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DIY Felt Eucalyptus Stems – Free Pattern

June 22, 2021 by Laura Leave a Comment

Last Updated on March 3, 2022

I just love the simplicity and charm of a beautiful felt eucalyptus stem. Plus there are so many ways to incorporate it into your crafting. They are gorgeous used to fill out a felt flower bouquet like you’ll see below. But you could also wind them together to form a wreath or garland. This DIY is very easy to make and you could have a dozen beautiful stems done in an afternoon!

DIY Felt eucalyptus stems free pattern and tutorial. How to make easy eucalyptus leaves to use in bouquets, wreaths or garlands. Create beautiful felt floral arrangements with this DIY eucalyptus pattern.

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As I was researching for this post, I discovered there are many different kinds of eucalyptus! These stems are technically a Baby Blue Eucalyptus. (I can’t figure out why though, since their colouring isn’t actually baby blue. lol)

I designed this DIY felt eucalyptus pattern to accompany this adorable cosmos flower. Both are free patterns. You can sign up below to have them sent to your inbox.

How to Make Felt Eucalyptus Leaves

For one eucalyptus stem, you will need:

Blue-green felt – 6″x7″
20 gauge floral wire – cut to 12″
White chalk (not sidewalk chalk, chalkboard chalk.)
Small craft paintbrush (inexpensive)
Hot glue gun
Quilter’s Freezer Paper (optional) & iron
Fabric scissors
Pattern – Get it below

Gather up materials to make some felt eucalyptus stems

It’s important to always use a good quality felt for your florals. Either 100% wool or a wool/rayon blend. NEVER use acrylic craft felt. You won’t get the results you are looking for. 

Good felt can be hard to find locally, this is my favourite online shop for purchasing felt supplies. They have everything you need from blend felt to wool felt and felt balls.

How to Cut Out Eucalyptus Leaves

I’ve discovered that the easiest way to cut out leaves or flower petals, especially when they are all the same colour, is to use quilter’s freezer paper.

It comes in standard 8.5″x11″ sheets so it will fit in a regular printer. 

Simply print your pattern on the non-shiny side of the paper. Turn off the steam on your iron and iron the paper onto your felt for about 5-6 seconds.

Cut out your pattern pieces through the paper and felt simultaneously. Peel the paper off the felt! Easy peasy!

(Of course this is optional, you can also just pin the paper pattern pieces to your felt and cut around them.)

You will need 5 small leaves, 5 medium leaves and 4 large leaves.

How to easily cut leaves out of felt

The eucalyptus and cosmos flower patterns are bundled together so you only have to sign up once. Find the sign-up box at the bottom of this post!

Easy Felt Eucalyptus DIY

Next, take your white chalk and draw/colour some lines onto all but 1 of the smallest leaves.

Note: If you’re using a fresh piece of chalk, don’t use the sharp edges. Dull the edges on a piece of scrap first so that you get nice soft chalk lines.

Then use a dry craft paintbrush to soften the chalk lines even more. ‘Paint’ over all the chalk lines, rubbing them into the felt. Any old craft paintbrush will do, use what you’ve got!

Add detailing to your eucalyptus leaves

How to Assemble Felt Eucalyptus

Take the small leaf that you didn’t chalk and snip a tiny hole in the center of it. 

Slide it onto the end of your floral wire, apply a generous amount of glue and sandwich it closed around the end of the wire.

How to assemble DIY felt eucalyptus stems

Snip tiny slits into the centers of all the remaining leaves.

With the chalked side facing upwards, slide a small petal up the wire. 

Apply a dot of glue to one side of the slit, and pinch the leaf in half, on to the wire. Position it it about 1/2″ down from the top leaf.

Repeat with the remaining 3 small leaves. Then do the same with the 5 medium sized leaves followed by the 4 large leaves.

Position your leaves so that they are not all lined up perfectly. Rotate each one slightly so you have a more dimensionally interesting eucalyptus stem.

How to make Eucalyptus leaves free DIY felt pattern

If you choose to place your leaves closer together, that’s totally fine! You may also prefer to add more or less leaves depending on what you plan to do with the finished stem.

Once all your leaves are in place, take your paintbrush and rub it against the chalk lines again. Just to soften them up more and make the eucalyptus more realistic.

How to make DIY eucalyptus stems with a free pattern

Easy DIY felt eucalyptus stems with free printable pattern. How to make gorgeous felt eucalyptus leaves

Here I added them into a little arrangement with the free felt cosmos flowers from this post. Aren’t they cute?!

Beautiful felt eucalyptus and cosmos bouquet with free patterns to download. How to make felt floral arrangements

And here, the felt eucalyptus stems are the loveliest filler for a large felt floral bouquet. You can find the patterns for the felt rose, ranunculus and gazania flowers here individually or as a bundle. ๐Ÿ™‚ 

Beautiful DIY Felt Flower Bouquet. Learn how to make all the flowers in this bouquet with The Yellow Birdhouse floral patterns.

What will you use your felt eucalyptus stems for? I’d love to see pictures of what you create!

Happy crafting,

Don’t forget to sign up below to get your free patterns!

AND pin this for later!:

How to make beautiful felt eucalyptus stems and cosmos flowers. Create a felt flower bouquet with free patterns & tutorials. Easy felt flower tutorial. How to make felt eucalyptus.

 

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