Handmade Christmas decorations: step-by-step guide and free pdf pattern download
Create A Unique Christmas Home Decor From Felt Or Recycled Fabrics Now!
For me, Christmas equals creation. I adore handmade decorations, gifts, greeting cards, and homemade food. I like to create and decorate and also – to receive handmade gifts.
And it’s even better if I can make these Christmas decorations from recycled materials!
In this tutorial, I will show you how to embroider and sew a handmade Christmas decorations. This tree ornament will be a great home decor accent and a wonderful gift for your loved ones.
DIY Christmas ornament From Felt Or Recycled Fabrics
Step-by-step hand embroidery tutorial
Tools and Materials
Tools:
- Embroidery needle, big enough to accommodate your chosen thread.
- Sharp big needle, big enough to accommodate a ribbon.
- Scissors. Shears for the fabric and small sharp embroidery scissors or snips.
- Some pins.
- Pencil, friction pen or other tool for pattern transfer.
Materials:
- Brown felt fabric or some old knitwear (I used an old wool sweater, that’s why my decoration does not look like gingerbread cookie. It is more like a chocolate one :))
- Some white yarn. Knitting yarn or pearl cotton will do.
- Ribbon or cord for hanging ~30 cm (12 inches).
- Toy stuffing (polyester filling or cotton wool).
- Wooden or plastic bead with a large hole, big enough to accommodate a ribbon.
Instructions
Download and print the pattern.
Cut out the paper House shape from a printed pattern. Place the model on the felt material, pin it, and cut it out. Don’t trace the embroidery pattern, as it will be almost impossible if you will use knitwear fabric. Instead, draw the shapes by hand with a white marker or chalk. The forms are simple, so it will be easy! If your material is light-colored – use a water-soluble pen.
As an alternative, you can use water-soluble stabilizer for the pattern transfer. Learn more about this method in the article “The Ultimate Guide to Water Soluble Stabilizers for Hand Embroidery“.
For more information about other various pattern transferring methods and tools read “How to transfer embroidery pattern to the fabric” on this Blog.
For this Handmade Christmas decorations project, you will use these hand embroidery stitches:
- Backstitch for outlining the door and a window.
- Chain stitch to embroider the wreath.
- Fly stitch to make snow on the roof.
- Straight stitch to make snowflakes.
- Blanket stitch to sew pieces together.
Remove the tracing marks from the embroidered shape. If you used a Friction pen, you would quickly remove the tracing with a hot hairdryer of an iron. Water-soluble pen marks will be canceled with a wet wipe. The chalk pen is cleaned rapidly with some rubbing.
Put both parts together and sew them with a Blanket stitch, using the white yarn (the same as you used for embroidery).
At the bottom, leave a hole for stuffing.
Stuff the toy stuffing (or cotton wool) in the gap until the decoration is padded but not too firm. Then, finish sewing and close the hole.
Thread a ribbon into the large sharp needle and pass it through the felt material at the top of the House.
Put a wooden bead on top.
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