Felt Ornaments Look So Cozy On the Christmas Tree

Felt ornaments looks so cozy on the Christmas tree and adds a homespun feel for the holidays.  I’ve been having fun using felt to make Christmas ornaments.  The poinsettia mug ornaments I shared a few days ago were made on a flat felt surface.  For today’s ornament I created a soft fiber filled pillow background for my winter cabin scene.

For my project I used the Rubbernecker Stamps Snow Globe Set, Cabin Set, Evergreen Trees, Deckle Hills, Small Birds, Tiny Leaves and the star from the Globe Tree Set..

The Die Cut Felt Parts

• Cut two white circle sections and a white deckle hill section. Use the circle die to cut the deckle hill section.
• Use gray and white felt to cut the cabin sections and attach them together using Crafter’s Pick tacky glue.
• Cut one set of evergreen trees and tiny leaves using green felt.
• Punch out 1/8″ circles and cut small birds using red felt.
• Use yellow felt to cut the tiny star.

Create the Scene

• Apply tacky glue to the back of the trees and attach to the front white felt circle.
• Use tacky glue to attach the cabin to the trees and the circle base.
• Attach the tiny green leaves, red circle, red birds and yellow star to the scene using tacky glue.
• Secure the two round felt circles and the snow layer together using straight pins.
• Thread an embroidery needle with white embroidery floss and sew the pieces together using an overcast whip stitch and leave a small section open to use to add fiber fill.  Note:  Check out this American Felt and Craft link to see several different stitch options.  Please don’t  take a close look at my stitching.  My needle point was not sharp enough and made it difficult for me to get through the felt to create even stitches. 
• Insert fiber fill to the inside of the white circles to create a soft pillow appearance and then compete stitching to close the opening.
• Create the thread hanger by inserting the needle in between the top layers, pulling the thread up through , create the loop and secure with a couple french knots.

Here are the dies I used to create my ornament.

5177-01D Snow Globe Die Cut [ RBB ] 5177-02D Cabin #1 Die Cut [ RBB ] 5217-01D Evergreen Tree Die [ RBB ] 5173-02D Deckle Hills Die Cut [ RBB ] Small Birds Die 5147-06D [ RBB ] 5162-04D Tiny Leaves [ RBB ] 5177-03D Globe Tree #1 Die Cut [ RBB ]

Here are the tools and supplies used.

Medium Tinsel, Essentials By Ellen… [ ELH ] Avocado, Essentials By Ellen Wool… [ ELH ] Ruby, Essentials By Ellen Wool Felt 9… [ ELH ] Winter White, Essentials By Ellen… [ ELH ] The Ultimate Glue – 4 oz., Crafter’s… [ ELH ] Outus Large-Eye Blunt Needles Steel… [ AMZUS ] Winter White, DMC Embroidery Floss,… [ ELH ] Fairfield FAIPFT12 Fiber Poly Fil… [ AMZUS ] Fiskars – Hole Punch – One Eighth… [ SBC ] Crossover II Fabric & Paper Cutting… [ RBB ] Susan’s Garden Tool Kit, Elizabeth… [ ELH ]

Have you made handmade felt ornaments for your own tree or to give as gifts?They are so fun to make and go together quite easily.  Here is a Pinterest link to handmade felt Christmas ornaments for more inspiration.  Please feel free to add links to your felt ornaments in the comment section.  I would love to see what you come up with.  Thanks for coming by and I hope you have a great weekend.