I saw a tutorial for a fairy house online so decide so design my own and do a tutorial for it :) 


First you need:
thick felt- i got some from eBay and is about 5-6 mm thick
thinner red and white felt
thread
thick strong needle
scissors
cardboard
stuffing
beads, buttons and other decorative items including felt scraps


Step one:
I cut out a circle approx the size i wanted the top part of my mushroom to be and cut it into 4. placed on the red felt and cut out as shown.

Step two:

Cut some white dots however you wish to decorate the top of your mushroom be sure to not sew any spots too close to the edge of the triangles so they don't get sewn into the seams or you can skip to next step then come back to do this step :) 

Step three:
You can chose to do this step before previous :)


You need to now sew your quarters together i sewed them straight however later on realised you need sew on a slant so starting at outer edge about 10mm from edge sew to a point so end up with slanted line

Once all sewn should end up with slight pointy type dome :) Also note front centre why its good idea to sew spots on after this stage lol .

Step four

You now need to decide how raised you want your 'dome' the smaller the circle underneath the more raised up your dome will be but you may need to adjust your original seams so don't end up with a pointy lumpy dome.

I laid my dome as above pic shows and measure from one end to other to determined the diameter of my circle

I cut it out of felt and then again 1cm smaller out of thick card

Step five:

Next place dome on top and pin in place so cardboard is inside. because your cardboard is smaller you have a 1cm seam allowance meaning can use machine without fear of sewing through cardboard and breaking a needle. Sew all way around leaving a 10cm gap 

Stuff with well stuffing!! so its nice and plump no baggy areas but don't overstuffed as the based will bulge and it wont sit straight :) Once you have stuffed enough close up using machine again

You have now done the top :) 

Next is the house :) 

Step one: 

I started by deciding what height i wanted my house. my thick felt was 30cm square so decided to just roll it and that would be size albeit a tall house :)  if you want smaller a craft knife would be neatest option for trimming

Step two :

Decorate your house i hand sewed a door, 2 windows and various other things including beaded flower vines 

I also cut out felt flowers and laid it all on before sewing to ensure its how i wanted. if you look on right side the flower isn't as close to edge as left side this is to allow for sewing up house afterwards without losing the 'garden' 

Step three:

Sew everything on you can also chose to stick them down to make it a bit quicker :) 

My finished design

Close up of beading

Step four:

Sew up the house I overlap the 2 edges and straight stitched all the way up

Step five:

Admire your handy work. you can also add things on or make smaller houses make a village or a lil garden to accompany your fairy house :) 

I added a tree and swing to mine :) 

Have fun and hope to see pics of any houses you make xxx