Do you participate in ornament exchanges? Or do you have people on your list that you need to make an ornament for? I usually have a dozen or so ornaments to make for people outside our immediate family. The challenge seems to be making them similar enough so I can work them up quickly, but different enough to show that I care. Here's what I came up with this year....mittens! I started out by drawing a simple mitten shape on a scrap of paper. I cut it out and sprayed the back with temporary spray adhesive. I pressed it on to the colorful felt scraps I had and carefully cut out 12 mittens. Since felt is reversible, I flipped some over so they wouldn't all have the thumbs facing the same direction. After all there have to be right and left mittens! :) Then I threaded a needle with some white crochet cotton and hand stitched a simple snowflake motif. I used large straight stitches and then french knots for the end points. I knew I wanted to cover up the stitching on the back of each mitten and give them a little more heft, so I decided to sew them on to white felt. To make this easier, I laid out six mittens on a 9 x 12" piece of felt, allowing some space in between. I used white thread in top and bobbin and sewed them in place. I repeated the process with the other six mittens. Next, I cut approximately 1/8" around each mitten so that each would have a white edge. (No need to measure, I just eye-balled it!) For the finishing touch, I took scraps from the white felt sheets and sewed on "cuffs" to each mitten. Depending on the colors of thread I had, some were sewn on using thread that matched the colored felt, while on others I had to use white. Cute either way! The final step? Thread another piece of crochet cotton (about 6" long) and go through the entire mitten about 1/4" down from the top of the cuff. Tie a knot and that's all there is to it! Have anyone on your list you'd like to make a mitten for? I'd be happy to give this fun and simple little pattern in PDF format to anyone who emails me. Happy Stitching! :)
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Before I continue the tutorial, I want to say a big "HELLO" to all of the newest subscribers! I hope you find something here to inspire you to be creative and that you will share my blog and site with your friends! Now back to the needlework carrier! If you missed the first part of the tutorial, you can catch up here. If you're making your own version of the needlework carrier, it should look something like the picture on the left. The "cover" of the carrier should be quilted and the bags should be sewn in with the wide ribbon sewn on top to cover the bag seam. Now we will move on to the pockets. |
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