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We always look forward to the day we get our treasure box of ornaments out of the closet to decorate the Christmas tree. Browsing this week’s contest is a lot like that sweet nostalgic moment: colorful and crazy, sweet and traditional, this contest is full of beautiful designs. Pick your favorite ornament gift wrap!
Settle in for the holidays and make some festive ornaments. These simple DIYs take just a little time and have big room for you to put your stamp on these festive bits and bobs. String them on your tree, make into garland, or pop around the house for a bit of holiday cheer.
Fabric + Felt
Stuffed fabric ornament | MummySam
Happy Halloween! It's funny to find myself posting photos of Christmas ornaments with hands still moist from scooping pumpkin guts into a bowl, but here we are. The winner of our contest to fit a pattern for a hanging ornament onto a single swatch-sized piece of fabric is Australian artist Julie Lynch, who won our Roller Derby-themed competition just a few weeks ago. Julie's Festive Birds Hanging Ornament actually includes a quarter-yard's worth of patterns in addition to the swatch-sized bird pictured on the upper left above. When we first launched Spoonflower, we really saw swatches as just a way for buyers to test a fabric before buying more. We didn't foresee the idea that a whole sewing kit could be included on an 8 inch square piece of fabric! Because our system as it stands at the moment doesn't pay designers a commission on a swatch (and please watch this space for news), you'll be relieved to know that this week we've awarded the other nine designers in the top ten with Spoondollar credits along with the winner. These ornament patterns, by the way, also make terrific projects for novice sewists!
The final voting went as follows:
1. 627 votes for Festive Birds Hanging Ornament. (3 birds and 2 owls on a FQ) by cjldesigns
2. 598 votes for Cardinal Hanging Ornament by dianne_annelli
3. 519 votes for Reindeer Ornament by ttoz
4. 493 votes for Cookie Cute Christmas Ornament by marcelinesmith
5. 489 votes for Señor Party Lights (Click to see sewn sample) by happysewlucky
6. 468 votes for peacock ornament by amel24
7. 462 votes for 7 Miniature Teapots. Please zoom to see all 7 of them. by niceandfancy
8. 427 votes for Baby Owl Ornament by natitys
9. 414 votes for Swedish Dala Horse by supercoop
10. 354 votes for hanging ornament elf by irrimiri
