Christmas Ornaments

Here it is...

December 12th and I'm just getting

my ornaments made.

This year I am making ornaments designed by

Larissa Holland

and am having so much fun making them!

I love the "Twelve Days of Christmas"

and when I saw Larissa's patterns,

I knew I had to make her ornaments.

I ordered wool felt from the Etsy site

Larissa recommends,

bought the embroidery floss I needed

and began to create.

Larissa suggests that we use

"Sulky Printable Sticky Fabri-Solvy"

to print the embroidery designs and

stitch over on the felt.

Let me tell you what....

this stuff works like a charm!

It gunks the needle up a bit as I stitch,

but wipes off easily.

Once the stitching is done,

the pieces are soaked in cold water for a short time,

sprayed with the kitchen sink sprayer if there are pieces

stuck in the stitching and that is it!

Print the pattern pieces onto the stabilizer,

(don't do what I did and print them on the paper side!)

roughly cut out the pieces,

peel the backing off,

stick the piece to the felt,

stitch over the lines,

soak and rinse in cold water

and let dry.

The first of the ornaments are finished!

(And look.... my tree is up and decorated....

But I won't tell you about having to string lights on the

ENTIRE pre lit tree!!)

"On the First Day of Christmas

My true Love gave to me...

A Partridge in a Pear Tree."

 

Larissa has the patterns available for the first six ornaments.

I can't wait to see the rest of them!

Happy Quilting!

Happy Stitching!

Merry Christmas!