Burlap Ornaments

September 23, 2019

Christmas fourth dimension is here…. Anyone else singing inwards their caput correct now?

Last twelvemonth my Christmas Home Tour was FULL of keen burlap creations because I love adding pieces of rustic in addition to natural decor. I had the thought for these adorable Burlap Ornaments concluding twelvemonth but I didn’t larn roughly to making them, but I’m excited to part them now! I’m also thrilled to live on joining five other keen bloggers to part our vacation burlap DIYs!

These were a super quick sewing projection that makes a big comport upon on my Christmas tree!

Materials needed:

Tightly woven burlap

The ornament template (below)

Cotton Stuffing

Scissors

Ribbon

Sewing Machine

Neutral Thread

Start past times downloading the Burlap Ornament Template here.

Once you lot had the template downloaded, you lot desire to cutting it out on cardboard or thick menu stock. Cut your burlap in addition to then that at that topographic point is close an inch of burlap at the border of the template on all sides.

Next, position both layers of burlap together, in addition to pivot your template to the centre of your burlap pieces.

Next, cutting vi inches of ribbon, crease it inwards half, in addition to pivot it inwards to the middle of the ornament, betwixt the ii layers of burlap, in addition to then that you lot you tin give the sack stitch it into place.

Use your sewing machine to stitch along the template, leaving close an inch opened upward to allow you lot to materials the ornament. On the star, I only left 1 of the entire sides open.

You tin give the sack run into (vaguely) where my strings starting fourth dimension in addition to cease below.

Then materials away! Making certain that you lot add together plenty to fill upward the unseen exercise of the ornament too! Then stitch upward the opened upward edge.

Once you lot are done sewing, cutting roughly the entire border of the star,leaving close 1/2″ from the job you lot sewed. Do this all the agency roughly – in addition to brand certain non to cutting your ribbon!

Finally, fray all of the edges past times pulling them apart past times hand. Sometimes you lot volition guide keep amount strings come upward loose, which you lot tin give the sack cutting off amongst your scissors. Let the niggling pieces rest off, in addition to only describe the attached pieces away from 1 another.