As many of you know, I have eight children. I have purchased or made them an ornament every year. They all have at least one "baby's first Christmas" ornament.
Every year I have added one ornament to their personal collections. The 2011 ones were sleds with greenery and working parts on the sleds.
I am revealing the 2012 ones here. Made the first one tonight. The red fabric will not be the same on every one. This was a sample to see how easy they were to make.
As with every new craft, I learned a little along the way. The balls are 2-1/2" across (in diameter). I am going to attach a button with a thin ribbon through it for hanging later. The cream fabric looks like it's sponge painted with taupe and glittery gold. Very pretty in person!
Here is my pattern source. http://crafterwithoutacat.blogspot.com/2009/08/ornament-tutorial.html. I made a few changes since the styrofoam balls I used were 2-1/2" in diameter instead of the 3" they recommend. To make it a tiny bit smaller, I put my red fabrics 3/8" from the center and the next cream ones 1/2" from the reds. It all matched up nicely on the sides. I could not find 1/2" long sequin pins, so I used the smallest pins I could find, which were 1-1/16" long. There was no problem using the longer ones.
~Joan
6 comments:
yeah Joan, what a sweet idea for your kids!
I made some of these last year, they are great, and fairly easy, just a bit of tweaking the first time. I put a nice lace on the centre of mine.
I remember makeing this many years ago...yeah, I'm old, vintage as some refer to here in blogland. =P
I really like the idea of making them smaller. thanks for the link and the extra instructions. =)
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annie
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Very Pretty! It's a good idea to make them now. Last year I made ornaments for the grandchildren (5) in January and I might do that again. I don't know yet what I'll make, but I will keep this one in mind. Of course, I also made some for our sons & DILs. (only 3). I was just thinking that if you also make ornaments for your grandchildren when they start coming along, with 8 children, who knows how many GC you will have. It could be quite a few! You would definitely need to start in January in that case. Hee Hee!
I like the red and white... I've always wanted to make these.
I love these! I found a youtube video the other day for these and they are now on my list. I WILL get them done before next Christmas!
Thank You , Joan! I very nearly bought instructions how to do this off etsy just last week! Ha! Now I don't have to. You saved me $9. I will definately make some for myself & my daughters.
Sam
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