Fabric Star Ornament Tutorial

Christmas is approaching and you know for sewers and quilters it means that it is time to choose this year's handmade gifts for your beloved ones. A fabric star ornament for Christmas will definitely be loved. It is one of those that looks much harder to make than they actually are.

Making these fabric star ornaments is white easy. There are mamy color possibilities so you can make every fabric star ornament to fit the taste of the receiver.

Soooo let's get started!

Fabric Star Ornament Supplies

Three different fabrics
2.8" Styrofoam ball
Dressmaker pins (200 pins per ornament)
Small screw eyes
Ribbon
Hot glue gun

Step 1: Cutting the fabric

Cut the following for each fabric star ornament:

Center of Star Fabric 8 pieces of 2 1/2" square
Middle of Star Fabric 16 pieces of 2 1/2" square
Outside of Star Fabric 16 pieces of 2 1/2" square

Step 2: Folding the Squares

The next step is to fold the squares. Take each fabric square and fold it in half wrong sides together, press to make a crease. Then fold the square in half in the other direction and finger press again. Your square should be divided into four sections as seen in the images above. Repeat this for all squares.

Step 3: Making the Center Star

Take one square of your center star fabric and hold it in your hand, wrong side facing up. Take a pin and push it through the fabric just a little below the center of the square.

Push the pin into the styrofoam ball.

Fold the fabric down, matching it to the bottom edge of the fabric. The right side of the fabric should be seen and then the fabric will be folded in half.

Next, fold the upper left-hand corner down, aligning it with the center crease. Place a pin to hold it against the ball.

Flatten the other corner of the triangle against the ball and place a pin in the corner.

Repeat the folding and pinning process for the opposite side.

Get another center of the star fabric square and repeat as above, placing the pin as close to the first pin as possible.

Repaet this step to fill in the gaps between the triangles. The ornament now should look like this.

Try not to leave gaps between triangles as much as possible.

Step 4: Pinning and Folding the Middle Star

Grab a square of the middle star fabric and place a pin through the center on the wrong side.

Mesure about 1/2" from the center, and place the pin into the center crease of one of the triangles.

Fold and pin the square into a triangle as you have done in Step 3. Repeat for the opposite side and then for the remaining two sides.

We also create triangles in the diagonals. Place a pin into the wrong side of the middle star fabric and repeat the folding and pinning on the four diagonals. This will create the star shape as you can see at the image above.

Step 5: Pinnig and Folding the Outer Star

Here we add the outer star layer. Take a square of the outer star fabric and place a pin through the center on the fabric.

Mesure about 1/2" from the center of the middle layer and place the pin into the center crease of one of the triangles. Fold and pin in order to create a triangle, next repeat for the opposite and adjacent sides. Repeat this for the diagonals also.

Step 6: The Other Side

It is halfway finished. This time the other side will come together faster.

Find the center of the opposite side of the styrofoam ball. Repeat Steps 2-5 to create side two of the fabric star ornament.

Step 7: Adding the Screw Eye

Push the screw eye into the center of the top of your ornament. It will keep in plave tightly. Here I didn't have a screw eye, instead I used a small screw which worked well also.

Step 8: Adding the Ribbon

Before you glue the ribbon, make sure that it is wide enough to cover all the pins around. If it doesn't, find a wider one.

Cut a piece of ribbon 3/4" longer than the circumference of the fabric star ornament. Begin gluing the ribbon down around the ornament, finishing where you have started.

Tie a loop of fishing wire or a thinner ribbon through the secrew eye.

And you have finished!

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Hatun Çomak

I'm Hatun from Turkiye. I love quilting and patchwork and this is my patchworld. I share my projects, process, patterns and tutorials here in my blog. .

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