I at all times love a superb mix-and-match undertaking, and this felt shamrock decoration is SO MUCH THAT! First, it combines felt and printed material. Subsequent, it mixes up the thought of ornaments and non-Christmas holidays. And at last, it makes use of two completely different deep-etch dies that I designed for Benzie Design, altering up how you utilize one in all them in an enormous method.
And amongst all of these issues that I feel are fairly enjoyable, one of many issues that make this undertaking distinctive from virtually each different decoration sample I’ve made is that this has a really three-dimensional high quality to it. Plus, St. Patrick’s Day is simply kinda enjoyable, proper?
However first, let’s discuss concerning the deep-etch dies.
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I’ve designed a number of units of dies that you should utilize with a guide reducing machine (I’ve the Sizzix Massive Shot). The primary set was known as Circles and Scallops and its main use is for reducing out decoration bases, however there’s much more you are able to do with them too.
Then I created a set known as Stamp of Approval, which has stamp base items, but additionally hearts and an X and O. Now, you can make a shamrock stamp with simply this set, however I went for a round decoration and the second to largest coronary heart.
I did not assume I wanted a die-cutter like this. However I LOVE utilizing it. And I really like discovering new methods to make use of the dies that I’ve.
So if you’re nonetheless processing all this, the shamrock on this decoration is made with hearts. The stem half is simply lower freehand. And whereas this tutorial would not have patterns (I am utilizing the dies, afterall), you can lower circles for the decoration base after which lower out some hearts if you do not have these dies.
I will additionally present you methods to simply make this a 4-leaf clover, which might make this a fortunate appeal and never simply an decoration.
I preserve that hearts are NOT only for Valentine’s Day, and utilizing them to make one thing else completely solely provides to my level.
So let’s seize some provides and make a shamrock decoration!
You’ll need:
Wool mix felt in two colours
Circles and Scallops deep-etch die
Handbook die reducing machine
Inexperienced printed material
Paper-backed fusible internet (I used Marvel Underneath)
Iron
Stamp of Approval deep-etch die
Scissors
Inexperienced embroidery floss
Needle
Stuffing
Reduce out a back and front circle to your decoration.
Iron the fusible internet to the again of the material, then peel off the paper and iron it to a bit of felt.
This can be a piece that is the correct measurement for one coronary heart, however you possibly can put together a bigger piece to chop all of your hearts. You will simply run them via the reducing machine one after the other.
You will want a complete of three hearts for a shamrock or 4 hearts for a 4-leaf clover.
Place the die on the material aspect of the fused felt. Reduce it out with the die cutter. It’s possible you’ll discover a bit of embossed line across the edge, however that may go away if you happen to iron it.
You may place the die on the felt aspect as an alternative of the material aspect, however I discovered it had a cleaner lower inserting the die on the material.
Reduce a small stem from one of many fused scrap items. It may be so simple as a rectangle if you would like!
Fold the hearts in half with the material sides touching. Iron them to crease the middle.
Prepare the items on the scalloped circle. That is how a 4-leaf clover would look, however I went for a shamrock, so the hearts wanted to unfold out a bit of.
Use three strands of embroidery floss and working sew to stitch down the center of every of the shamrock items.
Place the back and front of the decoration collectively an sew across the edges with working sew via the sew markings. Depart a gap and add a little bit of stuffing inside.
End stitching the opening closed.
Add a easy hanging loop on the again of the decoration.
Share your completed decoration along with your favourite Irish good friend or make a bunch to embellish an all-seasons tree!
After all, you can too hold one in all these in your automobile as a superb luck appeal. Perhaps even fill it with lavender so it doubles as an air-freshener!
One of many causes I made mine as a shamrock, verses the 4-leaf clover has to do with St. Patrick himself. Effectively, type of. Legend says that St. Patrick would use a 3-leaf clover or shamrock to clarify the idea of the Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Just like the leaves, they’re all separate but additionally one and the identical.
That will not have been one thing St. Patrick actually did, however I nonetheless love that this Irish image is usually a reminder of the Trinity even as we speak!