Hand Stitched Felt Christmas Ornaments using Cricut Maker
The holidays are just around the corner, and what better way to spread some cheer than by gifting handmade ornaments to your loved ones? These cute Scandinavian animals in red and white are perfect for the occasion! With the help of the Cricut Maker, you can easily cut out the pieces from Cricut felt and create adorable ornaments that are sure to impress. All you need is some white iron-on, embroidery floss, batting, and a few other materials to get started. Follow these simple directions to make your own cute ornaments that will add a touch of charm to any Christmas tree!
Materials:
- Cricut Iron-on (I'm using white)
- Cricut Felt (colors of choice)
- Embroidery needle and floss
- Batting
- Fabric pen (optional)
- White glue
- 0.2 inch red pom poms
Directions:
Create your cut design in Design Space. This design is called Scandinavian Animals (#MD918D88) from Cricut Access. Size the design to about 3 inches tall.
Cut the animals from white iron-on and weed them carefully.
Cut a 5 inch circle from Cricut felt for the front of each ornament. Iron one animal onto the center of the circle.
Using white embroidery floss, stitch a simple design around the edge of the circle. Use the animal itself for your stitching inspiration and create 2 rows of stitching using basic embroidery stitches.
You can brush up on your embroidery stitches on the DMC website at https://www.dmc.com/uk/p-embroidery-stitch-guide.html.
Cut a 6 inch multi-pointed star shape from Cricut felt for the back of the ornament.
Cut a 4 inch circle from batting and sandwich the batting between the front and back of the ornament. Clip the layers together using pins, clothespins, or binder clips. I also like to draw a stitching line on the front of the ornament using a fabric pen with disappearing ink to help me keep my stitches straight.
Stitch through all layers using a basic running stitch, matching the floss color to the color of the ornament.
Cut a holly leaf about 1 ½ inches long from green felt. Stitch the leaf to the top ornament through all layers using an 8-10 inch length of embroidery floss. Knot the floss to serve as a hanger for the ornament. Glue three 0.2 inch red pom poms to the holly leaf using white glue.
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