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Jessica from Juicy Bits shares a free pattern for this little felt owl ornament. Make a bunch of them for your Christmas tree, and Santa will say “Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!” this year. Or maybe he’ll ask, “Hooo’s been naughty and hoooo’s been nice?” Or perhaps he’ll sing, “Owl be home for Christmas.” Get the free pattern.
[photo from Juicy Bits]
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I am just smitten with this felt gingerbread house bag. This would make such a sweet special Christmas accessory for a kid. It’s a free pattern at Benzie Design, designed by Gracie from Hello Gracie Makes. It’s packed with adorable gingerbread house details, like swirls and stripes and scallops adoring the doors and windows.
And while all those details might seem like this would be a complicated pattern, it’s actually not. The bag itself is made from felt, which makes finishes edges unnecessary. (All of those scalloped edges are just cut from felt, no edge finishing required.) The strap is super simple, made from rope with knotted ends. And all those details are made with some basic hand embroidery stitches. Sparkle felt makes it extra cute.
The striped scallop roof is actually the top flap of the bag. A magnetic snap makes it a secure closure. The rope straps are attached through felt loops at the side of the bag.
They rate this project as an intermediate level, and it should take about 6 hours to make start to finish. That’s doable for a Saturday project or a couple of evenings. Full color photos step you through the entire process.
The project includes a shopping list for all of your supplies. They’ve got a shop so you can order all of them from Benzie if you like and get exactly the supplies used in the project. I noticed it includes a pair of scallop shears, which makes cutting all the scalloped edges for the roof and around the door a breeze.
Finished dimensions of the little felt gingerbread bag are approximately 6 ½” wide x 7 ½” tall. That’s the perfect size to hold a small book, a small toy, or a notepad and some cute pens.
Go to Benzie Design to get the tutorial and free pattern for the felt gingerbread house bag.
I Love this! I can’t wait to make an Owl Tree next year!
I want to make these…but her site is down! Do you have another copy of the pattern?
Her site was still up this morning. Perhaps it was just a temporary technical glitch? –Anne
I tried to pull up the felt owl ornament and was unable to do so. can you send to my email thanks
You should be able to just right-click on the link to the pattern (at Juicy Bits blog) and save it down to your computer. It’s a PDF file, which tend to be large. If you just click the link to open it in your browser, your browser may be timing out. Try downloading it to your computer before opening. If that doesn’t work, you may want to contact the designer for help. –Anne
Where is a good place to buy felt? I’ve been to Michael’s, Joann Fabrics, and Hobby Lobby but they don’t have an extensive collection of colors. I’ve looked at the American Felt and Craft website and they seem to have a good selection. But wanted to see if you have any other suggestions. Thanks!
Helaina, I get most of my felt from old blankets, so I don’t know offhand the name of a good source for purchasing. Perhaps another reader has some advice? –Anne
I was not able to download the owl pattern, can you send it by e-mail.
Thanks!!
I cannot send the file, but perhaps you could contact the person who created the pattern and they may be able to help you out. –Anne
I love the owls. I made one and it looked really cute. I called it squishy owl because it is quite squishy. I used red felt for the body, orange for the underneath eyes and the wings, white {obviously} for the eyes, green for the belly, dark green for the beack, brown beads for the middle of the eyes and I dry felted the patern on the belly. It looked realy great and best of all it’s hand made!
Thanks!
I Love these owls would to make some … I love the trees….
Love the owls can’t wait to make them
When you make these do you sew them right sides together or is it blanket stich only ?
Want the owl pattern Went to Juciy website – go access there either. Could you please email it to me?
Went to other website. No available pattern. Could you please email it to me?
Thanks for the pattern, my little daughter will love it.
Cool! 🙂
Thanks for the pattern! My daughter loves owls and I want to make her a set of ornaments!
Thanks for the great owl pattern. I used it @ with my high students, they loved making the owl.
Thanks for the pattern. I want to make a friend a bag for her birthday and she adores owls, this pattern is brilliant, I’ll be able to use the pattern as a motif and fancy it up with sequins. Thanks again.
Thank you so much for the pattern. Iam actually going to sew some on to a hot water bottle for my daughter. I have plans to make some for the tree too as all our decorations need to be two year old friendly for my son.
Your owl pattern is adorable, I plan to make it for my 32 yr-old son, he still requests a homemade ornament each year and I love that he does.