Free Santa Ornament Pattern
Hello lovelies! I have a bit of a surprise for you all - actually, it's really an early Christmas pressie for those of you who love to sew! This darling little Santa ornament is super easy and fun to make and I'm sure if you get started on them now, you can whip up some for your family members, co-workers and friends! To download the pattern pieces, please click here.
You'll need:
: Scraps of red, white, blush and green felt
: A pair of 4.5mm safety eyes
: Embroidery thread
: Polyfil
: Seed beads
: Crewel embroidery thread or narrow ribbon for ornament loop
: Tiny pompom
: Pink pencil crayon
: Water soluble marker, craft glue
Lay pattern pieces onto felt and carefully cut out. I prefer to use a sharp pair of embroidery scissors to cut out the felt pieces as they provide a precise cut, especially around tight corners and pointy bits. :: Please click on the photos to enlarge them ::
Position the face behind the facial hair and pin in place.

View from the back.
Using small, neat stitches, applique opening of facial hair onto face.
Mark nose, mouth and eyes as shown with your water soluble pen.

Embroider nose onto face, and mouth onto beard.
Being very careful, make two tiny holes where you've marked the eyes using the tip of a very sharp pair of scissors. (Again, the embroidery scissors work best). Insert safety eyes and connectors at back.. Embroider tiny eyebrows above the eyes and add a hint of colour to his cheeks with your pink pencil crayon.
Position hat onto facial hair, slightly overlapping the bottom edge of the hat onto the top edge of the facial hair. Repeat with the back pieces, taking note that they need to be reversed in order for them to match up with the fronts when it's time to sew them together.
Applique bottom edge of hat onto facial hair.
Align bottom edge of hat cuff onto bottom edge of hat. Applique bottom edge as well as top edge of hat cuff onto hat. Repeat on the back piece.
Stitch base of holly leaves in place and sew on three seed beads.
Cut a 7.5 inch length of crewel embroidery thread or ribbon for your ornament loop. Fold in half and knot the end. Stitch knot into place on the INSIDE of the back of the hat as shown, keeping your stitches small and invisible as you don't want to see them from the right side of the felt.
Lay front onto back and pin. Starting at one side of the hat, and using red embroidery thread, blanket stitch all the way around to the other side of the hat. End off your thread.
Start blanket stitching at the hat cuff with your white thread, stopping about an inch before you reach the other side of the hat band. Stuff and blanket stitch opening closed.
Glue a little pompom onto the tip of his hat, and voila, you have a sweet little Santa ornament!
Have fun!
~Shelly xo
You'll need:
: Scraps of red, white, blush and green felt
: A pair of 4.5mm safety eyes
: Embroidery thread
: Polyfil
: Seed beads
: Crewel embroidery thread or narrow ribbon for ornament loop
: Tiny pompom
: Pink pencil crayon
: Water soluble marker, craft glue
Lay pattern pieces onto felt and carefully cut out. I prefer to use a sharp pair of embroidery scissors to cut out the felt pieces as they provide a precise cut, especially around tight corners and pointy bits. :: Please click on the photos to enlarge them ::
Position the face behind the facial hair and pin in place.

View from the back.
Using small, neat stitches, applique opening of facial hair onto face.
Mark nose, mouth and eyes as shown with your water soluble pen.

