Light & Shadows of Chalandor

Gingerbread Garland

Materials Needed

Gingerbread boys and girls:

1/4 yard felt (72" wide) or

1/3 yard felt (36" wide)

Clothing - Colorful scraps and pieces

Elf Stockings: Colorful scraps and pieces

Cording - 2 1/2 yards

Candy buttons - 6

Assorted beads, buttons, embroidery floss, and trims

Heavyweight Fusible Web - 1/3 yard

Template plastic

Making the Gingerbread Boys and Girls

1. Cut ten 5" x 6 1/2" pieces of felt. Trace pattern for gingerbread

boy and girl onto template plastic. Trace around template onto five

pieces of felt, making three boys and two girls.

2. With wrong sides together, layer traced felt pieces from step 1

with remaining five felt pieces. Stitch on traced line. Cut about

1/4" from stitched line with pinking shears.

3. Trace patterns for dress and vest onto paper side of fusible web.

Referring to Quick-Fuse Appliqu directions, fuse clothing onto

gingerbread kids.

4. Add beads for eyes, buttons to clothes. Refer to Embroidery Stitch

Guide to embroider mouths using stem stitch.

Making the Stockings

1. Cut two 4 1/2" squares from each of your assorted festive fabrics.

Cut as many as you will need for your garland. We made two.

2. Trace elf stocking pattern onto template plastic and cut out.

3. With wrong sides together, position fabric squares together and

trace around template on right side of fabric.

4. Leaving top of stocking open, sew on drawn line. Trim seam

allowance to 1/8" and trim stocking top along drawn line.

5. Trace elf stocking cuff pattern onto template plastic or paper and

cut out. Position on fabric for cuff, trace, and cut out. Glue or

fuse onto stocking top. Stitch back seam of cuff using the same seam

line as stocking.

6. Fill your elf stockings with candy or other treats and they're

ready to hang on the garland.

Finishing

Referring to the color photo for placement, position the gingerbread

kids, stockings, and buttons along the cording, spacing them about 6"

apart. Using clear, monofilament quilting thread, make a loop at the

top of each felt figure and stitch to cording so they hang below the

garland. Add stockings in the same manner. Sew buttons together in

pairs. Tie a piece of clear thread between buttons and attach to

cording.

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