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Cross Stitch Portrait Hoop Ornaments

in Celebrations, Christmas, Crafts & DIY, Fabric Crafts

This summer I gave into the stitch people cross stitch trend and worked up my cross stitch family portrait for our living room. I soon became addicted and started making some holiday gifts for family and friends. Here are two such cross stitch portrait gifts that I turned into cute hoop ornaments for the holidays!

Cross Stitch Portrait Hoop Ornament Tutorial | spotofteadesigns.com

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The first hoop ornament was for my good friend, awesome cookie designer, and previous guest poster, Cherylin.

Cross Stitch Portrait Hoop Ornament Tutorial - featuring a wedding couple | spotofteadesigns.com

In October she got married to her long time boyfriend, Matt and held a wedding full of beautiful DIY touches.   To celebrate this milestone, I created a little version of the married couple in cross stitch form.

Cross Stitch Portrait Hoop Ornament Tutorial | spotofteadesigns.com

The second cross stitch ornament was for my niece Brinley. She is just three weeks older than the Brielle, but as I mentioned before, cannot be more different in personality! I love her to pieces and know that there a few things she adores – the color purple, dresses, her dog Joey and Disney! I created a little custom portrait of these loves in her mini hoop ornament.

Here’s how I turned these cross stitch designs into hoop ornaments.

Cross Stitch Portrait Hoop Ornament Tutorial - featuring a disney fan | spotofteadesigns.com

To create the actual cross stitch portrait I referenced the book Do-It-yourself Stitch People by Elizabeth Dabczynski-Bean.  It’s a great resource for different clothing, hair styles, pets and even accessories, and as you can see, I made use of all these options in these two ornaments! She also sends emails with updates to new designs she’s added or other product options available so stay on the mailing list if you make the purchase!

Cross Stitch Portrait Hoop Ornament Tutorial | spotofteadesigns.com

Supplies:

  • Hot Glue Gun (also highly recommend these when working with hot glue!)
  • Water Erase Pen
  • 4″ Hoop
  • Felt
  • Scissors (these are my favorite for cutting felt!)
  • Ribbon
Cross Stitch Portrait Hoop Ornament Tutorial | spotofteadesigns.com

First I took apart a 4” hoop and wrapped the outer ring with ribbon.

Cross Stitch Portrait Hoop Ornament Tutorial | spotofteadesigns.com

To start I added a dab of hot glue and wrapped the ribbon around, adding dabs of glue along the way.

Cross Stitch Portrait Hoop Ornament Tutorial | spotofteadesigns.com

Next I traced the inner hoop on felt with my pen and cut out the shape. This would be used on the back in later step.

Cross Stitch Portrait Hoop Ornament Tutorial | spotofteadesigns.com

Next, insert the cross stitch design in the hoop and trim so there’s about a 1/2″ of fabric all the way around.

Cross Stitch Portrait Hoop Ornament Tutorial | spotofteadesigns.com

This next step is where these guys come in handy! They are little silicon fingertips that help when working with hot glue to not burn your fingers. LIFE CHANGER people! Add to your carts and throw in a crafter’s stocking ASAP. I used them when adding hot glue on the inside of the inner hoop and folding over the fabric.

Cross Stitch Portrait Hoop Ornament Tutorial | spotofteadesigns.com

When you hot glue the fabric all the way around it will look like this.

Cross Stitch Portrait Hoop Ornament Tutorial | spotofteadesigns.com

Finally I covered the ugly hoop guts with the felt circle I cut out earlier and voila, it’s done!

Cross Stitch Portrait Hoop Ornament Tutorial | spotofteadesigns.com

I’m sure Cherylin will get lots of “first year married” ornaments for the holidays but I hope it’s her first cross stitched one!

UPDATE:

I also made a little cross stitch type ornament the following year for my other sister, Brinley’s sisterSave

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