make my own patterns and have all kinds of visions in my head.

    Reply
  19. Pam says

    September 28, 2016 at 9:19 pm

    I love sewing by machine – I can get more things done! Thanks for the chance to win!

    Reply
  20. Kim says

    September 28, 2016 at 10:13 pm

    It depends on what mood I’m in, but I usually prefer sewing by machine because it’s so much more efficient!

    Reply
  21. Tran Steel says

    September 29, 2016 at 4:27 am

    I started off sewing by hand and when I got a sewing machine, it was so much quicker and easier for the most part. I have completed and accomplished so much more with my sewing machine.

    Reply
  22. Jackie Groesbeck says

    September 29, 2016 at 4:10 pm

    I love using my machine and trying out different stitches for projects. Hand sewing is fun and can travel with you on trips.

    Reply
  23. Cindy Dahlgren says

    September 30, 2016 at 11:05 am

    I used to prefer hand sewing, but now I rely on my machine too much. Jadahlgr at Yahoo dot Com

    Reply
  24. Tina Richards says

    September 30, 2016 at 5:29 pm

    By hand mostly because I can carry on a conversation with another person and hand sew at the same time…the machine takes full concentration or your likely to sew a finger into whatever your sewing!

    Reply

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