VIDEO: Sew Christmas decorations yourself

Make Christmas decorations yourself - first considerations

For the Christmas decoration, decorative pieces to hang up are best suited for self-sewing.

• For example, you can sew St. Nicholas' boots yourself from felt, which you can hang on the mantelpiece or on a wall.
• The boot shape is also suitable for hanging on the Christmas tree.
• You will find other shapes that you can use as a template in your kitchen cupboard, because some of the baking molds for cookies are also suitable.
• Keep in mind sewthat the simple shapes are easier to sew yourself. Stars, hearts, angels and even just the shape of a Santa Claus hat can be cut out and sewn quickly.


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• Obtain fabric that matches the color of the felt in various small patterns to create the patchwork effect.
• But you can also, as in the photo for this article, cut out patterns from the felt and create window pictures in this way.
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• Also think about the table decorations. Felt placemats can be sewn with a fabric border to match the tree decoration.

Sewing the Christmas figures - the next steps

• Cut out the figures for your Christmas decorations from the felt and insert any patterns into them.
• Surround the felt figures with strips of fabric or simply with decorative seams in a contrasting color.
• Simply sew two identical pieces of fabric together and fill them with cotton wool or grains. This is how three-dimensional ones are created Decorative pieces.
• The patchwork effect is created by sewn-on pieces of fabric that, for example, fill a boot shape in different stripes.
• But you can also use different colors Felt strips sew them together and then decorate them with decorative stitching and embroidery. In this way, the original American Christmas decorations can be made of their own.
• You can also do the embroidery yourself with the sewing machine, if you do not choose it too complicated.
• Larger pieces of decoration can be decorated with colorful pearls and rhinestones so that they glitter and sparkle in the candlelight of the Christmas tree.