I first saw felt star ornaments in the Holiday magazine by Matthew Mead. I knew that I could make them with vintage pieces that I had around the house. So, since today was only 9 degrees outside, what better time to make them.
I used off white and khaki colored felt to create the vintage looking stars. I found a great star template that had rounded corners like I wanted to use. I got 3 stars per felt piece. Years ago, I bought a ring of needlepoint thread from a sale for about $2. You never know when the thread will come in handy. Today was it! I have every color imagineable. I attached vintage aluminum reflectors with the thread and then attached vintage ball tree ornaments inside of the reflectors. The balls were attached to a pipe cleaner so I put a hole through the felt and just bent the pipe cleaner to keep it attached. I then stitched around the star with the needlepoint thread and filled it with craft fiberfill. These will make great presents. Too bad I won't give them out until next Christmas.
These would make cute hanging valentine's also. I may use the yo-yo fabric and vintage buttons pieces on the valentine's. It's so much fun being creative.
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