Hello friends, this is Jennifer Long from Bee Sew Inspired, back with a fun and quick softie craft!!!

Stuffed Fabric Apple Softies

One of my favorite times of the year is apple season! I think of all the fun yummy smells and warm baking like apple butter in the slow cooker, Dutch apple pie, apple turnovers and those delicious apple crumble breakfast muffins. Even fresh and smooth apple sauce!

Can you just smell the apple and cinnamon aroma in the air? This is why we’ve decided to create this stuffed apple tutorial with cinnamon stick stems. They are so beautiful for home decor all season, and the bonus is, that you get to enjoy the wonderful smell of cinnamon!
You can make these apple stuffies as scrappy as you like, or all one color. If you don’t have cinnamon sticks on hand that’s okay, just use a small twig instead if you’re aching to get this project done to decorate your home for the Fall season. The pattern template comes in three sizes, download the template, select the size you want to make choose your fabric!

If you love apples as much as I do, you are invited to join me this September for a FREE Apple Sew-Along!  September is Apple Season month at Bee Sew Inspired and we are making “An apple a day!” Come and join us for one or all of the days this month and make some sweet, fabric apples. Join the Apple Season SAL HERE.

Let’s get creative! Just gather the supplies below, then download the pattern/files. Don’t forget to share your project on social media using the hashtag #beesewinspired and tag @beesewinspired.

Supplies:

Tools
  • Sewing Machine or Embroidery Machine
  • Rotary Cutter
  • Quilting Ruler
  • Self-Healing Mat
  • Iron and Wool Mat
  • Scissors
  • Hand sewing needle
Materials

Stuffed Apple Softies Instructions:

1. Download the Apple Pattern designed by Bee Sew Inspired HERE and enter the code “APPLETEMPLATES” or “APPLESVG”.  You can choose either the PDF Pattern to hand cut your shapes, or the SVG Cut File and follow the directions to have your Cricut Maker cut the felt shapes. Make sure to use your rotary blade and set the fabric to felt. Use the template to cut out six panels in total.  
2. Fuse the Heat-N-Bond Fleece to the wrong side of your decorative fabrics BEFORE cutting the shape. This will help keep the fabric stable while cutting out the curved edges. Choose fabrics in two designs or up to six if you want each panel to be different.
3. Using the templates cut out the apple shape.
4. Take two adjacent panels and place right sides together. Stitch down one edge using a 1/4″ seam allowance.
5. Repeat until all six panels are joined together, with the fabrics alternating. To join the fruit up, stitch the edges of the first and last panels together. Stitch down from the top and stop around 1/2″ from the end, to leave a hole for the filling.
6. Turn your apple right side out so it is ready to be filled. Don’t underestimate how much toy filling you need! Keep pushing wisps in until it’s tightly packed. Here is the trick: BEFORE you close your apple opening in the next step, insert a cinnamon stick into the center of the apple. Push through all the stuffing so it is well secured and stable.
7. Oversew the gap to close it and finish off securely. I like to use an invisible ladder stitch.
8. Knot and secure your thread but leave a nice long end ready to attach leaf with a few discreet stitches. And there you have it – one perfect apple!
Your Stuffed Apple is complete!
I hope you enjoyed making this little, stuffed apple with me!  Don’t forget to download the pattern (Bonus is it comes in 3 sizes!  YAY!)
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Thank you for being here today – and have a very creative day! – Jennifer Long 
Hi Friends! I am so happy you are here. My name is Jennifer Long, and I am a Riley Blake Designs Fabric Designer, Quilt & Doll Pattern Writer, Machine Embroidery Digitizer, and online educator. I am also the founder of the Sew A Story Pattern Club and the Modern Rag Doll Membership. I am married and a mom to (4) pre-teens / teens and live on a little hobby farm in rural Prairie Canada. I grew up training to be a professional ballet dancer, and later studied Early Childhood Education. I taught ballet and ran my own dance studio all the while sewing and designing costumes for myself and many of my colleagues and students. I am passionate about all things FABRIC, imagination and design and am so blessed I can share this passion with others. This journey has inspired me to make a positive difference by designing dolls and quilt patterns and fabric for others to be EMPOWERED to sew themselves! I have designed dolls and quilts for individuals, organizations, companies, designers, authors of children’s books, and international companies for mass production. What I LOVE the most about creativity is finding INSPIRATION everywhere and, in turn, INSPIRING others to do the same! Thank you for joining me on this creative journey.
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