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Quilted red heart hanging on a ribbon
Made2016, 2018

Stitched Christmas ornaments

Hearts, stars and balls in red canvas, quilted with a decorative stitch on the sewing machine and stuffed. I made them in 2016 together with pillows in the same colours; two years later came navy hearts and birds.

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Why I made it

The hearts and birds were meant to follow on from the Christmas pillows and grow them into a small collection in the same folk spirit, so they carry the same decorative stitch. At the same time I made a gift set: a pillow with ornaments in different shapes. Those I embroidered differently, with a star pattern in plain straight stitch.

Finished

Six ornaments stitched onto a pillow
A star, a heart and a ball in red canvas
A linen bird
Three hearts and the fabrics they are made from
A heart quilted in rows of decorative stitch
On the tree
A red and a navy heart, 2018
Navy hearts on the table, 2018
Ornaments by a printed-fabric pillow
Red heart on the Christmas tree

Making of

Hearts and the paper template
Stitched pieces, templates and stuffing
Linen bird pieces and the paper template
Navy hearts being sewn, 2018
Navy hearts wrapped as a gift
Pillow pieces for the ornaments: printed fabric and a red frame

From the same collection

Folk Christmas pillowsMade2016