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diy christmas ornaments, fabric transfer ornaments, reindeer ornament, santa ornament, tree ornament, vintage graphic ornament
When I saw these ornaments in the December 2011 issue of Country Magazine I went to the source online (pilo.ca) and had a closer look. I thought: “hmmm, I bet the Graphics Fairy has some good reindeer images…. I should make these!” I also happened to have a whole bunch of ivory colored material scraps that were once my sofa slipcover (remember the one that I hated because it never fit properly… that I’ve since replaced with a chocolate brown one?)… sooooo all I had to do was print up the images (I ended up choosing three – the vintage reindeer, Santa and a pine tree) on transfer paper.
I was able to fit several of the images onto one piece of transfer paper and then I cut out the images and ironed them onto the fabric.
I had never used iron on transfers before and I’m not sure I love them… a few of them are already peeling off. It seems that if you don’t iron them long enough this is what happens, but if you iron them too long I noticed that they start to look a little yellow. I would have really preferred to have used Citra Solv to do the image transfers, but apparently it’s not available in Canada right now… yup – some sort of Health Canada “labeling” issue (my sister saw a sign on the shelf of the store where she has bought it before). So, until I can get across the border, I will have to make do with the iron on method!
These ornaments are pretty simple to make.
You need:
– Images, transfer paper (& iron) and inkjet printer
– fabric
– sewing machine and needle/thread for hand stitching at the end
– fiberfill
– twine/jute
You simply cut out each shape leaving about 1.5 inches around the image, turn it inside out with another piece of fabric and sew it approximately 3/4 of the way around (don’t forget to put the twine inside as well)… leaving enough room to turn it back the right way and fill with fiberfill. Then stitch up the remaining section by hand.
Mine certainly aren’t perfect… (sewing is not my forte), but I like them with all the imperfect corners and bends!Yes… I got a few stares when I started hanging these on a big ol’ evergreen tree at the park near our house and started snapping away. BUT in my defense, it was a really beautiful day for taking pictures AND my Christmas tree was still in the garage at home!!
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Carrie said:
You’ve been featured!
http://makinglemonadeblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/refresh-your-nest-13.html
Dee said:
This is so great!!! I would love for you to share this on the CSI Project this week. The theme is ornaments. Come by everyday to see a tutorial. Then link up starting Wednesday at midnight!!!!
We have a great giveaway too!
Thanks
Dee, the CSI girl
http://www.thecsiproject.com
Kammy's Korner said:
cute! I’m loving the tree one especially!
theartsygirlconnection said:
This is so unique and beyond cute!! I love it!! Would love for you to please share it via my Pin’Inspirational Thursday linky party please…LOVE it :)) http://theartsygirlconnection.blogspot.com/2011/12/pininspirational-thursday-11-linky.html?m=1 thanks so much :)) Wishing you a happy Thursday..~Marilyn
Karah @ thespacebetweenblog said:
So cute, the images you found are great. It’s so awesome the free resources that are out there. Your ornaments are wonderful!
Karah @ thespacebetweenblog
erin of salvaged whimsy said:
These are so cute…I think the tree might be my favorite–but they are all charming! Thanks for sharing this!
Cathy @ My 1929 Charmer said:
They do have such a cute rustic appeal to them. My holiday theme this year is rustic, so I was really attracted to them. So cute! I never hear of Pi’lo before, am I living in the dark or what. I have tried the method of printing directly on the fabric as mentioned above and it does work. Thanks for sharing over at Sunday’s Best.
coline said:
if you don’t like using transfer paper and have no citrasolv, you can choose to print such litlle pictures directly on your fabric.Cut it to size and spray glue it to a cardboard paper then directly into your printer.Then you can separate the fabric from the paper and sew it!
Happy Holidays!
Ugly Duckling said:
Thanks for the great idea… I am totally going to try this!!
folkhavenkaren said:
I really like the nostalgic feel of these ornaments. What a great use for old cloth scraps!
debbie said:
You sure are the clever one. Those are adorable. Thanks so much for sharing with the copy cat challenge. PLEASE add the little party button so others know about it too.
Ugly Duckling said:
oops! The button is on my sidebar…. but I’ll add a link at the bottom of my post as well. 🙂
Geneva said:
I love the graphics you chose and think the ornaments have a real rustic appeal. I like them! Thank you for sharing your tutorial…
Teresa Spurr said:
I do like the heritage ‘feel’ to these ornaments and they certainly have a unique and heart-warming quality.