Its Christmas Eve! Santa is on his way ;)
Want to create a little me-made make to add to your Christmas Tree before the big day tomorrow? Why not make one of my Christmas Pudding decorations!
You can also take a look at the decorations from Christmas past; the Stocking, Snowman and Present on my Learn to Sew page.
How to Make:
1: Cut out all of the pattern pieces on the instruction sheet below, and pin and cut them out from your fabrics of choice. I used felt but other fabric scraps could be used...whatever you have around the house!
1: Cut out all of the pattern pieces on the instruction sheet below, and pin and cut them out from your fabrics of choice. I used felt but other fabric scraps could be used...whatever you have around the house!
The grey dotted lines on the pattern give an idea for positioning when layering up the various shapes.
Double check on the pattern pieces that you have cut out enough of them; pudding base x 2; icing x 2; holly leaves x 2 (the red berries can be sewn with embroidery thread rather then cutting them out if its easier).
2: Place one of the icing shapes at the top of one of the pudding base shapes. Stitch this in place with a running stitch; remember to tie a knot in the thread at the start and end of your stitching so it doesn't come undone. Repeat this step again for the other pudding base and icing shapes.
3: To one of the pudding bases, sew the holly shapes and berries at the top where the icing is. I only stitched these to one of the shapes, but you could add this detail to the other pudding base if you wish. For the berries, i used red embroidery thread and stitched a 'knot' stitch for each one.
> Take a look at this link from sewguide.com for how to create a knot stitch if you're unsure
4: Place the 2 pieces of the pudding base together. Pin in place and sew together with slip or running stitches around the outside. Remember to tie a knot in your thread at the start and the end so your stitches don't come loose
5: Lastly, cut 20cm of red ribbon. Join the 2 ends of the ribbon together and sew the ends to the top/ back of the Christmas pudding.
To make your own Christmas Pudding decoration, download the free pattern below!
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