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How To Make A Fabric Stags Head With Free Pattern

25th September 2015 by Claire Armstrong 21 Comments

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Simple Fabric Stags Head Tutorial and Pattern

Animal heads especially stag heads have become a very popular home decoration over the last few years. I even made a paper mache moose head as a memento to a fantastic family holiday to Canada a few years ago. My craft buddy Wendy gave me a gorgeous fabric stags head for Christmas she had made. I love this stag head it makes a great seasonal decoration.
 
Wendy also made one for herself which she keeps up all year round. Depending on what fabric you choose for your fabric stags head, it doesn’t just have to be for Christmas. They do however make a great gift.
 
 
A step by step tutorial and free pattern to make a fabulous fabric Stags head for a unique wall decoration. They also make a great Christmas gift.
 

This DIY fabric stags head makes for a great decoration, you can choose a fabric to suit your decor.  They also make a great gift.  Free tutorial and pattern.

 
 
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What you need to make Fabric Stags Head

  • You can use any cotton fabric of your choice. You may want a fabric that’s suitable year round, or a more seasonal themed fabric if it is going to be a Christmas decoration. The amount of fabric needed will range from 1/2 metre for a small stags head and a metre for a large head. The fabric I used for the tutorial was an old half metre of Amy Butler from my stash.
  •  Fabric choice
     

  • Pattern: You can download my crude outline of a stags horn and head here Stag Pattern. This pattern should be a guide, you can make the head to your prefered size. When deciding on what size to make your fabric stags head bare in mind the smaller you make it, the harder it will be to stuff the horns, and to turn them right side out after stitching.
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  • Fiber Fill
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  • Pen, scissors, needle and thread. Knitting needle or chopstick, this is needed to help push stuffing into the far corners of your antlers.
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  • Sewing machine, but this project can be done by hand it will just take a little longer.
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    How to Make a Fabric Stags Head

    1. Cut out your paper templates for your antlers and head shape. Lay these on the wrong side of your fabric and draw around them. You will need 4 X antlers 2 facing left and 2 facing right. You will also need to 2 X head pieces one for the front one for the back. As well as avoiding as much wastage as possible, you will also want to consider the fabric pattern as you lay out your pieces.
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    3. Pin the fabric pieces right sides facing so that you have 2 antlers and one head.
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    5. Using a sewing machine sew around the antlers using only a 5mm seam edge, leave the base of the antlers open. Then turn your antlers right side out, you may need the knitting needle to help you push out some of the corners. Using a small seam edge makes your antlers easier to turn right side out.
       
    6. Next sew your head again with a small seam. This time only sew round the ears and the sides leaving the top and bottom open. Do not turn this right side out yet.
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      Fabric stags head part one instructions

       

    8. Stuff just the top third of each antler. You will need to push small amounts of stuffing at a time into the far corners using your knitting needle. This is a bit fiddly, but using small amounts of stuffing a time helps.
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    10. To attach the antlers to your head you need to place these inside your stags head and pin the open edge of the antler to the open edge of the stags head next to the ears. Right sides of the fabric should be facing. *You will need to carefully stitch the antlers to the head by hand making sure that you still have an opening to the antlers.
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    12. Once the antlers are stitched in place, turn the head right side out and stitch up any remaining gap at the top of the head.
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    14. Now you can finish stuffing the antlers and the head. You will do this through the opening at the bottom of the stags head. You will need your knitting needle again to push the stuffing into the antlers.
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    16. When finished stitch up the remaining hole in the base of your stags head. You may also want to sew 3 small loops into the back of the stags head, one on the tip of each antler and one on the head. These loops will help with hanging your stags head on the wall.

     
    Fabric stags head tutorial part 2
     
    Fabric Stags Head Tutorial Pillarboxblue.com
     
    *Since posting this Wendy has pointed out that I have sewn the antlers the wrong way round (facing out instead of in) on the Amy Butler stags head above. Personally I don’t think it matters which way round you have the antlers, they work either way. So you can sew them either way, whichever suits your space your own personal preference.
     
    Fabric Stage Tutorial _ Pillarboxblue.com
     
     
    I’ve got some more lovely fabric so I think I’ll make some more fabric stag heads to adorn my walls. I’m even thinking of designing another animal head to perhaps make in fabric but not sure which one yet.
     
     
     
    You may like some of my other fabric decorations:
    Homemade fabric birdhouse
    Spring Fabric Birdcage
    Anthropologie Rabbit Head
     
     
     


     

    Filed Under: Crafts Tagged With: Amy Butler, antlers, christmas gifts, christmas sewing, fabric, fabric antlers, Fabric stag, fabric stag head., fabric stags head, homemade gift, sewing tutorial, stags head, tutorial

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    Comments

    1. Sam- Raggedy Bits

      14th September 2017 at 8:59 am

      What a fun project Claire! You come up with the best ideas!!

      Reply
      • Claire Armstrong

        14th September 2017 at 2:59 pm

        Ahh Sam that’s really kind of you to say so.

        Reply
    2. Hanna K.

      21st February 2017 at 11:10 am

      Hi Claire
      Tolle Dinge machst du. Gute Ideen!
      Vielen Dank!
      Viele Grüsse aus Deutschland

      Reply
      • Claire Armstrong

        21st February 2017 at 4:26 pm

        Thank you !

        Reply
    3. Jennifer

      4th October 2015 at 9:21 pm

      Very creative! Thanks for sharing at My Flagstaff Home!

      Jennifer

      Reply
      • Claire Armstrong

        4th October 2015 at 9:23 pm

        Thanks

        Reply
    4. T'onna @ USS Crafty

      4th October 2015 at 6:17 am

      I love your stag heads! I’ve been thinking of trying to crochet something similar to put on the wall, but sewing them would be much quicker! I featured your lovely creation at this week’s Submarine Sunday Link Party! Thanks for linking up!

      Reply
      • Claire Armstrong

        4th October 2015 at 6:49 am

        Thank you very much and thanks for the feature.

        Reply
    5. Haley

      3rd October 2015 at 3:28 pm

      Wow this is so impressive! I can’t sew at all but this makes me want to learn!!

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      • Claire Armstrong

        3rd October 2015 at 4:31 pm

        cheers ! You should give it ago it is really quite easy, I’m not the worlds best seamstress either.

        Reply
    6. Jessica

      2nd October 2015 at 11:34 pm

      Love this!! Such a great decor item!!

      Reply
      • Claire Armstrong

        3rd October 2015 at 7:12 am

        Cheers, glad you like it. Yes I do think it makes a Great Wall decoration.

        Reply
    7. Anna

      28th September 2015 at 8:28 pm

      I love this and your instructions are very clear 🙂

      Reply
      • Claire Armstrong

        28th September 2015 at 8:49 pm

        Thank you ! I’m pleased to hear that my instructions are clear I do try to make things as simple as possible.

        Reply
    8. creativejewishmom/sara

      26th September 2015 at 10:14 pm

      Fantastic as always Claire, thanks so much for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!

      Reply
      • Claire Armstrong

        27th September 2015 at 6:24 am

        Thank you and I love coming to craft schooling Sunday.

        Reply

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