{"id":10381,"date":"2022-09-18T21:52:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T01:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/?p=10381"},"modified":"2022-09-19T10:20:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T14:20:32","slug":"12-weeks-christmas-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/ornament-challenges\/12-weeks-christmas-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Weeks of Christmas Challenge 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Back in the summer of 2018, I challenged myself to make a bunch of different ornaments out of the same 3 fabrics.<\/p>\n

Prior to that, we’d spent the last couple of years coming up with a new pattern almost every month for the Ornament Girls Club, and I wanted to go back and make some of the older patterns again, plus spend more time with some of the newer ones.<\/p>\n

It ended up being way more awesome than I expected! It was so much fun to make a big bunch of ornaments purely for the joy of it. I felt like I went back in time for a little bit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The best part was that some of you decided to do it right along with me, and made your own set of 12 ornaments.<\/p>\n

The idea grew bigger, and that fall, we did our first official Ornament Girls Challenge together!<\/p>\n

So many of you have been asking when this year’s Challenge would begin. Guess what? It’s almost time!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope you’ll join me.. if you do, then by the end of it\u00a0(and just in time for Christmas)<\/i><\/b>, you’ll have a set of 12 beautiful, matching ornaments, each made with a different pattern!<\/p>\n

When I did this by myself the first time, I made a new ornament every single day, which was a little bit tough (life happens after all).<\/i><\/p>\n

So don’t worry…. for the official Challenge, we’ll be making one ornament per WEEK.<\/p>\n

How will this work?<\/h3>\n

Each week, starting next Monday, September 26th, I’ll send you an email telling you what that week’s challenge pattern<\/b>\u00a0is, and I’ll show you photos of mine and my team’s versions, to hopefully inspire you and give you some ideas.<\/p>\n

(Not on my email list yet? Well, what are you waiting for? Join me RIGHT HERE<\/a>.<\/strong> <– psst. Joining my email list gets you a free video workshop!)<\/p>\n

When you make each week’s ornament, you can share it with me (& all the other participants) on Instagram<\/strong><\/a> using the hashtag\u00a0#OrnamentGirlsChallenge<\/b>\u00a0(and if you’re an OG club member, please also share in our private group!)<\/p>\n

What will you need?<\/h3>\n

In order to make all 12 ornaments, you will need…<\/i><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0About 2 to 2-1\/2 yards EACH of three different fabrics<\/b>\u00a0(<\/i>this is an approximation – you may use slightly different amounts depending on how you arrange your fabrics on your own ornaments. You can get a little extra if you want to be on the safe side!)<\/i><\/p>\n

****I recommend 3 fabrics that contrast highly with each other. (I’ve got some examples at the end of this post)<\/u>****<\/b><\/p>\n

2. A LOT of straight pins. I would go ahead and buy yourself a nice big one pound box from\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3. Foam. Okay, so during the first few challenges, I didn’t give this info out ahead of time (because I didn’t always have the whole thing planned out that far in advance! lol)<\/i>…. but here’s the thing.<\/b> Right now, I can give you an almost-<\/i>definite foam list for the first 11 weeks.<\/p>\n

But, as we’ve done every year, the 12th week will coincide with our big bundle of NEW PATTERNS – and just like last year, there will be SEVERAL new patterns to choose from!<\/p>\n

And of course, I have no idea which patterns you’ll pick, or if you’ll even want to purchase the bundle at all\u00a0(but it’s awesome, so I think you will!)<\/i><\/p>\n

So, let me break this down for you the best I can…<\/b><\/p>\n

(Note: All of the lined-ball recommendations below can be drawn on by you! Due to ever-changing supply availability, we may not always have our pre-lined foam available each week. We have all the resources to show you how to do this yourself.)<\/i><\/p>\n

Weeks 1-11, you’ll need:<\/h4>\n