You can embroider directly according to the template, the felt is hard enough to embroider without hoops
We offer a blue Kokoshnik brooch template printed on thin Korean felt, on which you can embroider without worrying that the base will be visible. The diameter of the face for the crown should be 20 mm, such faces are in the store in the section "Kits"
Free master class here (the principle of poppy embroidery is the same)
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