Vintage Christmas Ornament #4

Have I ever mentioned what a terrible judge I am of how long I think something is going to take me to get done? Well, this right here is evidence . . . I’m 9 days late with Vintage Christmas Ornament #4, but finally, it’s here!

If you’re just joining in on The Vintage Christmas Ornaments Quilt-Along, you can click HERE to get started. All the related links are also in the sidebar to the right.

This ornament is pretty basic, but that gives you lots of room for decorating it up however you wish!

Here’s the embroidery version:

As usual, I show you what stitches and colors I used where in the pattern, but it’s only a guideline. And while I freehand stitched that grid in the middle section of mine, I took the time to draw it out on the actual pattern so you don’t have to freehand stitch yours. It’s much easier when it’s marked — trust me!

Here’s my appliqué version for the throw quilt option:

In keeping with my rickrack theme I have going on, I made my small stripes out of rickrack, and my large middle stripe is a piece of velvet ribbon!

Here’s my appliqué version for the wall quilt option. Can you tell I’m a sucker for polka dots?

And for ornament #4, I’m providing a fourth example, where the ornament body is pieced before being appliquéd down, to eliminate some of the appliqué, if you like that idea better. And I used rickrack for a hanging string, to see how that would work. Also, I wanted to try a white ornament, so I put this one on a print background so it would show up!

Once again, lots of options, and I encourage you to have fun making them all your own!

The pattern is available as a PDF instant download in Hazel’s Mercantile for the bargain price of $1.75. While you may not really need a pattern for this one, since it’s basically just round, the pattern does have all the instructions for all the versions of the ornament shown above, along with full-size templates, piecing instructions, appliqué tips, the embroidery stitch chart with colors, placement information, and anything else I could think of to include. It’s ready for download, so you can get started right away!

As usual, if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me and ask. I’ll be happy to answer!

Happy Stitching!