"Folk flower" Christmas ornament DIY

I love folklore art and this ornament was inspired by my Pinterest board with all the different folk prints and patterns! This decorations, same as a snowman last week, can be easily made from felt and fabric scraps, beads and a ribbon in about an hour. Another very quick project to make this weekend for  your Christmas tree or you might want to use one of them for a gift wrapping. The choice is yours! 

To make one ornament you'll need:

Plushka's "Folk flower" pattern 

(it can be downloaded from HERE)

3 pieces of felt in 3 colours of your choice 10 cm x 10cm

(finished size of the decoration is 9.5 cm)

(All felt is 100% pure new wool felt from Plushka's Makery)

matching embroidery threads (I used white and red)

16 beads in silver or any matching colour to your felt

(white will look great!) 

ribbon 12- 14 cm long

fabric scraps for the back of the decoration (or double the amount of green felt - felt used for the Part 3 and use it instead)

Instructions:

1. cut all the pieces required as per pattern 

2. Take Part 3 and stitch the beads on as you see on the picture.

3. Take Part 2 and Part 1, place Part 1 slightly on a side of the circle and stitch on using contrast threads. Add a little heart.

4. Place them on Part 3 and stitch around. 

5. Take a piece of fabric (or felt), pin the ornament to the wrong side of the fabric, insert the ribbon and stitch around catching the ribbon in place as you go.

Voila! A Folk flower decoration is ready! 

Make a few more in a different colour combos and hang them on a tree for everyone to admire:) 

Happy stitching!

I would love to see your creations so don't hesitate to leave a link to your blog post or post pictures on my Facebook page).