handmade felt tabby cat

Craft cats

Ready to craft your felt cat? Just download our pattern below and follow our step-by-step tutorial. If you need a refresher on the stitches used, make sure to check out our embroidery guide. And don’t forget, you can customize this DIY project to look like your own cat! 

Skill level: Intermediate and higher. This project can involve a lot of details depending on what kind of cat you want to make. (Want a beginner project instead? Check out our felt kittens.)

Crafting tips: When using lighter colored felt, you may want to use a thin stabilizer or spray stiffener on the wrong side of your felt pieces because it has a tendency to not be as densely felted compared to darker colors. Stiffening the wrong side will ensure that your stitches do not pull through the felt.

New to crafting felt animal stuffies and want to learn more? Take our mini course, 8 Easy Steps to Create Any Felt Stuffie.

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How to Make a Felt Cat

  1. Gather your craft tools and materials. Then download the pattern on the right hand side at the top of this post.
  2. Cut out felt according to pattern using a cutting machine or scissors.
  3. Whip stitch on the white socks, tail tip, chin piece, and leg stripes to the body of the cat using 1 strand of matching floss (dark brown and white).
  4. Sew the other half of the felt details to the second body piece, with the design mirrored.

Full tutorial available for members to download on the right hand side at the top of this post.

handmade felt cat photo tutorial by Lia Griffith

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Looking for some other cute projects like this one? Browse all of our felt animals. And make sure to check out the rest of our April collection!

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