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Holiday Gifts to You: Advent Christmas Ornaments

11/19/2019

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Advent Christmas Ornaments, Designed by April Adams, JANDA Bend Quilts

Hello, Everyone! It is my turn to share my gift on the Holiday Gifts to You Blog Hop brought to you by Partners in Design! My gift it a free Advent Christmas Ornaments pattern. It is made in advent colors and texts that are advent candle names. The ornaments finish at 6" square.
My family lights advent candles each of the four weeks in advent. In our tradition, each the four advent candles have a name. There are 3 purple candles and 1 lighter purple or pink candle (the Joy candle.)
  • Week 1 is Hope.
  • Week 2 is Peace.
  • Week 3 is Joy.
  • Week 4 is Love.
Each week, we light the previous weeks' candles and a new one. I love this tradition. However, after we blow out the candles each week, I always feel a bit let down because we won't light them again for another week. That is why I decided to design the Advent Christmas Ornaments. My idea is to light the new candle and then hang the advent ornament with the same name on the Christmas Tree that same night.

You can download the pattern by clicking the box below. It will free until after the Blog Hop!
Download Advent Christmas Ornaments Pattern

For my fabrics, I chose batiks in Advent purple colors from the Artisan Batiks collection by Lunn Studios, Robert Kaufman Fabrics. I chose a different light and dark purple for each ornament. My choices are below.
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Fabric Choices

The first step was to print the Advent Candle names onto printable fabric. You need to use a color inkjet printer to print the names. Printable fabric does not work in Laser printers. If you do not have access to an inkjet printer, the names can be traced and embroidered, or you might use applique or a fussy cut fabric for the centers. (I think it would fun to use children's names in the center as well.) It is easy to write your own text. Just write your prefered words in an appropriate size using a word processing program, then print the words on printable fabric with your inkjet printer.

The pattern includes the ready to print ornament names. You simple print them on 8 1/2" by 11" printable fabric sheets following the manufacturer's instructions. Be sure to follow their colorfast directions as well. I recommend that you turn the steam off your iron during ornament construction so that you do not smear the color.

Once the names are printed, use a ruler to cut the squares so that the text is along a diagonal. I used my Quilt in a Day Fussy Cut Ruler (not an affiliate link). See photo.
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Fussy Cut the Ornament Name.
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Here Are All of the Ornament Names.

Now it is time cut the other ornament block pieces. Please refer to the pattern for instructions. I cut my pieces using the Accuquilt 6" Block Mix and Match Qube. The instructions tell you which specific dies I used. They tell you how to cut the pieces using a rotary cutter.

After the pieces are cut, lay out the pieces to form a block. Sew the middle row and the two outer rows. Then sew the rows together to complete the pieced block. See photos.
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Lay Out the Block.
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Sew the Rows.
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Sew the Rows Together.

Next, layer the parts of the ornament. First a 6 1/2" square of batting, then a 6 1/2" square of backing fabric (right side up), a loop of ribbon with the ends of the ribbon toward the top of the ornament, and finally the pieced block (right side down). Check to make sure that the text will be readable when hung by the ribbon loop.
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Batting
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Backing Right Side Up and Ribbon Loop
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Pieced Block Right Side Down

Sew around the block with a 1/4" seam and leave a 3" section open so that the block can be turned right side out. Iron the open seam closed and topstitch around the edge of the ornament. This will sew the seam closed. 

Finally, use a walking foot to quilt the ornament. I stitched in the ditch.
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Topstitch and Quilt in the Ditch.

Repeat for all four ornaments. Enjoy!
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All Four Advent Christmas Ornaments
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9 Comments
Jennifer @ Inquiring Quilter link
11/20/2019 08:38:36 pm

Love these! I celebrate Advent as well and these will be perfect for preserving the occasion.

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April @ JANDABendQuilts link
11/20/2019 10:23:17 pm

Thanks, Jennifer! I’m glad that you like them. I think the blog hop is really fun. Thanks for stopping by.

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Abbie link
11/21/2019 05:36:58 pm

April, your Advent Ornaments are beautiful! I love how the color palette matches the candles, a special addition to hang on the tree or around the house.

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April link
11/22/2019 09:06:49 pm

Thanks, Abbie! Glad you like them.

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Sandra Healy Desigsn link
11/22/2019 03:38:26 pm

Those fabrics are just stunning, April, and suit the design so well!

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April link
11/22/2019 09:09:03 pm

Thanks, Sandra! I love the fabrics as well.

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Sue D
11/22/2019 07:38:05 pm

Love this idea--thanks so much!

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April link
11/22/2019 09:11:28 pm

You are very welcome, Sue. Hope you enjoy making them!

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Kathleen McCormick
11/23/2019 10:03:53 am

I just love these....hope to get to make some soon!

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