Halloween Crafts
How-To: Make a Fake Beard
By Erin Dollar


Not sure what to be for Halloween? Take the crafty mustache trend to the side by side level with this projection on how to make a false beard. An easy quick-sew together project that will turn you into a lumberjack or whatsoever graphic symbol you wish!


Makeabeard Step1A

Materials

Two viii″×12″ pieces arts and crafts felt, any color
Thread in matching color
Needle
or sewing machine
Pins
Scissors
1 yard grosgrain ribbon, cut in one-half
eighteen″ each
Printer and paper to create template
Download the beard template (jpg).

Directions

Makeabeard Step1B
Step 1: Get together materials (I neglected to show the ribbon in the materials photograph at acme, and then don't forget it!). Impress out the template at full size, cut out, and pin to both pieces of felt.
Makeabeard Step2
Footstep 2: Cut out the felt pieces using the template as a guide, making 2 of each. Pivot each like piece together. Set the moustache aside until Step five.
Makeabeard Step3
Step 3: Adhere the ribbon ties to the upper right and left corners of the felt beard, sandwiching the ribbon between the felt as shown. You can do this past mitt sewing it betwixt the ii layers of the bristles, or using a machine to stitch an Ten blueprint over the ribbon and the back layer of felt.
Makeabeard Step4A
Makeabeard Step4B
Step iv: Sew together along the outer border of the larger felt pieces, leaving nigh 1/8″ along the outside. This tin can be manus sewn, or sewn on a machine.
Makeabeard Step5A
Makeabeard Step5B
Step 5: Take the pins out of the larger bristles pieces, and pin the moustache pieces onto the beard, making certain to sandwich the pokey-looking flaps on the top of the beard between each side of the moustache. Try to keep the moustache centered betwixt the 2 top flaps. With the moustache pinned in place, sew along the border of the moustache, taking care to sew securely through all layers where the 2 panels meet. This is a fiddling catchy to practise on a sewing machine, merely certainly possible. Be careful not to sew your fingers!
Makeabeard Step6A
Step vi: Your beard is all finished! Check for stray threads, trim messy edges, and try on your masterpiece. Add middle patches, gnome hats, or villainous looking tattoos as needed to complete your wait.
About the Author:
Makeabeard Aboutme
Erin Dollar lives in Portland, state of hipsters with beards and lumberjacks with beards. She is the one-woman beard mill backside I Made You A Beard , but she sometimes finds a spare moment to screenprint or bake cookies.

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