Felt Bird Ornaments
These beautiful Christmas birds are easy to make and last a lifetime. The basic method is straightforward; it's up to you how sophisticated you want the decorations and details to be.
- Excerpted from A Greener Christmas
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Materials Needed:
- felt in assorted colors
- scissors
- skewer
- colored embroidery thread and needle
- leather strips or lengths of twine
- embellishments, such as buttons, beads or ribbon
- Download: Festive Birds Pattern
Step 1
Cut two body and wing shapes and some flower and leaf shapes for each bird. Make a hole in the top of each body shape with a skewer.
Enlarge Photo+Shrink Photo-DK - A Greener Christmas © 2008 Dorling Kindersley LimitedStep 2
Stitch a flower eye onto the outside of each body shape at the head, then sew some flower and leaf motifs onto the body and wings.
Enlarge Photo+Shrink Photo-DK - A Greener Christmas © 2008 Dorling Kindersley LimitedStep 3
Embroider simple patterns onto the felt shapes, then sew the two body shapes together using a blanket stitch. Repeat with the two wing shapes.
Enlarge Photo+Shrink Photo-DK - A Greener Christmas © 2008 Dorling Kindersley LimitedExcerpted from A Greener Christmas
© Dorling Kindersley Limited 2008
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