Jolly Gingerbread man DIY

This cute Jolly Gingerbread man is a third DIY in my series of Christmas DIY posts and I am having so much fun creating them. Hope you enjoying them as much as I do!

This fellow can be easily made from felt and fabric scraps, a few little buttons in about an hour. It's another quick project so you can have a few of these guys to decorate your Christmas tree with by the end of a weekend. You can also use one of them to add a handmade touch to a gift wrapping. 

To make one gingerbread man you'll need:

Plushka's gingerbread man pattern 

(it can be downloaded from HERE)

felt in red-ish brown 12 cm x 12cm

(finished size of the decoration is 10.5 cm)

small piece of white & black felt 

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

white, cream, black embroidery threads

(I used cream thread to stitch around the body as it makes it more biscuity looking)

3 small buttons 

ribbon 12 cm long

fabric scraps for the back of the decoration 

Instructions:

1. cut out the body and the eyes as per pattern 

2. place eyes on the head and stitch them in place. Then add a smile, making small stitches in white embroidery thread.

3. add "crosses" in white thread as per picture.

4. attach the buttons.

5. pin your gingerbread man to the piece of fabric as shown on the picture and stitch around using cream thread catching the ribbon in place as you go.

6. cut around the excess fabric.

That's all, you have a Jolly gingerbread man! 

Make a few more with different buttons and ribbons and  display them proudly on your Christmas tree! 

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).