{"id":10946,"date":"2023-08-31T21:34:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T01:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/?p=10946"},"modified":"2023-09-05T17:12:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T21:12:30","slug":"12-weeks-christmas-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/ornament-challenges\/12-weeks-christmas-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Weeks of Christmas Challenge 2023"},"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

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 playing around 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

Isn’t it crazy that this year will be the 6th year?<\/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 on Monday, September 25th, 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> (this is a\u00a0generous<\/u> approximation – you may use slightly different amounts depending on how you arrange your fabrics on your own ornaments. We’ve been told each year that many of you have some left over when you start with this amount, but we’re just trying to err 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>…. <\/b>but 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. But, we DO have all the resources to show you how to do this yourself.)<\/i><\/p>\n

Weeks 1-11, you’ll need:<\/h4>\n