Today we made another felt Christmas ornament, a hanging felt Gingerbread Man. He is really easy to make and the blanket stitch gives great detail for his edging.
Materials Used:
Brown wool felt
Fleece for stuffing
Pink thread for sewing on the blanket stitch
Colourful fleece for eyes and mouth
Sewing needle
Scissors
Ribbon for hanging him up
Gingerbread man biscuit cutter
Black marker pen
Felting needle
Template for your Gingerbread man, actual size.
I drew around my gingerbread man biscuit cutter to create my template and then I cut it out, placed it on my felt and drew around the template in black marker pen. I cut out two exactly the same for the front and the back.
Placed both sides together and started sewing around the gingerbread man in pink blanket stitch. Leave an opening to fill with fleece.
Once you have sewn around your gingerbread man, fill with fleece.
Sew the opening closed and needlefelt some buttons, eyes and a smiling face onto your felt .
Attach the ribbon at the back and he is finished! Perfect to hang on your Christmas tree...
Or on your door handles around your home:)
Enjoy!
xo
Linda
Oh he is a cutie; good enough to eat! I think my big girl would like to make on of these, thanks Linda x
ReplyDeleteI love gingerbread man crafts. I made a smaller one of these and added a safety pin on the back. My girls wore them when they went to a museum where they were running a gingerbread man treasure hunt.
ReplyDeleteI am fascinated by the blanket stitch. I haven't seen it done that way before. Makes for an interesting border.
So cute :) Since I consider your blog so stylish ... I left a little something for you over at my blog. Much Peace.
ReplyDeleteSo sweet! You are a tutorial-publishing machine! I can't wait to get a chance to look at them all. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Kelly,
ReplyDeleteYou are so kind! Please enjoy all the tutorials:)
Linda
he's so cute!!
ReplyDeleterw'ere going to definitely make a few - thank you!
we celebrate hanukkah and he's wonderfully holiday-neutral - thanks again Linda!
That's great! ans easy enough to make with my 5 y.o. , thank you!
ReplyDeleteOh I love this one too!
ReplyDeleteI'm in a felt ornament kind of mood this year too! Thanks for sharing:)
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute Linds.. happy ornament making.
ReplyDeleteSue
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He is perfect. Thanks for the tutorial. I love the needle felting and blanket stitch.
ReplyDeleteI am so excited - I can do this!!!
ReplyDeleteHe is so darn sweet.
Printing out now.
Thanks Linda,
Nicole
Another wonderful tutorial Linda!! I just bought a similar coookie cutter over the weeekend, so I have the template, now I just need to see if there is a shop in Dundee that sells brown felt. Great project to do with the kids during the holiday (which I am counting the sleeps until!!). Thanks for the inspiration my friend :)
ReplyDeleteWhat darling little gingerbread men! This is becoming my favorite blog to follow!
ReplyDeleteHe's so cute! I love the holiday creations that are popping up.
ReplyDeleteI love him so much! Looks like a great project to work on with my granddaughter. Happy Fiber Arts Friday. Thank you for this bit of fun.
ReplyDeleteI have felt ornaments on my Christmas tree. They are so much fun! Your gingerbread man is adorable.
ReplyDeleteI can see now that reading your blog is dangerous to my productivity; I keep finding awesome new ideas for things I want to make! I'm still working on my handspun pumpkins, acorns and leaves to make a fall wreath, and now you've got me wanting to make adorable ornaments instead! Thanks so much for your great tutorials, they're really inspiring. :)
ReplyDeleteJess
awesome! he's on my list. you've inspired me to go for it.
ReplyDeleteHe is just adorable! Super idea, thank you!
ReplyDeleteOh so cute! Kiddo and I could probably make a day of these. Thanks!!!
ReplyDeleteArgh! I think today's theme is to get me to sew. Love the design now to figure out how to make my stitches look so purty.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
so very cute!
ReplyDeleteAgain. Very cute!!
ReplyDeleteYour gingerbread man is wonderful. I'm planning to make some gingerbread men of the edible kind.Hehe.
ReplyDeleteWe did it Linda; our craft group LOVED them! thank you so very much all over again x http://motherrhythm.blogspot.com/2010/11/wednesday-craft-group_25.html
ReplyDeleteThis is darling! I shared this on my blog and linked to your site.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!
This is so cute! I shared this on my blog and linked back to your site.
ReplyDeleteThank you!