Every once in a while, you need a homemade present you hadn’t thought of. It’s the realization that the holiday is closer than is appears, or that there will be an extra at a gift exchange, or that there’s a party you were just invited to. And people the people who we are, we often want to embroider one.
That’s where this little angel comes in.
A simple little dear made with bits you probably already have at home, that you’ve kept because they will be useful some day!
And today is that day! 🙂
This is my little angel made with red, gold and brown floss, and beads on natural colored felts. I stitched a face on her.
This is the same
And this one is actually made of old jeans off the scrap pile and Kreinik metals from the San Francisco School of Needlework and Design’s Burlesque Challenge.
I think she’d look best with both a face and a halo, but she is cute no matter what.
What you’d need for each angel is scraps of thread and felt (or anything that would not unravel too easily), anything you’d want to embellish with (ribbon, metals, beads), and of course, your needles and scissors and ‘regular stitching supplies’. And the pattern that is included below. You will want two of each pattern cut, to cover your stitching, unless you are in a real rush.
Just choose your favorite border stitches and go to town, embellishing until you are out of time. Stitch the two wings and bodies and faces together (if you have two faces) with a button hole stitch, and assemble with the face on the dress and dress over the wings with the hanger between the body and wings. And you are done.
If there is any interest, or even if there is not, I may get a full PDF together with how to do these angels.
Happy Holidays! And Happy Stitching!
