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How to Make Spring Sewing Cards

These spring sewing cards for kids are a fun way to explore basic stitching techniques. With a few simple materials and a little creativity, you’ll have a bright and cheerful craft that’s perfect for spring!
Active Time45 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Yield: 1 spring sewing card
Author: Debbie Chapman
Cost: $1

Equipment

Materials

Instructions

Step 1: Find what you need

  • Gather your supplies and materials.
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Step 2: Prepare your design

  • Print a free spring template of your choice. Find a link in the materials list above to the rainbow template we used, with more template designs found below the tutorial.
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  • Cut out the shape and trace around it on a piece of cardboard. A thin cardboard like from a cereal box or frozen food package works well.
    This and the next instruction are optional. If you're happy with the template as is, use painter's tape to attach the template to the cardboard and proceed to step 3. Check out our Halloween string art cards post for more details on this method.
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  • Remove the template and add in any details you'd like, such as the top of the cloud. Here we also drew the lines because we wanted 7 colours, which was different than what the template had.
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Step 3: Poke holes in the cardboard

  • Place the cardboard on a cork trivet or something else that will protect your working surface.
    Use a clay needle tool or something else sharp (keep reading below for some ideas) to poke holes along the top of the template. Space them about 1/2 inch apart.
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  • Repeat, going across the whole template, making holes where you'll bring the yarn or embroidery floss through.
    For the cloud, add more holes closer together where needed, to follow the curve.
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Step 4: Sew with your first colour

  • Thread a piece of yarn, about 2 feet long, onto a needle and tie a knot at the end.
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  • Push your needle up through the back of the cardboard to the front. Pull the yarn all the way through until the knot stops it.
    (If you don't want knots on the back of your card you can also tape the yarn end to the back of the cardboard.)
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  • Bring the needle and yarn down through the next hole to create a small line of yarn on the front.
    Then go up through the next hole and back down through the last (a backstitch). This will create a solid line across the arch.
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  • Repeat this process until the whole line is complete.
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  • Once you're done with one colour of yarn, you can secure it by going back and forth through a few stitches on the back. Then cut the excess yarn.
    (Again, you can also tape the end of the yarn down.)
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Step 5: Sew the rainbow

  • Repeat step 4 with the rest of the colours of the rainbow, making a line of each colour across.
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Step 6: Stitch the cloud

  • Use white yarn to go around the outline of the cloud.
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  • Optional: Add texture to your sewing card by going across the cloud from one hole to another.
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  • Continue bringing the yarn across the cloud at different angles until you have a layered, fluffy cloud.
    Tie in the yarn on the back like usual and cut off the excess.
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  • Your spring sewing card is complete!
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  • Have fun making a whole collection of spring sewing cards to gift or display!
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Video

Notes

Looking for more easy yarn crafts? Here's a few of our favourites:
Embroidered Cardboard Easter Eggs
DIY Yarn Art
Cardboard Yarn Apples