Intermediate Home Dec Projects

DIY Turkey Silverware Holders for a Festive Thanksgiving Table

  • By Meredith McClanahan

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Add a handmade, personalized touch to your Thanksgiving place settings with these adorable turkey silverware holders! This simple sewing project is perfect for getting older kids involved, making it a fun family activity to add charm and creativity to your holiday table.

What you'll need:

  • Sewing Machine
  • ¼ yd Flannel (red, orange, brown, & yellow) 
  • Coordinating sewing thread (red, orange, brown & yellow) 
  • Open Toe Foot Presser Foot 
  • Pinking scissors  
  • Scissors 
  • Iron 
  • Regular Point Needles 
  • Inspira® Stitch N’ Fuse II 
  • Eyes: buttons, mini pompoms, or embroidery floss.  
  • Hand sewing needle  
  • Provided pattern pieces 

Project Steps 

  1. Cut out provided pattern pieces.  
  2. Cut out coordinating pattern pieces with your choice of matching flannel. We kept the flannel double sided to have a “pretty” looking back & to give a little more stability. We used pinking scissors to cut the turkey wings to give a more dimension.  
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  3. Thread your machine with red thread. While using the Singer® Open Toe Foot Presser Foot & sew down the wattle to the two pieces of brown that create the turkey body.   
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  4. Thread your machine with yellow thread & sew down the beak in the same manner. 
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  5. With the yellow thread threaded on your machine use a reinforced stitch sew accent stitches to the turkey feet.   
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  6. Add eyes in your preferred way. We chose to use embroidery floss, be creative with what you have on hand.  

  7. Thread your machine with brown thread & sew around the curve of the turkey wings. 
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  8. Overlap the sewn turkey wings so that they are naturally crossed.  
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  9. Using a zigzag stitch, sew ½” across the overlap of the turkey wings to connect them. 

  10. Taking the one piece of the largest feather section line up the second largest feather section along the bottom.  
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  11. Thread your machine with orange thread & sew around the second largest feather section.  
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  12. Line up the turkey feet at the bottom of the feather section & pin in place.  
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  13. Place the turkey body in the middle of the feather section, overtop of the turkey feet. Pin in place.  
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  14. Place the turkey wings on top of the turkey body lining up the edges around the curve. There should be space between the turkey wings & body to place your silverware.  
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  15. Thread your machine with brown thread & sew around the turkey body. Be mindful to catch the turkey feet & wings as you sew around the turkey body.  
  16. Using the Inspira® Stitch N’ Fuse II it to the back of the second piece of the largest feather section using your SINGER® SteamCraft Steam Iron. Peel off paper backing & fuse the wrong side of the largest feather section together. 
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  17. Thread your machine with red thread & sew around the largest feather section to sew the two pieces together.  
  18. Add silverware in between the turkey feathers & place on your Thanksgiving dinner china to add an extra touch to your Thanksgiving place setting.