Christmas Ornaments
Many of us really enjoyed the Christmas ornament that Nancy L. taught us to
make a few years ago (I know for sure that Judy Bl. and Lauren M. entered
their completed ones and won prizes for them at the Providence Bay Fall
Fair!) So, since we aren’t doing one at this meeting, I thought you might enjoy seeing a couple of ideas from .weallsew.com. For one of them, there is
just the photo because we know that you all know how to make yoyos! (Ask
Connie Wilson if you need help, but you’ll have to call it by its British name - the Suffolk puff). It
has a couple of buttons between each of the yoyos. http://fionacarter.typepad.com/
my_ramblings/2009/12/christmas-ideas-fabric-yoyos-christmas-tree-ornaments.html
The other one is a fabric origami ornament from http://sy-elsklev.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/fabric-origamiornament-tutorial.html
• 3 fabric* squares (one for center, two for front/
back) - 5" squares are easy, 4" squares make dainty
ornaments
• 2 buttons/beads for embellishing center
• String/yarn for hanging loop
Needle, thread, scissors
*Fabric should be "creasable", not fray too easily and not be too thick.
Most quilting cottons work well. I haven't tried it, but spray starching
the squares might be useful if using thinner fabric.
USEFUL TIPS:
• Finger press all folds in all steps.
• Fold and tack in place on side at a time for all steps (then you
don't have to pin anything)
Cut your thread long enough to last for the whole piece
Step 1: Fold square in half and finger press crease,
open up and repeat in other direction to make a
creased cross in the center.
Step 2: Fold two opposing sides in towards center and
tack in place at center.
Step 3: Fold the other two long sides in towards center
and tack in place.
Step 4: Place a finger in one of the "ears" and flatten into a square. Tack
in place. Repeat for the other three sides.
Step 5: Fold the sides of one of the little squares in to make a point and
tack together. Sew all the way around, tacking in place on the sides of
the "arrows" and where the folds meet.
For center square: You are now finished. Just fasten the thread and cut it
off. The back side should look like this - don't worry, all the stitches and
raw edges will be covered:
For front/back squares: Continue with step 6.
Step 6: Fold one corner towards the center of the back and tack in place.
Repeat for the other three sides. Fasten the thread and cut it off.
If you have made all your three squares you should have something that looks like this:
Step 7: Make a sandwich of your pieces (you should be able to use your crease lines from step 1 to see where the
front/back points should meet) and tack together at all corners of the front/back.
Step 8: Sew your embellishments to the center front and back (sew through the sandwich) and sew a string through
one of the points of the center (green) square to make a hanging loop. Congratulations, you are finished! 5-Dec./13
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