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Quilted red heart hanging on a cord
Made2016, 2018

Stitched Christmas ornaments

Red hearts, stars and balls in cotton canvas, quilted with a decorative stitch on the sewing machine and stuffed. I made them in 2016 together with pillows in the same colours; two years later came hearts and birds in navy.

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Why I made it

The hearts and birds were meant to follow on from the Christmas pillows and grow them into a small collection in the same folk spirit, so they carry the same decorative stitch. At the same time I made a gift set: a pillow with ornaments in different shapes. Those I embroidered differently, with a star pattern in plain straight stitch.

Finished

Six ornaments laid out on a pillow
A gift set: a pillow and ornaments in different shapes to go with it.
A star, a heart and a ball in red canvas
Here I made the embroidery from plain straight stitch.
A bird in cotton canvas
Three hearts and the fabrics they are made from
A heart quilted in rows of decorative stitch
Ornaments on the tree
A red and a navy heart, 2018
Navy hearts and a bird on the table, 2018
Ornaments by a printed-fabric pillow
Red heart on the Christmas tree

Making of

Hearts and the paper template
Testing and choosing decorative stitches.
Stitched pieces, templates and stuffing
The ornaments are stuffed with hollow fibre filling.
Linen bird pieces and the paper template
Navy hearts being sewn, 2018
Two years later, hearts and birds in navy joined them.
Navy hearts wrapped as a gift
The stuffing openings are sewn shut by hand.
Pillow pieces for the ornaments: printed fabric and a red frame

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Folk Christmas pillowsMade2016

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