Fabric Ornament Parade Week 4

We are at week four of the Fabric Ornament Parade. To check out weeks 1, 2 and 3 click below!

Week 1 Folded Hexagon Star

Week 2 Folded Origami Circle

Week 3 Tsumami Kanzashi

This week I bring you TWO ornaments. A simple fabric ball and one of my own creations I’m calling the Yo-yo Photo or Yo-yo Embellished ornament. We will being with the my Yo-yo Embellished Ornament.

Yo-yo Embellished Ornament

Supplies:

• Crafter’s Edge Crossover II
• Circle die set
• Mini Circle die set 2
• Fabric (scraps work great for this!)
• Needle and thread
• Foam ball 2.5″
• sequin pins
• sequins
• floral pins with pearls on the end
• decorative ribbon

You don’t have to use the Crossover II and dies to make this project. You can draft your own circle templates or use a circle ruler you already have. Using the Crossover II machine allowed me to make several sizes and cut out several perfect circles at a time.

Instructions:

1. Cut out your mini circles using the largest die from the mini circle set 2. I cut out 16. I only ended up using 14 of them. Every project will be different.
2. Make your yo-yos. To make a yo-yo, stitch a running stitch all the way around your circle and pull closed. Secure thread to the back.
3. Gather the rest of your supplies.
4. Cut out 2 4″ circles using the 4″ circle Crafter’s Edge die.
5. Attach your larger circles to your foam ball using your sequin pins.
6. Begin embellishing your ornament. For this particular one, I used the pearl floral pins with a red and white sequin and one of my yo-yo’s. After I put all the yo-yos around the center of the ball (hiding the seam) I took my decorative ribbon and placed it just underneath the yo-yos. I secured the ribbon with more sequin pins. I added some more sequins for decoration and then added a hanging string.

How to Make a Photo Yo-yo Ornament:

This is my absolute favorite ornament. While I did not come up with this concept, I made it my own with the yo-yos. Growing up my mother always had a beautiful photo ornament of me and each of my siblings. I knew I wanted something for my family so I made these.

To make these you follow the same steps as above to make your yo-yos. (You can also make slightly larger yo-yos with a bigger circle die) However, for this ornament to work you need to slice off the front of your foam ball to create a flat surface. You also just wrap the fabric around one side of the foam ball so your circle needs to be bigger. The back is a great place to put a year or a name if it is short enough. I also love adding the longer floral pins with more beads. I love the drippy icicle look on ornaments.

WE ARE NOT FINISHED YET !

I told you that I would have TWO ornament tutorials today and I am here to deliver.

This ornament is much simpler in nature but I will tell you it is actually more difficult. This ornament is made by sewing curves.

To make our second ornament you will need the Crafter’s Edge Toy Ball Die.

Supplies:

• Crafter’s Edge Crossover II
• Toy Ball Die
• Fabric
• Sewing Machine
• Needle and Thread
• Polyfil Stuffing

Instructions:

Sew your two cut pieces together with a 1/4″ seam, leaving at least an inch or two open to stuff. Close your ball with a blind stitch and attach a sting hanger. You are finished!

Simple enough but honestly sewing the curves is a challenge.

Which ornament is your favorite?

Happy Sewing

Starting to bloom by choosing JOY ~ Julia

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