September 29th - Felt Robin Ornament

This week we are making robin felt ornaments for the Winter Fair Children's shop.

This pattern will be using a running stitch (straight stitch) and a blanket stitch for around the edges.

The instructions say to make one side bird and one side plain, but we will be making both sides birds. Make sure to make 2 mirror image birds to put together.

Tips:

1) Use a glue stick to position pieces before stitching

2) Note that the embroidery floss has 6 strands. Separating it and using 2 or 3 strands at a time will be easier to thread the needle and easier to get through the layers.

3) The bird can be a bit thick when trying to blanket stitch both sides together. It's a bit easier to carefully trim away some of the inside layers before blanket stitching both bird halves together.