Embellishing your quilted ornaments.
This weekend, I was cleaning out my fabric stash.
(Alright, really I was just looking at it all. Cleaning out? What does that even mean??)
I came across some cute snowman-y fabric that I must have bought a few years ago. And, I had even bought it in 2 colors. I felt inspired to make a couple of ornaments out of ’em, so I did.
But, I have to admit, that after I made them, I still felt like they needed something. The fabric is covered in cute little snowmen, and it’s even got snow falling all around, which I love. But still… they needed something else. Just a little something. Something small. Something…pearly.
So I did this:
Tiny little pearl seed beads randomly pinned around the ornament, to embellish the falling snow print. Isn’t that pretty?
It’s a tiny, simple little idea, but I wanted to share it with you in case you wanted to try it on your quilted ornaments, too. :)
(If you’ve never made a quilted ornament before, I have an extremely easy to follow pattern right HERE.)
What else could we embellish these with?
Why not lace ornament….I’m going to try one….Bandana……a babies
Just a few ideas….I love all that you show…
Thank you! :)
I love the pearl seed beads!! Great idea, I can’t wait to try it!
Ok seriously, how do you get all your triangles lined up so perfectly!? As much as I try, go slow, line them up as I go, check. . Recheck. . And check again, when I am all finished adding the middle strip and think that I’ve finally got it down, poof! The sides do not match up!! So frustrating! Any suggestions?
Thanks, Tina
Hi Tina!
I’ve actually gotten pretty good at eyeballing it after all these years of making them, but the way that I used to do it was to use a tape measure to line things up. I show that exact method (with photos, too) in my tutorial; do you happen to have that?
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What size seed bead?
Hi Jill, we aren’t completely sure the exact size that we used on that page but we do believe they were around 2mm in size. Thanks!
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