Giant Christmas Felt Letters
Some words are just for Christmas, my favourite ones are “Ho Ho Ho”, “Fa La La” and “Jingle”. Especially Fa La La which comes from the Christmas carol ‘Deck the Halls’. As soon as I hear and see these words I imagine a dreamy, nostalgic & whimsical Christmas, the sort of one we’d all love to have.
This year I thought that it would be great to add a FA LA LA to my HO HO HO felt letters, that I made a couple of years ago. These are ridiculously easy to make, and as they are hand sewn, they are one of those lovely crafts you can do in the evening in front of the telly.
What you need to make Christmas Felt Letters
- Letter template: You can download my template for the letters H,O,F & A here: Felt letters , or you can draw your own.
- Felt in your chosen colours; I used green & cream for my FA LA LA and red and cream for my HO HO HO. You should get at least 2 letters if not more out of a fat quarter (it depends on the letters).
- Embroidery thread or crewel wool in contrasting colours.
- Fiber stuffing, I use old pillows for this like I did with my Mountain Cushions.
- Large embroidery needle , pins & scissors.
How to make your Christmas Felt Letters
- Using my template I cut out my letters you will need 2 for each letter, one for the back and one for the front. For the FA LA LA, I had 12 cut pieces of felt; 6 A’s, 4 L’s and 2 F’s.
- Pin your letters together.
- Using a blanket stitch, sew round each letter leaving a small gap for stuffing
- Stuff firmly with your fiber stuffing and then sew up the hole with a blanket stitch.
* Don’t throw out your felt off cuts no matter how small as you can make felt garlands and decorations with this, which I will demonstrate with my next blog post.
When finished your letters are ready to sit on your mantle piece or hang like bunting. As well as making a great Christmas decoration , I have made some in a person’s initial and given them as a monogramed gift.
You might like some of my other Christmas posts:
Paper Envelope Advent Calendar
Christmas Elf on the Shelf
Upcycled festive felt garland
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really cute, trying to think if there are any chanukah words i could do, and using the sewing machine, too busy for hand sewing! thanks for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!
Thanks ! Blanket stitch is really quick and can be done in front of the telly, they didn’t take me long at all. Hope you find the right words.
So cute!
Cheers !
Hi Claire…love the Felt Christmas words! I’ve got a felt thing going this Christmas too, but your letters are so whimsical and fun! Thanks for sharing, Lynn
Thanks ! I love working with felt. I had a look at your felt garland and it looks great and good tutorial too. http://www.nourishandnestle.com/felt-holly-leaf-garland/#comment-1543
These are super cute and I love how you reused old stuffing!
Tania
Thank you ! I try to re-use old material as much as possible. You can make these felt letters out of old woollen sweaters if you have some.
These are great! Love them & sharing!!
Thank you so much !
What cute holiday decorations! Thanks for sharing at My Flagstaff Home!
Jennifer
Thank you & thanks for hosting !
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Too stinking cute! I won’t do because sewing gives me anxiety but pinning for later just in case…
Thanks ! The sewing is very easy and forgiving you should try it.
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how fun and so easy to use these to make any words! easy and quick – could even be a fun kid craft! Thanks for sharing at the Christmas in July party!
Thank you so much ! You could use lots of different Christmas words.
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Nice holiday decoration
Thank you !
Claire, those are so cute, I love them. What a great tv watching craft to make. I have a project I had in mind for the blanket stitch. Thanks for the illustration because I haven’t done one before.
Thank you Toni. Blanket stitch is a really quick and easy stitch to sew.
I love these! I’ve had these pinned for awhile now! Visiting from BOB Tribe.
Thank you Victoria.
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