Monday, July 20, 2015

An Ornament Finish

I finished this cute little chart, "Be Merry" by Little House Needleworks, a few months ago.  And now it's a completely finished ornament!  Everything used in this finish was from my stash.  I really like when it works out like that.

For the front, I cut a piece of heavier cardboard to the correct size and centered the stitched piece on it.  The excess fabric was folded in the back making an effort to have as little bulkiness as possible.  Everything was taped up with double-sided tape. 

Taking a look through my fabric stash I found a good coordinating fabric.  I did the same folding and taping technique to the back and used a lighter weight cardboard.  I have some comic book backing boards that are perfect for this.  I found this idea somewhere on Facebook and was happy to find a good, inexpensive board that's easy to cut to size.  Who knew?
Then I took the back and front and applied some Alene's Tacky Glue.  Carefully aligning both pieces, I stuck them together and gave them a few hours to dry.  I put two heavy boxes on top of them during their drying time.  More rummaging through my ribbon and cord box proved successful when I found some red and gold twisted cord and some sheer ribbon for a little bow.  I used some more Alene's to apply the cording.  Yes, you can also stitch this on, but I've had lots of luck using glue without too much slopppiness.  A cute little bow on top and a teeny gold snowflake are the perfect finishing touch!

When I have a successful finish like this, it makes me want to make more ornaments!  It's so satisfying to complete a project in a relatively short time.  This little ornament will be a gift even though it is so tempting to make it mine!

12 comments:

  1. Hello Cathy! Love this sweet little ornament! What a pretty gift it will make! :) x

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  2. Oh My! This ornament is adorable! Love the snowmen and the finish is brilliant!!

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  3. What a super looking ornament you stitched and finished! I love that backing fabric. Good for you on using from your stash to finish your ornament.

    Robin in Virginia

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  4. Very cute finish, I am always looking for new and different ways to finish all the smalls I do. It gets boring just sewing little pillows.

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  5. Cute cute cute. Congrats on your finish. I love finishing a finish! I need to follow suit!

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  6. Wonderful finish Cathy!!
    Me think you should make another one for you, this time :)

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  7. How darling, you did a perfect job for your ornament, it is truly beautiful! A hint on the boarding to make your smaller flat ornaments/smalls if you go to framing shops you often can get their mat board scraps (like what they cut out in the center from mat board for framing), not free, but some shops will sell them to you very, very cheaply :) in case you run out of what you are using!

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    1. Thank you so much for the suggestion! I will check out my local framing places for these!

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  8. Gorgeous finish! Love the design;)

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  9. Such a beautiful finish! The little snowflake charm is just perfect.

    The tacky glue is a recent discovery for me, and it's so handy! I've been using it like a fray check.

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  10. So pretty. You've reminded me that I have a couple ornaments to finish!

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  11. So cute, these little snowmen. And the finishing is just great.

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