Simple Felt Ornaments are a Great Way to Practice Stitching

The other day I came across this pin on Pinterest, which is an image uploaded by a user of a simple embroidered felt Christmas ornament made all the more lovely with the addition of quite a lot of seed beads.

On further browsing I also found this one, also a user upload, but it made me think of stitch samplers and how this would be a super cute thing of a kid (or someone of any age learning embroidery or cross stitch) to make for the tree.

To do it, just cut out two rounds of felt, probably a few inches across. Embroider or cross stitch random stitches, or make a design like a tree, heart or star. You might want to stitch your name and the year on the felt piece that will be the back.

Add embellishments such as buttons or beads as you like.

Hand sew the two pieces together, adding a little stuffing as you go, and a ribbon at the top for hanging.

These would be so fun to make with a group, it could even be an activity you work on at your holiday celebrations!

[Photo via Pinterest.]

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I recently wrote a post on my blog about using a stitchable journal cover and I mentioned that you can make your own stitched cover for a journal by using perforated paper instead of buying a stitchable notebook.

I have to admit, though, that I’ve never used perforated paper for cross stitch myself. I definitely want to because I think it would be great to use for bookmarks that don’t fray and have a little more stability, for example.

Sirious Stitches has us covered, though, because they did a deep dive into all things perforated cross stitch pattern that is worth the time to read through.

The post mentions that a lot of people use perforated paper for cross stitch because they buy an ornament kit that uses it. I’ve never seen these (or at least never noticed that that is what they were) but it’s a great idea to make small projects like ornaments in this way. It also talks about the pros and cons of using cross stitch paper, where to buy it and how to make your own.

Making it yourself is an awesome idea because if you already have a pattern in mind you can just make holes in your paper where you need stitches to be and leave the rest solid. This would be ideal for making greeting cards, for example.

In addition to kits and sheets you can often find the paper pre-cut into different shapes you can use to make your own designs, no real pattern required.

The post also includes tips and advice for how to stitch on perforated paper that you’ll want to check out before you try your first project.

I’m super intrigued by the idea of using perforated paper for cross stitch and will probably be trying it out soon. Have you used it before? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Check out the post over at Sirious Stitches for more information.

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