fabric advent ornaments

and the winner is...

rhonda nickol!

congratulations rhonda! email me with your address and i will get your new ornaments out to you tomorrow.

i am really excited to share this idea today.

and courtesy of my new sewing machine the stitching around the outside edge of the ornaments came out better than i imagined!

the idea started here in my idea journal: but before i went straight to it, i wanted to test it out in a trial run.

i cut 3" white muslin fabric circles, corresponding circles of batting and my favorite new christmas fabric (if you are interested in precut circles of the christmas fabric, email me i have extra of the fabric and can cut it for you - 25 fabric circles for $5.50 + free shipping)

i created this template and used it to adhere the white muslin circles of fabric to so that they could easily roll through my typewriter.

{click here for a full sized download}

the typewriter text worked beautifully when attached to the paper with a few hermafix tabs.

then pulled the fabric from the paper and stamped with a few christmas themed images. the bold red "believe" was stamped in stazon, i much preferred the softer look of the distress inks on the other 5 though. (inks used : broken china, shabby shutters and worn lipstick)

ok so the idea worked and they are too flippin cute!

for the true test, could i translate the idea into a daily advent ornament with special messages and inspirations to share as a family?

yes!
for these however, i put 2 layers of batting. i thought the first ones were a bit thinner than i had envisioned.
the large number stamps i bought at michaels, are martha stewart brand, but i cannot find a link for them.
i stitched them up, and set a 3/16" red eyelet in the top to hang them and voila!

so with the advent ornaments complete, i am now left with the first 6 ornaments i originally made.
whats a girl to do?
hmmmm?
lets hang them on your tree!
leave your comments today and i will get them ready for your christmas tree!

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3. Winner will be announced on the blog tonight.

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Comments

[Debbie Ivester]

Your ornaments are so cute - what a great idea

[Jana D]

Really cute idea.

[Nancy M.]

Donna, these are really special. I love the fabric, too! You are an inspiration for sure!

[Carla Cavellucci Landi]

I LOVED the way you stitched your ornaments, look like snowflakes!! Is this stitch something your machine has (and others simple ones don't?). And which fabric is the one with the xmas trees? Sorr for so many questions! :)

[Jana D]

Just posted on my FB page about them too.

[Cynthia]

Very cool! Now, off to try and re-create for myself....

[Laura Bruynell]

Very cute ornaments. I would love to have them hanging on my tree.

[Carla Cavellucci Landi]

Posted on Facebook! ;)

[Cindy D]

Those are sooooo cute! I'd love to hang them from our tree!

[katie]

Such a cute idea for ornaments!

[Jo]

You keep coming up with fabulous ideas. Very cute.

[C. Day]

These are too stinkin' cute!!

[Courtney]

oh my gosh how cute. I really have to try sewing. its so scary

[[email protected]]

I love them, they're too cute..!

[Janaina]

Awesome Donna, you're original !

[Sandrine]

My tree needs them SO much ;-) (because I told him he needs them ahahahaha)

[QueenPam]

I love this. I wonder if my sewing machine can do any decorative stitches. Your ornaments will be treasured for sure. Thanks for yet another way to use my crafting supplies.

[Sandrine]

Oh and I tweeted about it OF COURSE !

[Robyn Leonard]

Very pretty! Great idea! I love this idea and would love to have these hanging on my tree!

[Anso]

Wow - these look great :)

[KateinCleveland]

Very cool idea ... and they'd look great on my tree!

[Cindy]

Hi Donna,
Nice, very nice. I have been working on a similar idea with tree shapes from canvas. Yours are finished, though and mine are only three so far. Maybe next year! I saw that fabric in a store that you'll be in this weekend. I'm already jumping up and down (on the inside). Thanks for the encouragement.
Cindy

[Debbie]

Haven't quite figured out how to do this on facebook too, but any way-- what an awesome idea. I have been searching for an advent craft and this may be the one! You have INSPIRED me!

[Megan Hawkins]

I love your ornaments - both kinds!

[Lisa L.]

Beautiful ornaments and so meaningful too!

[Pavla]

Donna, this is amazing! You always surprise us with something beyond original! We are having a new kitten, so I think, this year, only fabric ornaments are an option. LOL

[Tracey Holdyk]

These are just too cute for words.

[Cindy]

Have now tweeted and posted to fb - always happy to share a good idea. Good experience - never posted such a long web address on twitter, but it painlessly fixed for me.
Cindy

[Tracy]

Adorable - again, you have inpired me!

