DIY Felt Christmas Ornaments -Instagram Camera

26 Nov

Hipster week day 2 Felt Instagram ornament

Even Santa can’t resist a good selfie!

Document your documentation with a felt camera ornament on this year’s tree.

You will need:

Template (at the end of this post)

4″ x 7″ White felt

3″ x 1.5″ scrap dark grey felt  Black Pebble

2″ x 4″ Black felt scrap

4″ x .5″ felt scrap (or ribbon) for loop Poppy

Sequins in

Crystal

Silver Streak

Classic Red

Moss

Gold rush

Matching thread

Felt Glue (Optional)

Cut 2 templates A and 1 each of E & D from white felt

Cut 1 each of F, C and G from black felt

and 1 B from dark grey felt.

Felt Camera ornament tutorial

Add crystal colored sequins to pieces D & E either using felt glue or white thread to attach.

(Optional: add 2 sequins along one side for added detail.)

Attach the decorated D piece to the black C piece with black thread or felt glue.

Repeat with pieces E and F

Attach the felt strip to one corner of the A pieces and set aside.

Using felt glue or thread attach the Classic Red, Gold rush, and Moss down the left side of the template B.

Felt Ornament Tutorial Instagram Camera - Hipster Week

Attach template B to the second (undecorated) white A piece.

Felt Ornament Tutorial instructions Camera - Instargram

Doing your best to avoid noticing the terrible state of my nails attach the embellished C and F pieces to the camera.

Add piece G just below the sequins.

Using an overcast stitch attach the two A pieces together.

Ta-Da!

Felt camera tutorial pattern

In a Rush?

Try using felt glue to make these and cut out over half the time.

Felt Camera Pattern - Please do not pin pattern

Happy Hipster Week!

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Join us again tomorrow for more adventures in self-expression.

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~Andie

4 Responses to “DIY Felt Christmas Ornaments -Instagram Camera”

  1. azurachan November 26, 2013 at 1:06 pm #

    This is so cool!

  2. Peggy Cleary November 27, 2013 at 5:23 pm #

    Don’t you mean “Instamatic”? That’s what the cameras were called when the hippies were here.

  3. Peggy December 12, 2013 at 4:11 pm #

    Love your felt ornaments! Just can’t figure out how to use your templates. Thanks!

    • AmericanFeltandCraft December 28, 2013 at 10:26 am #

      All template problems should be cleared up – please let us know if you are still having issues.

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