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DIY Watercolour Printed Fabric Bauble Christmas Decorations

DIY Watercolour Printed Fabric Bauble Christmas Decorations | @fallfordiy

Have you ever noticed that Christmas decorations are all, well.. a bit hard? Obviously they need to be quite sturdy to deal with the barrage of abuse they get from children, animals and adults – who definitely regretted not untangling them before putting them away last year eh? And it’s not like I have a problem with them being well built for the job but where are all the cozy, warming, soft and squishy decorations? Even balloons seem to be banished from the festive decor scene (watch out for those tree spikes!) But look, it’s ok. Because we can put that right with a little Christmas crafting.

DIY Watercolour Printed Fabric Bauble Christmas Decorations | @fallfordiy-26

Even though I wanted to go for a softer look, I didn’t want to lose that contemporary, minimalist styling that makes you dream of a Nordic cabin in the snow, chestnuts roasting on the open fire and all the winter wonderland feels. So I decided to use the watercolours and brush pen from our latest We Make Collective kit and create these simple prints. Once I was happy with the designs I snapped a quick photo on my phone, cleaned them up in photoshop (we have a We Make Collective tutorial on this too!) and then easily print them onto fabric thanks to the lovely people over at Zazzle!

DIY Watercolour Printed Fabric Bauble Christmas Decorations | @fallfordiy-24

Zazzle Bauble fabric

You can create your own patterns for this post OR you can get these ones printed right here. All you will need is one fat quarter of the fabric so this project costs less than £10 to complete!

DIY Watercolour Printed Fabric Bauble Christmas Decorations | @fallfordiy

Materials

Fabric | Filling | Thread | Sewing machine | Needle | Scissors | Cotton cord

Make a circular template from thin card or paper to make sure all of you baubles are the same size. Mine is 4.5″ in diameter. Cut around each printed section making sure the pattern is centred underneath the circle.

DIY Watercolour Printed Fabric Bauble Christmas Decorations | @fallfordiyDIY Watercolour Printed Fabric Bauble Christmas Decorations | @fallfordiy

When you’ve cut all the pieces out team them up into pairs and lay them together right sides facing. Make sure the patterns are facing the same direction.

DIY Watercolour Printed Fabric Bauble Christmas Decorations | @fallfordiy DIY Watercolour Printed Fabric Bauble Christmas Decorations | @fallfordiy

Sew around the edge leaving a gap of about an inch between the start and the end of the line of stitching at the top of the bauble. Turn inside out.

DIY Watercolour Printed Fabric Bauble Christmas Decorations | @fallfordiy DIY Watercolour Printed Fabric Bauble Christmas Decorations | @fallfordiy

Press the seams flat and get stuffing! (I only thought of this after but add some dried lavender or pine to make them smell good too!)

DIY Watercolour Printed Fabric Bauble Christmas Decorations | @fallfordiyDIY Watercolour Printed Fabric Bauble Christmas Decorations | @fallfordiy DIY Watercolour Printed Fabric Bauble Christmas Decorations | @fallfordiy

Cut off small sections of cord and tie the ends together, creating loops to hang the baubles.

DIY Watercolour Printed Fabric Bauble Christmas Decorations | @fallfordiy-9

You now need to sew up the open edge. Hand stitch the two sides together inserting the knotted end of the cord once you reach the middle. Keep sewing until the hole is fully closed.

DIY Watercolour Printed Fabric Bauble Christmas Decorations | @fallfordiyDIY Watercolour Printed Fabric Bauble Christmas Decorations | @fallfordiy

Now you have some lovely, soft, festive decorations for your cat to rip to shreds or the children to eat! But they will look gorgeous as long as you can keep the rascals away from the tree!

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Comments

  1. Courtney says

    December 8, 2015 at 8:44 pm

    I love these, Francesca!! I am going to definitely try them:)

    Reply
    • fran says

      December 9, 2015 at 10:25 am

      Hey Courtney! I bet you will make them even better somehow! Tag me when you’ve made them. I want to see :D

      Reply
  2. Amy | Delineate Your Dwelling says

    December 9, 2015 at 3:37 am

    I LOVE these!!! I did some fabric ornaments one year with our family photo on them as gifts. But, I really love the idea of this simple written design. I couldn’t tell from your post, did Zazzle print on plain fabric or did you design an article of clothing and just cut it out?

    Reply
    • fran says

      December 9, 2015 at 10:23 am

      Oh! I bet your yours were so cute! Especially with your beautiful family. I’m going to go search your blog for them right now :D So Zazzle printed me a piece of fabric. It’s actually quite difficult to find on the site but you can get to the fabric printing section here That’s the UK site though. Do they have a US site?

      Reply
  3. gabriella says

    December 9, 2015 at 1:15 pm

    These are so lovely! What a brilliant idea for decorating :)

    g.

    Reply
  4. Rachel | The Crafted Life says

    December 9, 2015 at 2:45 pm

    These are absolutely stunning! Pinning now!

    Reply
  5. Siobhan Harmer says

    December 17, 2015 at 11:07 pm

    These are so, so cute!
    http://www.thereyouaresibby.co.uk

    Reply
  6. Eden Passante says

    January 11, 2016 at 7:57 pm

    These are super cute! Definitely making these next year!!

    Reply
  7. Eden Passante says

    October 24, 2016 at 7:14 pm

    Great idea! I always love to make my Christmas decorations from scratch! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
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