MedARTation Project 8...Felt Santa Hats

Ho Ho Ho.....here's some great Christmas Tree decorations to try.

These Santa hats are simple and will add some fun to the Christmas Tree.

 

The starting point for these was a cookie cutter!

 

 



Using the cookie cutter as a starting template cut out a santa hat, a piece for the bobble and a fur brim

 



Use your Red Felt and white felt to make the relevent pieces. I used some sparkely white felt for my bobble.

Quick Tip!
Check your off cuts of felt and bits boxes for small pieces that could be used up by making the bobbles etc.

Stitch the pieces together using a back stitch or running stitch

Make 2 hats to fit back to back...

 

Add a hanging loop and stitch around the sides using a running stitch, but leave the bottom open!

You can then use your decoration as a Santa Hat for a bottle of Wine/Beer as a gift AND as a tree decoration.

 

 

I'm sure you will agree these are really easy to make.

 

Other suggestions for how to use this project:

 

- Make some Blue santa hats for any friends who support MCFC/Chelsea or in their favourite football team colours

- Add some embroidary detail or sequins on the fur trim to add variety

- Stitch names/Year onto the fur trim to personalise gifts/tree decorations

- Attach a few hats to a ribbon and make a Christmas Garland

- Add numbers to the hats to make an advent garland

- Make larger hats to fit on your mobile phones/remote controls for a bit of fun

- Use just one of the Santa Hat cutouts and use to decorate cards or stick to a piece of card to make a fun present label

 

Have you got any other ideas you could share?

 

I hope you enjoy making these x 

 

MedARTation Project 7....Felt Snowman

Well...it's beginning to look alot like Christmas...at least it is in the crafting work as folk get busy makig Christmas crafts for gifts and fairs.

I've made a few christmas tree decorations including a cute snowman which was really easy to make and uses the same templates as the Hedgehog and Sheep..

 

 

You will need:



2 pieces of white felt for the body

Black Felt

Ribbon

Buttons, sequins and pom poms

Pipe Cleaner

 

Start by sewing the pom pom on for the nose, 2 sequins for eyes and some buttons

 

 

Stitch a hanging loop to the back..position the stitching so it will be covered by the hat...

 

 

Cut out a felt hat to a shape of your choosing and add a few sequins for added detail...

 

Stitch the hat to the 2 body pieces and using a blanket stitch fix the 2 body pieces together. Make sure you leave a gap to add some stuffing and then close up.

 

* If you would like to add arms - use the pipe cleaners and stitch them in place at this stage. To be honest - I got so carried away with what I was doing I forgot to add them to this snowman, but will add to others. It's good to have some variety anyway :o)

 

Finally add some ribbon for a scarf ...attach using a cross stitch at the front and back.

 

 

And there you have it ....a cute Christmas Tree Decoration.

 

I hope you like it.

 

I will be adding some more Christmas projects to the blog, so keep checking in.

 



MedARTation Project 3...Gingerbread Cookies!

Wow..what a wet week it's been, but that's ok...It gives me more time to spend on my MedARTation Projects and this week I have been making use of Household objects...Cookie Cutters!

I have made these sparkly Gingerbread Christmas Cookies which look good enough to eat and will look great on the Christmas Tree with my other projects. They are so SIMPLE to make too!

Gingerbread Christmas Cookie Decorations



                                                                                    

I Used.......
Cookie Cutters
Paper
Brown/Ginger Felt
White sparkly felt for icing/sequins
Jute for a hanging loop
Stuffing
White/Ginger thread

Cut 3 stars using the cookie cutter as a template.
You will need to make the 3rd star slightly smaller (I did this freehand)

                                                                        
        


Sew the jute loop onto one of the Brown stars

   Make sure its secure
   Its doesn't matter if you sew through to the 
   other side.














                                                                          Turn the star over and place the white (icing)
over the brown star.
Make sure you cover up the stitching from where
you attached the Jute!

Sew in place using straight stitches

Place the 2nd bown star behind
Sew together using Whip Stitch

Don't forget to leave a gap so you can add the stuffing and then close up









 TaDa....... the finished product

 

 

I decided afterwards to add some sequins for a bit of extra sparkle!

 

Oops!....It would have been better to add the sequins to the white felt before sewing onto the brown felt.

I used other cookie cutters I had in the cupboards to make other shapes...They'll look great hung in a garland or individually.

I hope you enjoyed this MedARTation project.....I would love you to share your feedback, stories, suggestions and projects.

Next: A Cute Bumble Bee....

MedARTation Project 2....A Festive Felt Penguin

Before I went away I was able to make a really cute Penguin which will look great hanging on the Christmas Tree...CHRISTMAS TREE!!!?? .....yes I know it's only August, but it's best to plan ahead.

MedARTation  and crafting take time....well...for beginners like me anyway.

The starting point for my Penguin was 2 Arches which I found on the shapes function of my word processor. The feet are a circle cut in half and the rest is pretty self explainatory.

To give a bit of extra sparkle and 'ice-magic' I bought some white felt with a glittery silver snowflake print on. I also bought some sequins and think they look great on my Penguin and give it that 'Christmassy' touch.



1. Sew the sequins onto the belly and then the belly onto the body using straight stitches
2. Straight stitch the white eyes onto the grey surround
3. Straight stitch the grey surround and beak onto the body
4. Sew the feet on the bottom using a Backstitch
5. Whip Stitch the 2 pieces of the body together - Don't forget to add the loop and leave a gap at the end to add the stuffing.
6. Stick on the eyes
7. Stand back and admire your handy work

I'm really enjoyed with this MedARTation project.....next: Gingerbread cookies!