I made this Boomer (from Animal Crossing) hoop for @roler as one of her Secret Santas in the Secret Santa swap. We’ve swapped before (and recently in the ongoing ornament swap), so I knew she’d recognize who sent the package and was her not-so-secret to her Santa. 
I knew I wanted to make a felt applique, but I had never done one before, so I figured it out.
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I found the image I wanted to replicate and printed it the size I wanted to use.
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Then, I picked out the felt colors I would need. I used black as a background, and cut around Boomer’s shape first.
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Then, I kept him in place with pins and started cutting pieces from my printed pattern, cutting them as shapes, and sewing them to the now empty space. I went around the edges first, then started to work inward.
Follow the small pictures left top, left bottom, bottom left, bottom right to see my order. Then I ended with the larger picture. -
Once he was all pieced, I decided then he would make a good hoopla, and started looking for fabric. I decided to just print my own on photo fabric paper, so I Google’d “Animal Crossing background” and chose this blue one.
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I did a blanket stitch around the edge and filled with fiberfill to make him 3-D.
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I chose to use white floss for the applique because I like the look.
Roler was so lucky to get my only oval hoop! I’ve had that baby for years!