mmmcrafts: twelve days ornament series
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 stitchers alike.
These gorgeous projects have been popping up with crafters all over the country, and I've had more and more clever people looking 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! ;)
I hope the following blog will be a great resource for making this set with our beautiful 100% Merino Wool Felt. It offers suggestions for colours and quantities, 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 pattern. 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 your own colourways is 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 have 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 have used, 726, 972, 832, 351, 321, 902, 600, 3811, 503, 471, 469, 02, 535 and 310
+ 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 colourways, this one caught my eye to make for myself. How could you stop at one set though?
For the Partridge and Pear, I have 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
Turtle Dove
For my Turtle Dove, I have 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
+ 3811 - Arctic Blue
French Hen
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
+ 3811 - Arctic Blue
Colly Bird
For my Colly Bird I have 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
+ 3811 - Arctic Blue
Gold Ring
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
Goose a-Laying
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
Swans a-swimming
For my Swan I have 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
+ 3811 - Arctic Blue
Maid a-Milking
For my Maid I have 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 - to match Dove Grey
Drummer Drumming
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
+ 3811 - to match Arctic Blue
Piper Piping
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
+ 3811 - Arctic Blue
Ladies Dancing
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
Lords a-Leaping
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