Ornament Finishing 2 « Finishing Ideas for Handcrafts

Ornament Finishing 2 | April 29, 2009

I want to share some ornament finishing ideas with you – so here is another one.

Here’s a simple fabric finish that I used for an ornament exchange last year:

bless-us-082-gallerie Bless Us Ornament (Lots and lots of pics!) (This was stitched with WDW Christmas)

1. Gather your materials: Stitched piece, fabric, ribbon, thread, fusible padding, stitch witchery(the kind intended for hems), buttons or other embellishments. bless-us-072
2. Measure out from the stitching (1-2” to 3-4”)
3. Cut two strips of fabric the width of your stitched piece by about 3 inches. bless-us-075
4. Pin the strips, right sides facing, to the top and bottom. bless-us-076
5. Sew along your marked lines. bless-us-077
6. Open, and bless-us-078
7. Press bless-us-079
8. Measure the total length and bless-us-080
9. Cut two more strips of fabric the length by about three inches. bless-us-081
10. Pin right sides facing and bless-us-082
11. Sew, then bless-us-083
12. Press open bless-us-084
13. Cut a piece of fabric the height of your front and two inches wider than the width, bless-us-085
14. Cut this piece in half down the middle. bless-us-086
15. Turn under 1-2 inch and press on one side bless-us-087
16. Don’t forget to pin a length of ribbon to the top right side of your ornament (we won’t mention that I frequently forget this important step – lol!) bless-us-088
17. Lay the two pieces of backing, right side up, and with the folded edge on top towards the center (I have the corner turned back just to show you the folded edge). bless-us-089
18. Place the ornament front, right side down over the backing pieces and pin. I bring the ribbon hanger out through the opening in the back so I won’t accidentally sew it in the sides. bless-us-090
19. Sew around all four edges. bless-us-091 At the corners, stop stitching 2 or 3 stitches from the corner, turn to 45 degrees, and sew to the next side, then turn and complete sewing the side.
20. Trim seams and bless-us-0922
21. Corners bless-us-0931
22. Cut a piece of fusible padding slightly smaller than the finished ornament – trim the corners to reduce bulk. bless-us-095
23. Iron in place bless-us-096
24. Turn the ornament right side out. bless-us-097
25. Cut a length of the stitch witchery to fit the opening (Do you see the price – I don’t have any idea how old this is or when I bought it, but by the price, it was a lo-o-o-ong time ago – lol!) bless-us-098
26. Tuck the stitch witchery into place under the folded edge in back. bless-us-099
27. Press to secure. bless-us-100
28. Embellish with buttons, jingle bells, charms or whatever you desire! bless-us-101 Have fun! And do let me know what you think – I love hearing from you.