I designed these baubles for Sew Hip last year, but I thought they'd be perfect to share with you all as part of my Crafty Christmas series :)
To make your own baubles you will need:
- The templates at the bottom of this post
- Craft felt in white, grey and a selection of bright candy colours (or whatever colour scheme you've chosen)
- Ric rac, plus matching embroidery thread
- Matching sewing threads for all the felt & ric rac colours you're using
- Narrow ribbon
- A sewing needle, pins, sewing scissors and a large needle
1) First cut out your pattern pieces from the templates provided. For each ornament (a circle or a teardrop) you need to cut out two main bauble shapes in a bright colour (C1 or T1), one wide band of white felt (C2 or T2), one narrower band of a second bright colour (C3 or T3) and one small ‘cap’ piece from grey felt (TC).
2) Position the wide white band onto the middle of one of your bauble shapes so the edges match up. Pin the band in place and stitch around the edges with a line of simple straight stitches in white thread.
3) Next place the narrower coloured band of felt in the centre of the white band, pin or hold it in place and stitch around the edges with a line of straight stitches in matching thread.
4) Cut a length of bright ric rac at least five cms longer than the width of the ornament. Hold it in position so it overlaps the ornament by a couple of cms at each end and slowly sew it in place with matching thread, gradually curving the ric rac to match the curve of the felt band.
5) When you reach the end of the band, fold the spare ric rac over the edge taking care not to distort the shape of the ornament. Trim any excess ric rac and stitch the end in place with small whip stitches. Repeat this for the other end.
6) Thread a large needle with embroidery thread in the same colour as the ric rac and sew two decorative lines a few mms from the top and bottom of the band, following its curve. Use back stitch or, if you prefer, sew a line of straight stitches and then double back on yourself and fill in the gaps between the stitches.
7) Place the small grey cap piece at the top of your ornament and sew it in place using vertical stitches in white or light grey thread. Then turn the ornament over so you can see the back and all your workings.
8) Cut a four and a half inch length of narrow ribbon, fold it to make loop and sew the ends in place at the top of the ornament using small whip stitches.
9) Place the front and back bauble pieces together so the ribbon ends are sandwiched between them and the decorated side of the bauble is facing outwards. Sew them together with a line of straight stitches around the edge in thread the same colour as your main bauble shape. Finally, finish your stitches as neatly as possible on the back of the ornament.
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36 comments:
These are gorgeous - another thing to bookmark for Christmas!! Thanks for sharing!
fantastic, like them!
lovely! thank you for the tutorial :-)
These are awesome! I'd love to try them, definitely putting this idea on the list for Christmas. Thank you for sharing!
Very pretty - thanks! I've started making Christmas decorations already but been holding off the tutorial, maybe I should type it up
Perfect! I love this blog! Thank's for ideia.
Kisses darling
Great project! We love these!
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful ... I am delighted Congratulations!
Elaine Almeida
Preciosos!!
Regards from Spain
fantastic tutorial. I have featured it on my blog www.christmascreative.blogspot.com
Gorgeous, thanks for the tutorial!
Hugs
Grace
xx
Gorgeous. Would love to have a go. Thanks for sharing your tutorial
These are lovely. I'm loving the christmas tutorials even though it's only September!
Lovely!. Thank you for sharing!
Kisses from Spain.
Mª José (majogonga)
Very nice:))
greetings from Turkey:))
piekne bombki
Super cute!
♥ I LUV !!!
Another tutorial on my to-do list, thank for sharing ;-)
These look ace! Im going to have to make myself a string of these to hang christmas cards from. Thanks for sharing your ideas :-)
Thank you for this, they're fab! I made a rough one this weekend without the templates, and I was really pleased with it.
Hopefully these will make lovely presents too.
Thanks for all the comments everyone! Please do share photos if you make some of these, it would be fab to see everyone's choice of colours :)
Thanks for sharing...
So cute and great tutorial! thanks for sharing.
Oh I absolutely LOVE this. I just did a blog post about holiday craft ideas and included this. Brilliant! Thanks!!
this is ace :) really like it!
Gracias, me gusta mucho, tanto la idea como el tutorial.
Thank you SOOO much for posting these templates and ideas because you gave me the encouragement/confidence to make some of my own for our very bare tree. I love how they turned out (though yours are way more impressive) and it was awesome to be able to make them for free from stuff I already owned - plus, they are easy to store (and not breakable) so I can save them for next year! I posted pics of the ones I made (and I made the candy cane ones too) and you can see them here if you want: http://www.thecraftyscientist.com/2011/12/homemade-ornaments.html. (I linked to you and gave your ill credit in the post - thank you again!) Merry Christmas!
-Mel the Crafty Scientist
Simply wonderful :-). Thanks a lot.
Thank you so much for this great idea and tutorial! I made 6 for a friend
http://wp.me/pK2DW-ts
I am getting ready to use this pattern for an ornament exchange. My partner wants something retro modern. I think these will be perfect!
I am co-hosting SPARK this month. The theme is Here Come The Holidays and I would love for you to come over and post this link. :)
http://tinyurl.com/The-Best-Laid-Plans
I hope your partner will like them, Pam! :)
Hi , Laura !!!!!
I am a new follower of your blog !
I love your creations !!!!They are
adorable !!!
My yesterday's post may interest
you because I posted a photo
of your felt baubles and of course I gave the link to your blog.
I do hope you don't mind!! If you
do, please tell me and I will remove it immediately.
Have a nice weekend!!!
Niki
No problem at all, Niki! Thanks for linking to my project :)
Great project! Thanks a tutorial
Thank you! :)
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