Embroider nose onto face, and mouth onto beard.
Being very careful, make two tiny holes where you've marked the eyes using the tip of a very sharp pair of scissors. (Again, the embroidery scissors work best). Insert safety eyes and connectors at back.. Embroider tiny eyebrows above the eyes and add a hint of colour to his cheeks with your pink pencil crayon.
Position hat onto facial hair, slightly overlapping the bottom edge of the hat onto the top edge of the facial hair. Repeat with the back pieces, taking note that they need to be reversed in order for them to match up with the fronts when it's time to sew them together.
Applique bottom edge of hat onto facial hair.
Align bottom edge of hat cuff onto bottom edge of hat. Applique bottom edge as well as top edge of hat cuff onto hat. Repeat on the back piece.
Stitch base of holly leaves in place and sew on three seed beads.
Cut a 7.5 inch length of crewel embroidery thread or ribbon for your ornament loop. Fold in half and knot the end. Stitch knot into place on the INSIDE of the back of the hat as shown, keeping your stitches small and invisible as you don't want to see them from the right side of the felt.
Lay front onto back and pin. Starting at one side of the hat, and using red embroidery thread, blanket stitch all the way around to the other side of the hat. End off your thread.
Start blanket stitching at the hat cuff with your white thread, stopping about an inch before you reach the other side of the hat band. Stuff and blanket stitch opening closed.
Glue a little pompom onto the tip of his hat, and voila, you have a sweet little Santa ornament!
Have fun!
~Shelly xo
Hi!!! Thank You!!! I think he is just too adorable!!!! I hope to get some made!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou are so sweet!! I absolutely love my Evie and now to have a Santa ornie too!!!xoxo~kimber
ReplyDeletethank you
ReplyDeleteHow thoughtful of you!!! I hope I can do him justice!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet Santa ornament!!! You're designs are the best!!
ReplyDeleteThank You, Lori
Thak you so much, for the Santa, he is lovely, I lov all your pattern
ReplyDeleteHugs Mia
Thank you so much he is a real sweaty.
ReplyDeleteHugs kay
Oh, thank you! Another one of your sweet patterns. Love them all!
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ReplyDeleteI can't get the pdf file link to work/open. Is it just me??
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Valerie
I can't either ! I will try over and over til I DO get it, It's too cute to pass by. Thank You in advance :D
DeleteHi Ladies, try mousing to the link, then right-clicking on it. Click "save link as" and save it to your computer. Then you should be able to open it and print from where you saved it. That's what I do. Actually when I save it, it shows the download at the bottom of my screen, and I can just open it from there to print it out!
DeleteFun indeed will be making some off these. Thank you so much...Huge admirer of your work.
ReplyDeleteSuper!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for such a cute ornie, Shelly! I am certainly going to make at least one of these cute Santas!!!! XOXO
ReplyDeleteI am so going to make a couple of these for my teachers and friends at my son's high school! They all know that I love to make crafty things and I am sure they will love them! Thank you so much for sharing!
ReplyDelete"spacibo" Thank you. I will post a note on Prim Pals about this pattern.
ReplyDeleteYou rock! Thanks for sharing with us! Love your work!
ReplyDelete"spacibo" Thank you. I will post a note on Prim Pals about this pattern.
ReplyDeleteSo cute. Thank you x
ReplyDeleteQue lindo!
ReplyDeleteMuito obrigada!!
Abraços,
Fabiana.
You are so welcome! For those of you who had problems downloading the pattern, please try clicking on the link again as it's been updated and should work perfectly for everyone now.
ReplyDeleteHello! Unfortunately I can not download the pdf ... : (
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ReplyDeleteOh, my, your work is darling, lovely and inspiring. May your creative successes be all you wish for. A new admirer, Sheri of Sheri McCulley Studio
ReplyDeleteThanks Shelly, very cute x
ReplyDeleteThis is so sweet! Thank you :) x
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Salutaciones.
This Santa is so cute! I did get the pattern to print but I have a quick question - how size is the completed Santa? The pattern on the screen looks much larger than the printed pattern. Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the lovely present....cant wait to make her
ReplyDeleteIt's adorable creatiom Shelly... Thank you for your pattern..
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as always adorable - you must have some sturdy finger tips with all the hand sewing you do! :-)
ReplyDeleteI love your work.
Very cute, as usual! Question...how did you make the blue marks go away in the last picture? The marker was water soluble (never used one of those)...did you dampen it or ? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing one of your wonderful creations with us for free. He's easy enough I hope to make up a few. : )
ReplyDeleteI hope you don't mind...I posted a link to this free pattern on my blog today.....http://mytategallery.blogspot.ca/2012/11/more-monthly-makes-for-november.html
ReplyDeleteFound you via Mary Ann. he is a very cute Santa.
ReplyDeleteYour Santa is lovely Shelly .. Thank you for sharing your pattern :)
ReplyDeleteWath a adorable little santa. Over here in holland we just had sant nicoles over, and your santa looks like him.i deffenetly are coing to make him.
ReplyDeleteEsther
Hi sweet Shelly! I love this darling Santa! He has such a sweet and jolly face! Thank you so much for sharing the pattern. I clicked on the link, but the pdf comes up as an error. Love and hugs, Paula xoxo
ReplyDeleteI am having an error opening the .pdf as well. I'm planning making a couple of these as gifts for Christmas. Could you by chance email me the pattern? Thanks.
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Great Santa, thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteThis is such a darling Santa ~ Thank you so very much for sharing the pattern! I made one and I couldn't be more delighted with the results! I blogged about it here http://lawhimsy.wordpress.com/
ReplyDeleteHe's so cute! thanks so much for sharing!
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lindo....lindo!
ReplyDeleteSo cute! Thank you Shelly!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. Santa is adorable. Tomorrow I need to venture out and find some needles.. Any special kind would you suggest? Blessings from Kansas
ReplyDeleteI'm for sure I'm going to make this!
ReplyDeleteThank you!! I love absolutely everything you create!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely lovely! I've been making felt ornaments for a few years now, mostly forest animals, but never had a good Santa pattern until now. Thank you for sharing your gift and talent!
ReplyDeleteLove your felt creations! This is just another wonderful one. Thank you so much!
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