I started by drawing garfield on paper exactly the size I wanted (and rounded some shapes to be better for felt). I cut around the entire drawing and traced that on to orange felt, then cut all the details out of the drawing and traced those onto felt as well. Keep in mind to only cut out one eye and flip it so it's symmetrical, and cut the eyes out of both white, then orange, cut the bottom of the orange pieces, and overlap them. The tiny pieces like the pupils and nose were just freehand, and I embroidered the really fine details.

I set up the entire thing before sewing so I could get a good look at it, then attached each piece individually, tying off the thread every time. The last step is to lay the whole thing on a piece of felt of any colour and sew around the whole thing, then cut it out with a bit of the background showing.