Materials: Black, white and your choice of colored felt (you can purchase single sheets at your local craft store for approximately 25 cents each; you won’t need more than one sheet of each color for this project), card stock, pen or pencil, white sewing thread, sewing needle, poly-fil or cotton balls or even an old sock (for the stuffing), a piece of white yarn five or six inches in length. and fabric scissors.
Step One: Draw all the pieces shown in Figure 1 (front body, back body, wing one and wing two, eye one and eye two, and the face) out on a sheet of card stock (the owl measures approximately four inches in height and three inches in width at it widest point), then cut them out and assemble to match the finished ornament (you may want to modify your cutouts at this point); once you are pleased with your cutouts, you will use them as a pattern to cut our your felt pieces by tracing a line around each pattern piece.
Step Two: Start by sewing eye one and eye two onto the face (see Figure2). To do this, you will employ the blanket stitch (which you will use to finish all edges of the ornament).
Step Three: Using the blanket stitch, sew the face onto the front body (see Figure 3).
Step Four: Using the blanket stitch, sew wing one and wing two onto the front body (see Figure 3).
Step Five: Using the blanket stitch, sew the front body to the back body. Be sure to leave enough room at the top of the ornament so that you can stuff it and attach its loop (see Figure 4).
Step Six: Fill your ornament with your choice of stuffing (I’ve used Poly-fil here). You don’t need much; a handful will do the trick.
Step Seven: Make a loop with your piece of yarn and secure by knotting the two ends together.
Step Eight: Insert the knotted loop of yarn into the top of your ornament (see Figure 5) and secure it into place as your finish sewing up the top edge of your ornament.
Step Nine: Hang on your tree and admire!
