10 DIY Christmas Ornaments To Sew and Embroider

These Prairie Point Star Ornaments will look elegant hanging on your tree or in a window. The one pictured is made using 5" charm squares. But you can cut your own squares in different sizes.

They're a great way to use up scraps from your stash.

These ornaments are a great first sewing project for children.

If your child is old enough to hold a needle and weave it in and out of fabric, they'll have fun making these Christmas Button Lace Ornaments.

They will feel so proud and accomplished when their ornament is finished and hanging on the tree. They can point to it and say, "I made that!"

If you're a quilter, you likely already have a Dresden ruler. Put it to use making these pretty Dresden Charm Ornaments. They're another great project for using up fabric scraps.

Cone ornaments have been a classic decoration since Victorian times.

Make them from fabric and they'll last for years. Leave them plain or dress them up with lace, ribbon, cording or rick rack which can also be used for the hangers.

The ones pictured are filled with Valentine's treats but they could just as easily be filled with Christmas candies and other small items.

Do you like the farmhouse look for your holiday décor?

Then you'll want to make these beautiful Sawtooth Star Ornaments to add to your tree. They will take you longer than some of the other ornaments featured but they're well worth the time.

Because they're flat, they could also be slipped into a card to send a little something extra to family and friends who won't be able to take part in your local holiday celebrations.

Made using my Thimble Pip Tutorial, Christmas Pips make such pretty ornaments to hang on your tree.

They're perfect for holding small gifts where the wrapping becomes part of the gift that can be used year after year to remind the recipient of the treasure they found inside on Christmas morning.

Wouldn't several of these Embroidered Felt Star Ornaments look gorgeous on your tree?

Or how about stringing them on a garland to hang across the mantle or a window.

You only need to know three basic embroidery stitches to make them; running stitch, backstitch and blanket stitch.

The design inspiration for these Embroidered Felt Christmas Baubles came from vintage glass ornaments from the early to mid 1900s.

Like the felt star ornaments, they only require basic embroidery stitches. In this case, backstitch, French knots and blanket stitch are used.

"Every time a bell rings, an angel gets it’s wings.” That's the iconic line from the movie, It's a Wonderful Life that was the inspiration for this Embroidered Angel Wings Ornament.

Basic sewing and embroidery skills are all that's needed to make it.

These Fabric Snow Globes Ornaments were my version of Dione"s (from The Clever Chameleon) snow globe coasters for the Sew Early 4 Christmas Blog Hop a few years ago.

You'll find the link to her tutorial for her coasters plus the modifications I made to turn them into snow globes to hang on your tree in the post.