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Christmas House Ornaments

November 28, 2013 By A Spoonful of Sugar - 8 Comments

With Christmas now less than a month away, we are starting to plan our decorating. We always decorate our tree on the first weekend in December with the Christmas carols playing. We love to add new decorations to our tree each year. Can’t wait – love this time of year!
Christmas House Ornaments are our home made tree decorations this year. Made from white felt with fabric appliqué and embroidery detail, they suit our Scandinavian theme. They are so quick and easy to make. We made up a batch in an afternoon.

If you would like to make your own, you will need:

Materials:

  • white felt (we used acrylic as it was what we had on hand)
  • scraps of red/white fabric
  • double sided appliqué web such as steam a seam
  • red/white bakers twine
  • red button
  • red embroidery thread
 
 
Supplies:
  • sewing machine
  • embroidery needle
  • scissors – straight and zigzag
  • Template
Method:
1. From the white felt, cut out one square that measures 4 x 4 inches, and one house shape using the template. Cut a length of bakers twine that measures 9 inches in length.
2. Trace the roof and door shapes onto the paper back of the appliqué fusible webbing. Cut out leaving a 1/2 inch clearance around the shapes, and iron on to the back of the fabric following manufacturers instructions. Cut out the shapes. Peel off paper backing. Position the roof and door in place on the felt and press to adhere (refer to photo below for placement).
3. Layer the house shape onto the square of felt as shown. Make a loop from the twine and stitch in place on the backing felt. Using white thread, stitch along the sides and bottom of the house.
4. Using red thread, stitch around the roof and door. We stitched around them three times.
5. Using pinking shears (zigzag blade) trim the roof through both layers, being careful not to clip the twine. Trim the sides of the house with regular scissors.
6. Stitch a button to the top of the house as shown. Using two strands of embroidery thread, stitch a star above the door and add a French knot to 4 points of the star. (Refer to photo below).
We love our little Christmas houses and can’t wait to add them to our tree this year!
For more Christmas ornaments and tree decorations, check out 10 Homemade Christmas Crafts.

Filed Under: Christmas Tagged With: felt, ornaments

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Comments

  1. Melody says

    November 28, 2013 at 9:24 pm

    Gorgeous little decorations and thank you so much for the decorations

    Reply
  2. Melody says

    November 28, 2013 at 9:25 pm

    Sorry I meant to thank you for the tutorial

    Reply
  3. Sapana Behl says

    November 30, 2013 at 6:03 am

    Very nice decoration ! Yours ia a wonderful blog , happy to follow you ..hoping for same !

    Cookingwithsapana
    My Other Blog

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  4. Anne Weaver says

    December 1, 2013 at 8:52 am

    Love your house ornaments! I’ve linked to your tutorial over at Craft Gossip:
    http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-felt-house-christmas-ornament/2013/11/30/
    –Anne

    Reply
  5. Simone de Klerk says

    December 1, 2013 at 12:30 pm

    Love the Little Houses. Make perfect small gifts.
    Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
  6. Mary S says

    October 10, 2014 at 3:27 am

    Cute ornaments. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • A Spoonful of Sugar says

      October 11, 2014 at 4:25 pm

      Thanks Mary!

      Reply

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