I make Christmas ornaments every year to give as gifts. This year's ornament is a bird made from vintage fabrics. Each bird is made up of 2 sides and 1 bottom gusset. I used a different fabric in each position on each bird. Here are a few of the 21 ornaments I made:
I covered wood clothespins with glitter and hot glued a bird to each clothespin. Luckily I don't mind living with a little glitter because it went all over my studio.
I keep one ornament for myself. One side of my bird is light, and the other side is…
…red! The bottom gusset is the red and white dot. I ran three lengths of flexible wire through each bird after I turned them inside out, during the stuffing process. I glued a wool bead to each end of each wire, making the birds look more festive. We'll probably be putting this pattern in the Christmas book we are currently working on.
Neat! I made some with the free spoolsewing.com bird pattern myself for our tree! It totally helped me use leftover ribbon and fabric!
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Very Cute!
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Very nice! Please do put the pattern in your book.
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When do you sleep??? I would be absolutely thrilled to get 1/10th done that you do….
LOVE the birds….I have two skinny Christmas trees on either side of my fireplace that I want to adorn with bird ornaments. (I also have an angel tree, just in case you want to whip up any more ornament patterns to put in your book!)
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Homemade ornaments are the best and mean a lot. I kept the ones my children made and they always get a special place on the tree.
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Awesome feedsack birds! Your recipients are fortunate!
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I love the birds and YES please put it in the book
I would buy the book just for this pattern! I have a friend that loves birds and she would just love to have a few of these bird ornaments as a present
ah yes the glitter you will be finding it all over the house I bet!
Kathie
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So VERY cute, yes you need to share this one!
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Your birds are absolutely darling! How lucky your friends are to receive them!
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Great article. Very cute personalized Christmas ornaments.
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I love your birdies! I am going to have one month this summer that my home decor will be birds. I am new to blogging as soon as I can figure out how to get pics from my camera to the computer I will show some of my crafts. Come visit me at foreverreads@yolasite.com. Shirley
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precious! I’m hosting a birdie swap and linked back to you to show your birdie for inspiration.
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