Felt Bird Ornaments
We’re very pleased to announce the arrival of our newest Purl Soho Kit, our Scandinavian style inspired Felt Bird Ornaments! Their soft ecru wings and tails open to show a splash of cheerful color, we just love how graphic and festive they are gracing a winter branch.
These ornaments are super easy, quick and great fun to make. The skills involved are very simple (tracing, cutting and hand sewing) which means this kit is appropriate for just about everyone! Each ornaments takes around 20 minutes to make from start to finish. We think they’re the perfect excuse to get your friends and family together for an afternoon of holiday crafting.
The Felt Bird Ornaments make lovely and special gifts that will last and be passed down for generations. And plus, if you don’t have enough time to make them, the kit itself makes a wonderful and thoughtful gift for any crafter! Happy Holiday Crafting! –The Purl Bee
Materials
To make your own Felt Bird Ornaments, you will need…
- Our Felt Bird Ornaments Pattern Download
- Five colors of 100% wool felt. We used Wollfilz’s Wool Felt Pieces, 1mm, three 18×18-inch pieces of Ecru and four contrast colors
- 2 skeins or balls of embroidery thread in two coordinating colors
- An embroidery needle
- An erasable fabric marker
These are enough materials to make 16 ornaments.
I just love all things Scandi!
Those are really cute! They have a homey and old-fashioned charm as well.
I remember going over to my best friend's house and making these beautiful bird ornaments about 38 years ago! Only we used a blanket stich around the edge, stuffed them with cotton balls and used embroidery thread for the hanger.
Thanks for the memories!
love the birds. very sweet.
Oh, those are very cute. I would like to reblog and link back to you, if that's okay. Thanks for all the great ideas you give us.
Hi Stephanie,
Yes of course, we would love it if you linked back to us!
thanks
PB
These are adorable.
I have to remember these, 'cause I love them!
these little birdies are adorable. I love felt crafts! I also love the idea of them hanging from a painted branch!
I wish purl would continue to offer free patterns instead of moving so heavily into kits. I understand you are a business and not a charity, but the free patterns and downloads are what made me such a huge fan of your website and occassional purchaser of supplies from your shop
Cute – and looks like a beginner like me could do it!
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How cute and festive! These definitely put me in the mood to make holiday crafts. 🙂
Hi dkla,
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your thoughts with us. While we are so happy to hear that you like our site we're sorry to hear that you're not enjoying our new kit offerings. The primary reason we have started offering kits is that so many of our readers have requested them. Please be assured that we will continue to offer many free patterns and projects in addition to our kits as we go forward, and don't forget that out of the hundreds of projects on our site only a few are offered exclusively as kits. In fact a handful of our kit projects, such as our recent Liberty Baby Bib Kit, offer free downloadable templates and/or instructions.
Thank you so much for your patronage and readership, and please let us know if you have any more questions or concerns.
Best Wishes-
Everyone at The Purl Bee
i love these. so simple and classic. i think i'll make some as present toppers!
I love birds, probably this are more beautiful than my felt birds:)
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These ornaments are really nice!! they surely look wonderful on the Xmas tree!! Have a nice weekend!
What an adorable ornament!
I wish you had a pdf copy of the pattern for sale. Shipping costs make it prohibitively expensive.
Hi Marisa,
We have a special shipping rate for patterns, $2.00. You can ask for it in the special instructions box of your order. Also, just fyi we're working on implementing downloadable pdfs for this very reason.
Thanks!
Great! Thank you!
So very cute. Really love them. They have been my christmas present for friends.
What is the size of the birds?
Hi Marsha-
They are 4.5 inches from nose to tail.
Thank you for your question!
Molly
Hi,
I find these little birds absolutely gorgeous but when clicking on the link to the pattern I get the message that the content has been moved (or removed?). Could you please tell me where I can find it on the blog? Tx!
Hello Laurence!
We’re so sorry the link is still under construction! A member of our customer service team is going to email you the PDF of the pattern as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience with us! We’re so happy you like the pattern. -Alyson
I want to buy the kit for the felt bird ornaments
Hi Marcia,
Thanks for reaching out! We no longer carry a boxed kit for the Felt Bird Ornaments, but the pattern and all of the supplies are still available on our site, by clicking the links in the materials list. You’ll be able to put together your own kit and choose your own colors for the felt and thread!
Happy Crafting!
Cassandra