Vintage Christmas Ornament #10

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We’re up to Ornament #10!

Here’s the embroidery version:

As always, I’ve explained the stitches and colors I used in the pattern, but it’s only a guideline. Please feel free to do your own thing! If you don’t like to do French Knots, choose another filler stitch that you like better.

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

Still going with my rickrack theme! And I put a little bit of embroidery embellishment on this one, too. This ornament is easier than it looks.

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

I left the embroidery embellishment off this one; the choice is yours.

Have fun making them all your own!

The pattern is available as a PDF instant download in Hazel’s Mercantile for $1.75. The pattern has 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!

There are only two more ornaments to go! Here are some photos of what my groups of ornaments look like at this point. Yours may look different according to where you’re placing your ornaments, so don’t worry if they don’t look alike.

Here’s my embroidery version, which I will be turning into a wall quilt, with the possibility of using it as a bench pillow as well, when I’m finished.

Here’s my throw quilt version that I’m using all the rickrack on:

And here’s the blocks for my wall quilt version. The arrangement of blocks is not definite yet. I’m waiting until I have them all done to lay them out in their final spots. I don’t even have them all trimmed to size yet. I just threw them all up on the wall to get a picture of them all together for now:

Did you know? . . .

You can do the wall quilt version using the embroidered blocks? Just embroider each ornament individually onto a background square instead of all onto one large background.

You can also reduce or enlarge the size of the templates for any of the ornaments to use on other projects. My friend, René, reduced the size of one of the designs, and is using it on a napkin:

Photo stolen from René

You could reduce the size and embroider or appliqué several along the bottom edge of an apron. Or make a set of Christmas tea towels. There are so many different ways you can use these patterns!

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

Ornament #11 comes out on October 27. We might just get done in time for Christmas!