This cute gentleman-snowman is opening my series of Christmas DIY posts. He can be easily made from felt and fabric scraps, a few little buttons in about an hour. So, quick project with a few snowman to decorate your Christmas tree by the end of a weekend or use one of them to add a handmade touch to a gift wrapping.
To make one snowman you'll need:
Plushka's snowman pattern
(it can be downloaded from HERE)
felt in cream (off white colour) 13 cm x 13cm
(finished size of the decoration is 11.5 cm)
small piece of white felt about 4cm x 4 cm
black felt 8 cm x 8 cm for the hat and eyes
tiny bit of carrot orange for the nose
(All felt is 100% pure new wool felt from Plushka's Makery)
white, cream, black embroidery threads
3 small buttons
ribbon 12- 14 cm long
fabric scraps for the back of the decoration (or double the amount of cream felt and use it instead)
red felt 2 cm x 2cm for the heart on a hat (optional, you can use a button instead)
Instructions:
1. cut all the pieces required as per pattern
2. place eyes on the head and stitch them in place, following by a carrot nose. Then add a smile, making small stitches in black embroidery thread.
3. pin a ribbon to the top of the head.
4. attach the buttons to the bottom part of the body.
5. pin a snowman to the piece of fabric (or felt) as shown on the picture and stitch around catching the ribbon in place as you go.
6. cut around the excess fabric.
7. Take one of the black hat pieces and stitch the red felt heart on (or a button).
8. "sandwich" a head of the snowman between 2 hat pieces and stitch around making sure you catch all the layers.
That's all, you have a festive snowman!
Make a few more with different buttons and ribbons 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).
