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Beautiful Noel Embroidery Hoop Ornament

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Create a beautiful noel embroidery hoop ornament using the Cricut Maker. This ornament is so pretty on a Christmas tree!

Welcome to Have Yourself A Very Cricut Christmas: 25 Days of Homemade Holiday Crafts!

Each day in December, I’ll be sharing a new Christmas project that you can make using your Cricut. It’s going to be a blog version of an advent calendar! Come back every day to get a new “gift.”

Today’s gift is a Noel Embroidery Hoop Ornament.

noel embroidery hoop ornament with green mini Christmas tree

If you’ve ever seen a picture of our Christmas tree, you will know that I have a thing for Christmas ornaments. I love to collect them! We have a wide variety of ornaments, but I also love to make new ornaments each year that we can add to our tree.

I’ve seen lots of ornaments lately that are made using small embroidery hoops. There are all kinds of different ornaments that you can make using an embroidery hoop as a frame.

You’re going to love this Noel Embroidery Hoop Ornament. Here’s how to make it!

How to Make a Noel Embroidery Hoop Ornament Using The Cricut

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Materials:

Tools:

How to Cut Out The Project Using The Cricut

First, you will need to download the Noel Embroidery Hoop Ornament SVG file.


Get the Free Noel Embroidery Hoop Ornament SVG File


Start by opening Cricut Design Space and creating a new project.

Upload the SVG File

Then, upload the SVG file by selecting the Upload button and then Upload Image. Next, drag and drop or select the SVG file you want to upload.

After the SVG is uploaded, add the image to your design canvas.

If you need a little more help uploading SVG files, you can learn more in this post.

The SVG file will already be sized properly for this project.

svg design file Cricut Design Space noel embroidery hoop ornament

Make It

Now it’s time to make your project!

Click on the Make It button in the upper right of the screen.

The first screen you will see is the Mat Preview Screen. This will show you all of the different mats needed for your project. Each mat represents another piece of material.

For this project, the white layer represents the pieces you will be cutting out of white felt.

cutting preview gray layer Cricut Design Space noel embroidery hoop ornament

The gold layer represents the pieces you will be cutting out of gold iron-on vinyl.

cutting preview gold layer Cricut Design Space noel embroidery hoop ornament

Click on the Continue button in the lower right of the screen.

Connect your Cricut machine. Then, adjust the settings as follows.

For the first mat, which is the white felt material, adjust your settings as follows.

Material: Felt

Pressure: Default

Tools: Rotary Blade

Click on Edit Tools to adjust which tools you are using.

edit tools Cricut Design Space noel embroidery hoop ornament

Load the fabric grip cutting mat with the felt material into the machine. Then, press the flashing Go button to begin the cutting process.

Cricut Tip: Use the Cricut Brayer tool to get fabric and felt to stick to the fabric grip cutting mat in the best way. I love this tool because it really helps me to smooth down any material onto the cutting mats.

For the second mat, which is the gold iron-on material, adjust your settings as follows.

When cutting iron-on vinyl, you will need to mirror the image. This is because iron-on vinyl must be placed shiny side down on the cutting mat. If you want your design to be cut out the correct way, you will need to select the mirror setting.

On the left side of the Mat Preview Screen, select the Mirror toggle switch so that it turns green. This will invert your image design for cutting.

edit mat Cricut Design Space noel embroidery hoop ornament

Material: Iron-On

Pressure: Default

Tools: Fine-Point Blade

Place the iron-on vinyl shiny side down onto the standard grip cutting mat. The shiny side is actually the iron-on transfer sheet.

Load the standard grip cutting mat with your iron-on vinyl into the machine. Then, press the flashing Go button to begin the cutting process.

How to Assemble The Project

Once all of your pieces are cut out, it’s time to assemble the project.

white felt banner and gold iron on vinyl pieces

Start with the small embroidery hoop and the smallest mini Christmas tree. Mine was about 1” tall.

small embroidery hoop and mini Christmas tree

Use a hot glue gun and hot glue to attach the mini Christmas tree to the inner loop of the embroidery hoop.

hot glue gun attaching mini Christmas tree to small embroidery hoop
hand holding small embroidery hoop with mini Christmas tree attached

Next, you will need to weed the iron-on vinyl design to remove the extra material. The goal is to leave only the iron-on vinyl for the design image behind.

Use the weeder tool to pick up the vinyl off the iron-on transfer sheet and easily remove it. After all of the extra iron-on vinyl is removed, you should be left with just the design on the iron-on transfer sheet.

weeder tool next to felt banner cutout and gold iron on script text design

Now your iron-on design is ready for transfer.

The best tool for transferring iron-on vinyl onto your design surface is the EasyPress.

It provides even heat to your entire design which helps it to adhere better. It also comes with a built-in timer and online interactive guide so you know exactly what settings you need for each project.

Cricut EasyPress next to felt banner cutout and gold iron on vinyl

I like to use the EasyPress mat too so that I have a convenient heat-resistant surface.

If you don’t have these tools, you can also use an iron and an ironing board.

Place the felt piece on the EasyPress mat and use the online Cricut EasyPress Interactive Quick Reference Guide to determine the settings and instructions that you need for your project.

Here are the settings that I used for this project.

Cricut EasyPress settings noel embroidery hoop ornament

Set the temperature on the EasyPress to the recommended setting. Then, preheat the felt for 5 seconds.

Cricut EasyPress in use

Place your iron-on vinyl design onto the felt piece and center it.

Cricut EasyPress next to small felt banner

Then, apply heat using the EasyPress and gentle pressure for 30 seconds.

Cricut EasyPress in use hand pressing timer button

Then, peel off the iron-on transfer sheet while it’s still warm.

peeling transfer sheet off of iron on design on felt

To assemble the ornament, take the felt piece and place it over the top part of the inner loop of the embroidery hoop.

assembling noel embroidery hoop Christmas ornament

Then, take the outer loop of the embroidery hoop and place it over the inner loop. This will stretch the felt slightly so it is tight.

hand holding a noel embroidery hoop ornament

Then, tighten the hardware at the top of the embroidery hoop to hold everything in place.

hand tightening hardware a noel embroidery hoop ornament

Finally, take a piece of string and loop it through the hardware at the top of the embroidery hoop. Tie the string in a loop to create an ornament hanger.

noel embroidery hoop ornament with string ornament hanger

Now your Noel Embroidery Hoop Ornament is ready!

noel embroidery hoop ornament hanging on flocked Christmas tree

This ornament looks so beautiful on a Christmas tree. It’s simple and pretty.

noel embroidery hoop Christmas ornament

You can even make a few of these ornaments to give away as Christmas gifts.

noel embroidery hoop ornament hanging on flocked Christmas tree close up

I hope you love this Noel Embroidery Hoop Ornament.

If you decide to make this project, I would love to see!

Tag me on Instagram. Use the hashtag #25daysofcricut so that we can all see each other’s projects too!

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