Favorite Christmas tree ornament tutorials, free patterns & ideas
Yes, I know that Halloween was just here, but I like to get an early start on my Christmas crafting!
I love making Christmas ornaments, and I ended up creating quite a few original Christmas ornament patterns last year.
Here are some of my favorite Christmas ornament tutorials and how-tos from last year. As always, these are my own original patterns and are not to be copied or reposted elsewhere without my permission.
Dog paw-print ornament (part one and part two):

Machine-embroidered Christmas tree ornament:

Russian punch-needle or Igolochkoy ornament (part one, part two and part three):

Yo-yo Christmas tree ornament:

Happy Christmas crafting!
all images: © C Findlay-Harder
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16 opinions for Favorite Christmas tree ornament tutorials, free patterns & ideas
Eileen
Nov 5, 2008 at 7:24 am
At the risk of asking a stupid question, Chloe, what are those little “yo-yo” thingies? They sure are cute. Do you have directions on your blog for them?
duvessa
Nov 6, 2008 at 2:59 pm
These are great craft ideas for the holidays. It is a great way to spend quality time with the kids and do something fun and festive as well.
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TeachMomHow.com
Nov 8, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Would you ever let me share this on my blog?
Chloe
Nov 8, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Hi Eileen,
Yo-yos are little circles of fabric, sewn around the edges with a running stitch and then gathered to make a circle.
I’m creating a full tutorial on yo-yos this week, which should be up in the next few days :-)
Chloe
Nov 8, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Hi Teach Mom How,
Thank you for asking permission to use my tutorials on my site :-)
You’re welcome to post a link to my tutorial as well as, using a photo, with a photo credit to me.
Please don’t copy the entire tutorial.
I require a credit with my full name, name of my blog and a link to Tangled Thread.
thanks!
Chloe Findlay-Harder
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Mary Emma Allen
Nov 10, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Intriguing ornaments, Chloe, and so creative. Let me know when the yo-yo tutorial is up and I’ll link to it. My Quilting and Patchwork readers love yo-yos…and I do, too. I just found a bag of them I made some years ago. I’ll take a look and see if they’re appropriate for Christmas ornaments.
Heather
Nov 10, 2008 at 11:23 pm
I just love that funky looking dog paw ornament. Great ideas. ;-)
Chloe
Nov 12, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Hi Mary Emma - I’ve got the yo-yo circle tutorial online now :-)
http://www.tangledthread.com/how-to-of-the-day-round-yo-yo-circles/
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