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If you're a fan of handmade felt creations and love making adorable plush toys, then the Felt Lion Free Pattern is there for you! This easy sewing pattern provides all the instructions and free templates needed to create your very own felt lion. This tutorial is easy to follow, making it a great project for beginners and kids alike. The felt lion pattern can be used to make a cute plushie or an ornament, perfect for decorating your home or gifting to a loved one. With its soft and cuddly materials, this felt animal will bring joy and warmth to anyone who receives it. The lion sewing pattern can also be a great addition to a safari-themed nursery, adding a touch of playfulness and charm. So grab your felt and sewing kit and get ready to create a delightful felt toy with this wonderful plush pattern. 

Happy felt animal crafting!

If you want to have a bigger stuffed animal family, you can sew the unicorn, cute felt elephant, or mouse animal patterns. You can also find help with teaching kids hand sewing by visiting Tips for Sewing with Kids and Materials & Tools for Hand Sewing with Kids.

Tips for Sewing the Lion Felt Sewing Pattern

Follow the detailed instructions and sew this easy felt lion plushie. It is stitched entirely by hand, using a running stitch. You'll need to prepare felt sheets, scissors, glue, a marker that works on felt, a needle, and thread, and sew this lion animal pattern.

Tips for Hand Sewing with Felt

TIP for sewing with felt: Explore the felt sewing tips to help you while sewing felt. In this comprehensive guide, you learn what types of felt exist, what’s the best needle and thread for felt, how to trace on felt, and how to cut felt shapes.

TIP for holding pieces in place for sewing: Felt pieces can be pinned to the felt shapes to hold them in place until they are stitched.

Another option is to place a tiny dab of instant dry fabric glue on the reverse side of the felt shapes and position them in place. I use Beacon Fabri-Tac glue for my felt crafts. Ensure you don’t place glue where you need to sew. It happens to me occasionally, and getting the needle through the dry glue gets really difficult.

TIP felt glue: Have you wondered what is the best felt glue? Find the findings of a test comparing 8 different glue for felt.

TIP felt scissors: Curious what are the best scissors to cut felt? Learn the secrets of the best scissors for cutting perfect felt shapes in Felt cutting made easy.

TIP for cutting felt: If you would like to learn tips on cutting out felt pieces, you can read my post about 6 techniques for cutting felt shapes.

Materials & Supplies for DIY Cute Felt Lion

• Felt Lion Plush PDF Pattern - to download the file, subscribe to the FunClothCrafts newsletter. In the newsletter, you will find a password to the subscriber's Free Downloads Vault.

• Felt Lion SVG file

• felt (find great felt at Benzie Design or find more buying options in the Types of Felt section of How to Sew Felt blog post): felt colors based on your choice (I used black, pink, orange or light brown, yellow, brown, white)

• embroidery thread: yellow and orange or light brown

• embroidery needles

• small or embroidery scissors (KAI 5 1/2 inch Embroidery Scissors or Fiskars No.5 stitchery scissors)

• a glue that works on felt (Beacon Fabri-Tac glue works well, and Aleene’s tacky glue for kids; a hot glue gun is also possible)

• black permanent fabric market (I use Pentel black fabric marker)

• stuffing (Poly-Fil Fiber Fill is great, or polyester filling from an old pillow)

How to Sew Felt Lion Sewing Pattern?

Download the free template, follow this tutorial's easy steps and photos, and learn how to make the felt lion plushie. It's an easy sewing pattern for beginners and kids.

1. Use the free lion felt animal pattern to cut out all pattern pieces from felt. Visit the section above (Materials & Supplies for DIY Cute Felt Lion) to learn how to download the free PDF felt pattern.

2. Draw the mouth onto the muzzle with the black permanent fabric marker. You can also choose to embroider the mouth with backstitch.

3. Position the muzzle in place following the template and sew with the running stitch close to the edge.

4. Glue the nose. Aleene’s tacky glue is great, non-toxic glue for felt.

5. Trace the eyelashes. I made little holes with a needle on the lines and traced dots through the holes using a pencil.

6. Draw the eyelashes with the black permanent fabric marker. You can also choose to embroider the eyelashes with backstitch.

7. Using the technique in step 5, I made four marks with a pencil for each eye and cheek. This is to help with the right placement.

8. Firstly, glue pupils to the eyes. Then, glue eyes and cheeks to the lion’s face. You can also sew them with running stitch or whip stitch appliqué.

9. Join the front and back body parts with a running stitch close to the edge. Bear in mind that you need to keep an opening for the stuffing.

10. In this step, fill the felt lion with stuffing.

11. Close the opening with running stitch.

Now that you have sewn your cute DIY lion, will you make another safari animal? I also share a simple elephant felt pattern. And if you print this pattern smaller, you can make a lovely felt lion ornament.

Other Free and Easy Sewing Pattern

Cute Felt Lion Pattern Conclusions

In conclusion, the felt lion sewing pattern is a great choice for anyone looking to create their very own felt safari animal. With this lion pattern, you can easily make a cute stuffed animal or a lovely felt lion ornament. The tutorial provided and the sewing PDF template makes it easy to follow along and create your handmade lion plushie. Made with love, this softie will become a cherished keepsake or gift. Whether you are a seasoned crafter or just starting out, this stuffie is a fun sewing project. 

If you want more inspiration for your felt crafting, head to my Pinterest board Free Felt Patterns!

Be sure to visit this website for free embroidery and sewing tips and tricks to help you out as you stitch my patterns. Explore my free felt patterns if you want to sew more felt crafts. 

Let’s craft together!

XO, Anna