These were all made with felt from Joann fabrics. They had a sale on felt today so it was a great time to get what I wanted. The bolt was 72" wide and I bought about 12" worth of fabric.
These are the U-turns and bends.
For about $1 I was able to make 2 intersections, 10 long straight aways, 8 short roads, 2 big L bends, 2 U-turns, 2 small bends, and 1 big bend.
First cut the felt about 3" wide. This should fit 2 matchbox size cars side by side on the road at one time. This is where you can get creative with the type of road you want to make. I kept it pretty simple since I knew I was sewing yellow lines in the middle.
Then I set my sewing guide (yes masking tape on the sewing arm). I measured about 1-1/2" from the needle which gave me the line in the middle if the road.
Sew the lines. I used yellow thread on the charcoal felt in a zig-zag pattern.
Sew all of the pieces and let the kids have fun with it. This shows all the of different pieces that I made.
These are the straight aways.
Total time from start to finish was about a hour.
And what good would a felt road be without somewhere to store it. So I also made this great little bag to store it in. Even used a play on words to embroider his name on it. For the draw strings I used a pair of shoe strings I had laying around.
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