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Christmas Pictures

November 13, 2011 By A Spoonful of Sugar - 24 Comments

It is no secret that I love Christmas, and adding Christmas pictures to our home brings some festive cheer. We usually change our Christmas colour scheme every year or so, but you can quickly add some inexpensive framed fabric art to complement your holiday colours.

I love making pictures using embroidery hoops and the best thing is that they can be easily altered from year to year.

Materials:

  • felt
  • background fabric
  • quilting batting
  • embroidery hoop
  • ribbon
  • buttons

Cut a Christmas image out of felt. I used my Accuquilt Go Baby and a Dove die to quickly cut out a dove silhouette. Alternatively, you can do a google search for “Christmas Images” and it will come up with loads of great images you could trace onto felt and then cut out.

Stitch the silhouette to a piece of backing fabric that is larger that the embroidery hoop you are using.

Embellish the picture with buttons, sequins, embroidery etc.

Place the fabric in the hoop. Cut a circle of batting that is the same size as your hoop and place it in the back of the picture. Trim the fabric so that it is approx 1 inch bigger than the hoop. Tuck the edges of the fabric in  behind the picture and glue a circle of card to the back of the hoop to cover the back and keep it neat.

Attach a ribbon and a length of twine to hang the picture as desired.

Here is a reindeer silhouette that I made last year in red, white and lime colours.

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Comments

  1. two hippos says

    November 13, 2011 at 2:07 am

    brilliant idea, they are really lovely decorations!

    Reply
  2. erdbeerdiamant says

    November 13, 2011 at 1:03 am

    This is just *WOW* I love the beautiful pictures! Brilliant idea 🙂

    Reply
  3. Patchwork and Play says

    November 13, 2011 at 1:19 am

    What a fabulous idea! Simple but so effective! I’ll be back tomorrow too!

    Reply
  4. Fotf says

    November 13, 2011 at 1:20 am

    Love this. I managed to obtain two hoops several months ago and haven’t done anything with them yet so this idea is a great inspiration and motivation to get going now that my stint making Christmas cards is nearly over. Tfs 🙂

    Reply
  5. shez says

    November 13, 2011 at 1:31 am

    lovely idea Lisa

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  6. Nicky says

    November 13, 2011 at 1:36 am

    The deer is gorgeous!

    Reply
  7. suzitee says

    November 13, 2011 at 1:50 am

    What a great idea. Your house will be stunning this Christmas!

    Reply
  8. Cybele's patch says

    November 13, 2011 at 2:26 am

    Wonderful and beatuiful! I am always amazed by your creativity. I have a spare hoop so guess what I will be doing….

    Reply
  9. Bela says

    November 13, 2011 at 2:51 am

    I always wonder where so much creativity comes from!
    Fantastic! I love your acqua & red x-mas!!!
    Love, Bela

    Reply
  10. Sophie-Charlotte Chapman says

    November 13, 2011 at 4:12 am

    lovely, to start i thought they were awesome cookies !!

    Reply
  11. Pat says

    November 13, 2011 at 4:54 am

    Love your hoop pictures. I used to make huge ones with Christmas lace designs overlaying deep solid colors.

    Reply
  12. Simone de Klerk says

    November 13, 2011 at 5:11 am

    What a gorgeous project and the colors are so you! Last year’s project is very pretty too!

    Reply
  13. Celestial Charms says

    November 13, 2011 at 10:22 am

    Some wonderful ideas in this post. The red buttons really add the perfect touch!
    Maureen

    Reply
  14. Handmade says

    November 14, 2011 at 2:04 am

    Totally effective – one year I’m going to hire you to decorate my house for Christmas!!!!

    Reply
  15. Melissa @ Sew BitterSweet Designs says

    November 13, 2011 at 3:12 pm

    Lovely! I just had to pin this it was so adorable!

    Reply
  16. Michelle L. says

    November 13, 2011 at 5:46 pm

    Those are seriously gorgeous! I love the color combinations you chose – so cheerful, and Christmasy but not too much.

    Reply
  17. Trish and Bonnie @ Uncommon says

    November 13, 2011 at 6:08 pm

    I am in love with these! The red and aqua is one of my favorite Christmas color combos ever! We are hosting a Home for the Holidays link party and we would be honored for you to join us!

    http://www.uncommondesignsonline.com/2011/11/home-for-holidays-link-party_08.html

    Reply
  18. Terriaw says

    November 13, 2011 at 8:00 pm

    So gorgeous! I am always looking for new ideas for ornaments to make each season, so I’m definitely going to try these. Just need to stock up on a few small hoops. They are so elegant and festive. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  19. Thimbleanna says

    November 14, 2011 at 6:53 am

    Very, very cute Sarah! I love that you can change them out to be however you like them!

    Reply
  20. Jill says

    November 14, 2011 at 8:21 pm

    Gorgeous little pictures! Love your colours for this year! 🙂

    Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
    Hope you have a great week!
    Jill @ Creating my way to Success
    http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  21. Mammasaurus says

    November 17, 2011 at 3:39 am

    Wowsers! That looks great! I am going to have go myself!

    Very effective indeed!

    Reply
  22. Amy says

    November 19, 2011 at 5:52 pm

    Just gorgeous!

    Where do you get your embroidery hoops from? My local Lincraft doesn’t have a very good range of them.

    Thanks so much for linking up x

    Reply
  23. Noirin McBrien says

    November 27, 2013 at 3:11 pm

    Beautiful!

    Reply
  24. Noirin McBrien says

    November 27, 2013 at 3:12 pm

    Quite simply beautiful!

    Reply

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