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This page offers a way to make these easy-to-do Christmas-tree
ornaments with embroidery. You'll need craft felt of all colors - white,
pink, lavender, blue, green, yellow, red, etc. - embroidery threads, trims,
ribbons and beads (optional).
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| For these ornaments we used two sets of designs - the Christmas
ABC Set and Quilt
Ornament Set. |
| Step One: Choose a design you're going to embroider on the front
of the ornament. Hoop two layers of craft felt - the upper layer is for
embroidery, the lower layer will serve as a stabilizer and a batting. Embroider
the design. |
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| Step Two: Hoop another two layers of craft felt to embroider
the back of the ornament. We embroidered a child's name on it, but you
can choose to embroider something else. |
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| Step Three: Decide on which shape the ornament will be, draw
this shape with a pencil around the embroidery and cut it out. Our "E -
Eddy" ornament is a circle. Repeat with the back of the ornament. |
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| Step Four: With a pair of scissors trim the lower layer of the
felt (the one that served as a stabilizer) to be 1/4" smaller than the
upper layer, on both the front and the back of the ornament. Place the
front and the back together with the embroidery facing outwards and zigzag
them together, over the edge. |
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Step Five: Pin a trim to the raw edge and make a loop
out of the ends of the trim. Stitch the trim to the ornament. It's ready.
Here are some more pictures of ornaments made using the Christmas
ABC Set: |
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For the second set of ornaments we used Quilt
Ornament Set.
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Basically, they are made like the ABC ornaments, except that we
embroidered the designs twice - on the front and on the back, and all of
them have a square shape.
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| When we stitched the face and the back together, we made a loop out
of a narrow ribbon and placed it between the layers, then we stitched
the layers together. |
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| If you havee beads, or crystals, add them for extra sparkle. |
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The ornaments are ready. We hope that you like our idea.
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