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Felt Holy Family Ornament

by Nancy Bandzuch · 11 Comments

holy family ornament

Hello!  

I am stopping by just briefly today to share another felt ornament I stitched up last year: Felt Holy Family Ornament.  

I stitched up these ornaments right before my daughter was born last December… And then in the craziness of these new infant days, I never posted it…

And in fact, let the blog sit abandoned for 2 full months!  

But, I am happy to share them now.  

I am also thrilled to be sharing this today as part of my friend Emily’s Craft Christmas Series. (Get over there and check it out!!)

Okay, be warned, with this ornament there is no template or even a tutorial.  

As I said, I stitched this up while I was big and pregnant. And evidently too lazy to snap a picture.  

I should mention, however, that I did get the idea for this ornament from this pin on Pinterest. And it too leads to very little–no template or tutorial.

So if I can figure out how to make it, I have faith that you can too!

Here is a very basic breakdown of how to make this ornament.  

There are three major pieces that are roughly ovals: Joseph (the biggest and cut 2), Mary, and Jesus.

Feel free to use my pictures as guides for how to cut these pieces.  

Then, each person has a circle-shaped head, Joseph is set upon a larger brown circle, which makes up his beard and hair.

Then the stitching.  

Start from the bottom and work up.  

First, stitch on Joseph’s face and headpiece.  

I just gave my figure’s eyes, instead of all of the facial features.  

Then, stitch down Mary’s body and head.  

Finally, add Jesus’s halo, body, and head.  

Finally, I cut a simple strip of felt to use as the hanger and sandwiched this between the two Joseph body pieces (the top Joseph body piece is what you have been stitching too all along, of course).

Then, as a final step, I stitch all around the outside of the ornament with a blanket stitch.

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Finally, in case you didn’t notice, there is a slight difference between the ornament at the top of this post and the one at the bottom.  

In the top ornament, I used a whip stitch and dark thread to sew down all of the elements of the figures.  

In the bottom ornament, I used a running stitch in a matching thread to sew down all of the elements of the figures–so you really can’t see the stitching.

And only used the dark blanket stitch around the outside.

And…I can’t decide which one I like the best.  

Thoughts?

I plan on making a few more of these ornaments, just because I really love the idea, so if you have a preference on the stitching, I’d love to hear it!

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  1. Moissani says

    June 7, 2022 at 5:01 am

    Really loved this idea, what a creative soul. And yes wish you a merry christmas. Would be glad to link our website with yours.

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  2. Tracy Turner says

    November 11, 2021 at 7:37 am

    This felt thing is so cute. This reminded me of my college days when I use to sell handmade felt mobile covers, pouches, etc

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  3. Roshni Vaeja says

    June 19, 2020 at 3:42 am

    I am glad, I had seen this amazing design, the concept of design for Christmas festivals its fansantic. i would be much happier if I had picture of finished product.
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  4. Jean Benson Thompson says

    December 8, 2018 at 8:33 pm

    So little time this year, nice project for Tree or for tucking in Cards.

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  5. Jean Benson Thompson says

    December 8, 2018 at 8:32 pm

    Cute Simple and very Nice for Tucking in Christmas Cards… Will do next year, ,today is December 8, 2018. So many ideas and so little Time..

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  6. Sandra Caulder says

    August 19, 2014 at 6:19 pm

    I’m not sure if you’ve found the pattern yet, but at “what madeleine loves”, she has created the pattern for the “Holy Family” and also ones for the “Three Kings” & the “Shepherd and the Sheep”. You can download the PDF patterns from her at http://whatmadeleineloves.blogspot.com/2012/02/felt-nativity-set-pattern-free-download.html
    I plan on making some for my tree this year.
    Sandra

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  7. Emily says

    December 22, 2013 at 9:11 am

    this is so cute! I’ve loved it! Thanks so much for sharing at Crafty Christmas…pinned… Merry Christmas!!! Emily

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  8. Joanne says

    December 2, 2013 at 3:39 pm

    LOVE this! Saved and printed out the photo.. used that as a template, and am making one right now! What a cute idea!

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    • Nancy Bandzuch says

      December 5, 2013 at 3:30 pm

      I would love to see a pic of the finished product!!!

      Reply
  9. Kara says

    November 26, 2013 at 8:44 pm

    Beautiful! I love this, Nancy!

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