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This pattern may be used for personal use. Do not sell items made from this pattern, nor reproduce this pattern for sale.
“Jeweled” Rudolph Ornament ©www.thriftstorecrafter.com, Sarah Meland
Supplies Needed for Rudolph
Felt – I used aqua (main), white (inner ear), red (nose, berries), green (holly), black (eye) Sequins – I used silver (inner ear), red (berries), green (holly) Clear Seed Beads Embroidery Floss to Match Beading Needle or Other Small Eyed Needle (a between will usually work) Polyfil Ornament Hook
This pattern may be used for personal use. Do not sell items made from this pattern, nor reproduce this pattern for sale.
General Instructions for Making Felt and Sequin Ornaments
Step 1: Cut out your pattern pieces. I cut roughly around the pattern piece then I staple it to the felt. Yup, I staple it right on there using a regular office stapler. It works way better than pins. Then, I cut it out on the pattern lines. I leave the pattern piece on until I’m ready to use the piece.
Step 2: Add your beads and sequins. Do this before sewing the pieces together. You need to use a beading needle or some other small eyed needle that will fit through your beads. Use thread or a single strand of embroidery floss. You knot the thread, come up from the back side, add a sequin, add a bead then go back down through the sequin hole. Continue adding beads and sequins in the manner until you are through. Knot off on the back side.
Step 3: Sew your pieces together. You are not sewing the front pieces to the “back” piece. We’ll add that later. You take whatever is the main piece and start sewing the smaller pieces to it. Use one strand of matching embroidery floss and a small whip stitch over the edge of the felt.
Step 4: Once all the pieces are sewn together, do any embroidery per instructions. The embroidery is usually the eyes or mouth. The eyes are crucial. If you get the wrong, your piece will look creepy. Take your time and make it right.
Step 5: Using a double strand of embroidery floss, make a loop on the back at the top center so you can add your hook. Or, add a piece of ribbon or gold cord if you prefer. I find it’s best to do this BEFORE I sew the front to the back because I can hide the knots inside.
Step 6: Sew the front to the back and stuff the ornament. Using a single strand of matching embroidery floss, whip stitch the front to the back. When you get almost all the way around, take a small bit of polyfil (you don’t need much at all) and stuff it through the opening. You just want to give your ornament a little body; it doesn’t need to be stuffed full like a pillow. Finish sewing shut and knot off, burying the knot.
Specific Instructions for Rudolph
• When cutting out the backing piece of felt, cut loosely around the holly. Once the top piece is sew together, use that as your guide to refine your cutting of the holly leaves.
• When sewing the sequins on the inner ear, start at the bottommost point, add sequins in a line up one side, then down the other, then fill in continuing to go up one side and down the other until the inner ear piece is filled.
• As you are sewing the front to the back, stuff the ears and neck as you go. It will be easier than trying to stuff them at the end.
• Use two strands of white embroidery floss to satin stitch a reflection in the eye and one strand of black embroidery floss to embroidery three straight stitches for eyelashes.