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1) Trace and cut
out the following pieces:
From white felt:
2 mustaches; 2 eyes; 4 eyebrows; 1 beard; 1
backing piece
From flesh color
felt: 1 face; 1 lip
From cranberry
felt: 1 hat
From black felt:
2 pupils; 1 mouth
From Foam: Cut 1 backing piece but cut it
slightly smaller all the way around (about 1/4"
smaller)
Note: As you stitch your Santa together, the
raw edges will remain open and you will be
stitching through the foam as well as the felt.
2) Lay your white felt backing piece on your
work surface. Center the foam Santa head
on top of the felt back. Lay the face
piece on top of the foam and pin in place.
Topstitch the sides only of the face about 1/4"
from the raw edge.
3) Next, lay the hat on top of your Santa and
pin in place. Topstitch all the way around
the hat using matching thread.
4) Pin Santa's beard in place and again,
topstitch all the way around 1/4" from the raw
edge using matching thread. Place Santa's
head aside for the moment.
5) Pin the two mustache pieces together then
topstitch all the way around.
6) *Pin two eyebrows together and topstitch
all the way around. Repeat from * to make
the second eyebrow.
7) Hand stitch the bell onto the end of
Santa's hat.
8) Hand stitch the O-ring onto the back of
Santa's hat to form the hanger. Due to the
weight of the bell, you will need to adjust the
placement of the O-ring so that Santa will hang
straight when he is complete. I pin the
O-ring in place before stitching and try hanging
it. If it does not balance correctly, move
the O-ring right or left, pin in place and test
again until it hangs straight.
9) Using tacky glue, attach the black mouth
piece on top of the beard. Glue the lip on
top of the bottom edge of the mouth.
10) Brush blush on the cheek area.
11) Glue the mustache just above and slightly
overlapping the mouth and glue the pink pompom
just above and slightly overlapping the
mustache.
12) Glue the white eyes on your Santa as
pictured and glue the pupils inside the whites
of the eyes. To finish the face, glue the
eyebrows above the eyes.
13) Spread a layer of tacky glue across the
bottom of Santa's hat and cover the glue with
fiberfill as pictured.
14) Spread a layer of tacky glue on Santa's
beard and cover with a layer of fiberfill being
careful not to cover his mouth. Once the
glue is dry, Santa is ready to be hung up and
enjoyed by all who see him.
Except for the facial features, each
pattern is comprised of multiple pages.
Once you print them out, refer to the
corresponding chart for the layout of the pages.
Then, line them up so that the drawn lines touch
but don't overlap. Some of the pages will
overlap but the lines shouldn't. Tape the
pattern together so it doesn't move while you
use it. Once you have each pattern
assembled, it may be helpful to transfer it to a
sheet of poster board especially if you plan to
make more than one.
Printable instructions
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