Free Christmas Ornament Tutorial!

Handmade Christmas Ornament

So I wanted to make something cute for my Christmas tree that wasn't your typical Christmas red and green.
I found this cute fabric:

 I picked what image I wanted to use and used the lid of a mason jar as a template to draw a circle around the image.

(I apologize for the quality of the images. The only time I have to do this is when my son is napping and the light is never very good at that time of the day)
Then cut out the circle. Do another one for the back side.

Then embellish the sides any way you want. I chose to sew beads in the owl's eyes and embroider the word "love" on the side. I would have done more but didn't have a whole lot of time.

Then you are going to want to cut some ribbon about 6 inches long (or longer if you so choose). That's going to be the hanger for your ornament.

You want to aim the loop towards the middle of the circle, then put the two sides together with right sides facing eachother, like this:

You can pin them in place if it helps. Then you are going to want to sew about 1/4" or so around the ornament, leaving about 2" open so you can turn it inside out.

Turn the whole thing inside out.

Then stuff the ornament through the opening.

Then you are going to want to sew the opening shut.

Then you can finish decorating it any way you like. I ended up sewing lines around the sides so I could crochet around the ornament.

You can also sew beads around the ornament like this:

You could also cut around the owl instead of doing a circle. Whatever you want to do!
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. I am going to try to do more like this in the future.
Anyway, I hope you all have a happy holiday!
XOXO Cori