 I think its fair to say Larissa Holland's Twelve Days of Christmas ornaments have completely taken the craft world by storm. You can't Google "Christmas" and "felt" without seeing at least one of her beautiful designs. Her patterns are AMAZING, wonderfully detailed with gorgeous photos and diagrams which take you through the patterns step by step. These are perfect for novice and experienced stitcher's alike. These gorgeous projects have been popping up with crafters all over the country and I've had more and more clever people asking for colour advice for making. So, with great joy and anticipation I bought the collection off her Etsy site to make my own set in The Felt Factory colours. I know, it's tough work but someone has to do it! ;) The following blog, I hope, will be a great resource for making this set with our beautiful 100% Merino Wool Felt with suggestions for colours and quantities as well as thread suggestions and links to our fab products. This beautiful set of patterns can be purchased from mmmcraft Etsy store. Available singularly or as a collection. Etsy is brilliant, if you don't already have an account with them, it's super easy to set up, think Trade Me, then purchase and download the pdf patten. NB/ most patterns available from Esty are pdf files, not hard copy patterns. PS. This is the pattern which introduced me to Sticky Fabri-Solvi, THE best craft tool ever!!! Print your pattern straight out onto the sheet then stick it to the felt and stitch over the top. Once you've finished the stabiliser dissolves in water!!!! So handy. This is used throughout and is not mandatory but a fab tool. There are tips for using it and for using alternatives. PPS. Choosing you own colourways are a fun alternative made easier with my colour matched DCM threads on each product page. Wihoo! To complete the set you will need- + 10-14 colours of our 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + I used Yellow, Marigold, Gold, Watermelon, Red, Cardinal, Raspberry, Arctic Blue, Mist, Moss, Olive, Dove, Slate and Black. + DMC Thread to match your felt sheets + I used, 726, 972, 832, 351, 321, 902, 600, 3811, 503, 471, 469, 02, 535 and 310 + DMC Metallic Light Effects E415 for hanging + One packet of Sticky Solvy + Beads + Cotton Pipe Cleaners + Chenille Pipe Cleaners + Tacky Glue + A Fabric Pen Partridge & Pear  There are so many combinations you can use for these ornaments. I loved all of Larissa's colour ways, this one caught my eye to make for myself. How could you stop at one set though! For the Partridge and Pear I used the following colours in my 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets: + Yellow + Marigold + Mist Blue + Olive + Moss DMC Embroidery Floss: + 726 - to match Yellow + 972 - to match Marigold + 503 - to match Mist Blue + 469 - to match Olive + 471 - to match Moss + 321 - to match Red + 310 - Black + E415 - for hanging Turtle Dove  mmmcrafts Turtle Dove pattern is available by itself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my Turtle Dove I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Mist + Watermelon + Cardinal + Raspberry DMC Embroidery Floss + 503 - to match Mist + 351 - to match Watermelon + 902 - to match Cardinal + 600 - to match Raspberry + 310 - Black + E415 - for hanging French Hen  mmmcrafts French Hen pattern, number three in the twelve days ornament series, is available by itself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my French Hen I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Mist + Dove Grey + Slate Grey + Red + Gold DMC Embroidery Floss + 503 - to match Mist + 02 - to match Dove Grey + 535 - to match Slate Grey + 321 - to match Red + 832 - to match Gold + 310 - Black + E415 - for hanging Colly Bird  mmmcrafts Colly Bird pattern, number four in the twelve days ornament series, is available by itself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my Colly Bird I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Mist + Slate Grey + Olive + Watermelon + Black DMC Embroidery Floss + 503 - to match Mist + 535 - to match Slate Grey + 469 - to match Olive + 351 - to match Watermelon + 310 - Black + E415 - for hanging Gold Ring On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me! Number five in mmmcrafts twelve days ornament series, is available by itself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my Gold Ring I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Yellow + Marigold + Gold + Mist + Arctic Blue DMC Embroidery Floss + 726 - to match Yellow + 972 - to match Marigold + 832 - to match Gold + 503 - to match Mist + 3811 - to match Arctic Blue + E415 - for hanging Goose a-Laying  Six Geese a-Laying. Number six in mmmcrafts twelve days ornament series, is available by itself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my Goose and bonus Egg I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Cardinal + Watermelon + Raspberry + Mist + Arctic Blue DMC Embroidery Floss + 902 - to match Cardinal + 351 - to match Watermelon + 600 - to match Raspberry + 503 - to match Mist + 3811 - to match Arctic Blue + E415 - for hanging Swans a-swimming  Seven Swans a-swimming. Number seven in mmmcrafts twelve days ornament series, is available by itself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my Swan I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Black + Watermelon + Red + Mist + Olive + Slate Grey DMC Embroidery Floss + 310 - to match Black + 351 - to match Watermelon + 321 - to match Red + 503 - to match Mist + 469 - to match Olive + 535 - to match Slate Grey + E415 - for hanging Maid a-Milking Eight Maids a-Milking. I had a lot of fun with this one, the first person in the series, she was a lovely fun make with a few extra skills using beads and pipe cleaners. Number eight in mmmcrafts twelve days ornament series, is available by itself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my Maid I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Black + Mist + Slate Grey + Gold + Dove Grey DMC Embroidery Floss + 310 - to match Black + 503 - to match Mist + 535 - to match Slate Grey + 832 - to match Gold + 02 - t match Dove Grey + E415 - for hanging Drummer Drumming Nine Drummers Drumming. Number nine in mmmcrafts twelve days ornament series, is available by itself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my Drummer I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Mist + Moss Green + Arctic Blue + Cardinal + Raspberry DMC Embroidery Floss + 503 - to match Mist + 471 - to match Moss + 3811- to match Arctic Blue + 902 - to match Cardinal + 600 - to match Raspberry + E415 - for hanging Piper Piping Ten Pipers Piping. Number ten, and we're nearly there in mmmcrafts twelve days ornament series. This beautiful Piper is available by itself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my lovely Piper I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Mist + Slate Grey + Watermelon + Raspberry + Marigold DMC Embroidery Floss + 503 - to match Mist + 535 - to match Slate Grey + 351 - to match Watermelon + 600 - to match Raspberry + 972 - to match Marigold + E415 - for hanging Lady Dancing Eleven Ladies Dancing. Number eleven in mmmcrafts twelve days ornament series. This lovely Dancing Lady is available by herself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my lovely Lady I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Mist + Raspberry + Cardinal + Yellow + Arctic Blue DMC Embroidery Floss + 503 - to match Mist + 600 - to match Raspberry + 902 - to match Cardinal + 726 - to match Yellow + 3811 - to match Arctic Blue + E415 - for hanging Lord a-Leaping Twelve Lords a-Leaping. The final number twelve in mmmcrafts twelve days ornament series. He has so much character, I just love him. His pattern is available by himself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my cheeky Lord I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Mist + Watermelon + Olive + Moss + Black + Arctic Blue DMC Embroidery Floss + 503 - to match Mist + 351 - to match Watermelon + 469 - to match Olive + 471 - to match Moss + 310 - to match Black + 3811 - to match Arctic Blue + E415 - for hanging I hope you have enjoyed making these as much as I have.
I'd love to see your completed ornaments, please use #twelvedaysornaments and #thefeltfactorynz to share with myself and Larissa on your social media. Rebecca. xx
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