Sewing Felt Bird Christmas Ornaments

Please read through instructions before you start sewing!  Thank you!

You will receive a felt bird ornament kit, a needle and some pins.  Each kit should contain a bird front, a bird back, a button for an eye, and some embroidery floss.

Start sewing.  Center the eye in the head area - on the side of the bird with the wing.  Sew a few stitches in the button eye and then stitch around the wing.  

IMPORTANT: Sew one stitch at a time to get even stitches.  Each stitch should be about 1/8" long and about 1/8" from the edge of the wing.

Tie a knot and clip the thread.

 IMPORTANT: Make sure all knots are on the INSIDE of the bird.

Pin two sides of bird together making sure all edges line up as perfectly as possible.

Start stitching together the bird on the belly side of the bird.  Remember to hide all knots on the inside of the bird.

REMEMBER to sew ONE stitch at a time. Stitch all the way around the bird leaving about a 2-inch opening for stuffing.  Again, stitches should be about 1/8" long and 1/8" from edge of bird.

IMPORTANT:  If you make a stitch you don't like, take the needle off and then pull the thread back out to where you want to start over.  Re-thread the needle and try again!

Make sure to get a few stitches through the ribbon and through the beak.

Use a small amount of stuffing to give the bird a little bit of dimension - it takes very little stuffing.  Use your pinky or the end of a pen to get a little bit into the head.  Don't worry about stuffing the tail on the birds with skinny tails.

Stitch together the last bit.  Use a pin to hold it together if necessary.

Here's how to end the stitching and hide your "knot".  Stitch over your very first stitch.  Start to stitch the second stitch, but then turn your needle to the center of the bird and bring the needle out of the center of back of the bird.  

Snip off the thread.  Rub the nub of the thread and it will disappear into the bird.  

And "voila" - you have a felt bird Christmas ornament!