[sara korinek]

awesome ornaments - and i love the typewriter idea....that makes a lot of creative sparks in my mind!

[Marsa LL]

These are so awesome! I am always amazed at your ability to imagine something completely new & to make it happen --- so beautifully!!!!

[Tracey Holdyk]

Have just blogged about these way too cute ornaments.

[Michelle P]

These ornaments are really nice. I love all the great ideas you always come up with, I wish I was as creative. Thank you for sharing with us.

Michelle P

[rhonda nickol]

i don't know how to sew. but you sure want to make me learn. these would look perfect in my country themed home.

[HeatherC]

LOVE these!!! These ornaments are wonderful!!

[isabelle11]

so cute, i'm going to try this technique

[alexandra]

fantastic, you have so clever ideas
thanks for sharing

[vitoria]

Your fabric ornaments are so beautiful, i'm going to try to create some similars

[beatrice]

really cute, love to win some
thanks Donna for the chance

[Katherine]

You Rock Donna- I love this idea. If I ever get pg (that is my true Christmas wish) I will make these for our tree. I would love to hang the 6 trial run ornaments on my tree for now! Have a great week- Kat from Houma, LA

[L'iza]

i NEED a sewing machine... for christmas perhaps ;-))

[Alison-lee]

These look fab and would look even fabbier on my tree!!

[mustikisa]

cool giveaway, these ornaments are so amazing
love it

[homegrownhospitality]

no need to enter me..just wanted to let you know that they are all awesome!!!

[Flora]

Those are too cute. What a great idea!

[Julia/Scrappiola]

How do you do it time & time again?? So cute Donna!!

[ReNi]

those stiches are great! the idea is great ^^

[Valerie]

Love that you put the muslin through the typewriter and it worked!! I really want to try, but don't have a typewriter.

[bev h]

I would love to win those cute little ornaments

[Saskia]

I love the idea. So original, and the result is spectacular!

[Melissa Miller]

What kind of sewing machine does that stitch? I NEED it!! LOL. Thanks for all the awesome ideas!!!

[Briana]

These are so cute!

[Laura]

So cute! Love the ornaments and the idea for Advent. What a brilliant idea!

[Cindy]

So cute!!! What a great idea! I might have to put up another tree just for this type of thing!!!
Thanks!

[Jennifer]

Very Cute! Wish I had the time to do this, but I have too many crafty projects on the go now! Need to file this one away for next year, would love to win the sample ones though! Happy Holidays!

[jenn h]

these would look extra cute on my tree:)

[Laura]

Posted on facebook - please put my name in again for these fantastic ornaments!

[Cindy]

Amazingly cute! Would love those. Thank you for your continued inspiration.

[Gwen]

I love your ornaments and have been thinking of doing something similar since your first posting. I actually like the first stitching better... the circled random circles. You are so creative, it inspires me all the time.

[Veera]

very cute! Love the stitching!

[Shirley K.]

Ooh, I'm a fan of the fabric ornaments. The stamping with distress inks turned out well. I tried to stamp some ribbon with distress inks once and it didn't work out so hot - probably because of what the ribbon was made out of.

[Lisa Along]

Great idea! I'm feeling inspired!! Thanks!!

[janice]

I would love to hang those in my house!!

[Crystal LaDoux]

Would love to hang them on my tree this year!

[tracy]

Those want to come to my house! I already knocked one off but it w/out a typewriter, my text is lacking.

[Nikki]

These would have rocked the ornament exchange I was in last week. Love!

[tracy]

Tweeted @tracykuethe

[Michelle W.]

These are darling!! Must try them for next year's tree.

[Diana Fisher]

Absolutely amazing! I bought muslin this past weekend at JoAnn's after having seen you sneak peek these. I just have to try it!!

[Diana Fisher]

I also FB'd about this!
http://www.facebook.com/#/dianaj1012?ref=nf

[Susan]

I LOVE these and have been trying to figure out how to recreate them on my own ever since you gave us a glimpse a few days ago. No typewriter, horrible handwriting and a persnicky printer...what's a girl to do???

[Lezlie]

Beautiful!!! I really want to try this!

[Teal Myre]

You need to sell these!

[Carol]

These ornaments are way too cute!!! They remind me of homemade paper ornaments I made as a kid ions ago!

[sherryg]

I love seeing the creative process from design sketch/inspiration to completed project. These turned out to be too cute!