🎄🥒 WHAT’S A CHRISTMAS PICKLE 🥒🎄| BUDGETSEW | VLOGMAS DAY #16 #christmaspickle #sewing #christmas
Hi everyone! I’m Sarah and this is BudgetSew where we create
stylish, fashionable looks as inexpensively as possible. Today is December 16thand the 16th day of
Vlogmas. Vlogmas is a holiday event where YouTube creators
such as myself post a video every day in December leading up to Christmas. Today we are going to make a Christmas pickle. I’ll explain that in just a moment but first
a quick note before we get started, today I’m wearing McCall’s 5136.
The link to the video with that sew-along is
right here at the top of the screen. The Christmas pickle is a lesser-known Christmas
tradition. It’s a Christmas tree ornament in the shape
of a pickle that is hidden on a Christmas tree, with the finder receiving either a gift,
a reward, or good fortune for the next year. There are a number of different stories attributed
to this tradition, including an origination in Germany but this theory has since been
discounted. It is now thought to be a German-American
tradition created in the late 19th century. It has been suggested that the origin of the
Christmas pickle may have been developed for marketing purposes by Woolworths in the 1890s
to coincide with the importation of glass Christmas tree decorations from Germany. Woolworths was the first company to import
these types of decorations into the United States in 1890 and glass-blown decorative
vegetables were imported from France from 1892 onwards. I’m not sure where this Christmas tradition
came from but I like the idea of the pickle finder receiving good fortune. I thought that this would be a fun new tradition
to adopt but I didn’t have a pickle ornament.
Rather than buy one, I found a free pickle
ornament sewing pattern that uses three pieces of green felt and a bunch of French knots. I’ll post the link to the pattern in the description
box of this video. So let’s make a pickle ornament. It’s really no big deal. For this project, you will need a 6 by 9-inch
a scrap of green felt, small scraps of white and black felt, pink and green embroidery
floss, 1 ounce of fiberfill stuffing, baker’s twine or string, and craft glue. Green seed beads are optional. My first step was to cut two pickle sides
and one pickle center from my green felt.
I bought my felt in a package of 45 sheets
approximately 6 x 6 inches for $3.00 at Dollarama, a Canadian dollar store. There were 5 sheets of each of the nine colors
including yellow, red, pink, blue, white, black, light green, dark green, and orange. You may remember this felt from my Sew the
Queen’s Corgi Pillow video where I appliqued a felt corgi onto a pillow. The link to McCall’s Crafts – Sew the
Queen’s Corgi pillow is at the top of the screen. Then I cut out two eyes from white felt and
two pupils from black felt. I also used this felt in another project.
I appliqued three white felt hearts onto a
red sweater. The link to my How to Add a Felt Applique
video is at the top of the screen. Then I pinned the two pickle sides together
and hand stitched along the out edge from point A to point B leaving an opening as marked. I have plenty of felt leftover for other projects
such as McCall’s 6482. This pattern really makes me smile. McCall’s 6482 was published in 2011 and is
an owl pillow and quilt pattern. Pillows A and B are 14 inches by 14 inches
or 36 centimeters by 36 centimeters. Quilt C is 34 inches by 45 inches or 87 centimeters
by 115 centimeters.
All views have contrast back, bands, and
appliques. My mum bought this pattern for me for 25 cents
at the Optimist Thrift Store in Lucan, Ontario. The link to the video in which this pattern
is featured is in the description box of this video. I used a running stitch to sew the two pickle
sides together. I used a lovely emerald green serger thread
that I bought at Fabricland for $1.99 to sew my pickle. The serger thread is a bit thinner than the regular
thread but it was the best match to the felt.
I used this thread to sew my Simplicity 8999
pants. The link to the video with that sew-along is
at the top of the screen. Then I marked points A and B with my tailor’s
chalk on the pickle center so that it could be lined up correctly with the pickle sides. Then I pinned the pickle center between the
two pickle sides, matching up points A and B. If you don’t have any green felt, you could
use green fabric instead. Your pickle doesn’t have to be identical to
the pattern. Make it uniquely yours. I think that a green fabric with a very tiny
pattern would look great, too. Your pickle would have its own personality
on your Christmas tree. You could even say it’s a designer pickle. I used a lot of pins on this step because
of the curved edges of the pickle sides.
I wanted to make sure everything lined up
correctly. Then I hand-stitched the pickle center to
the pickle sides using my green serger thread. I used a running stitch for these seams as
well. You can use a sewing machine but I was enjoying
the time sewing this ornament. I had the Christmas carols playing in the
background and was singing along. Before I continue with the Christmas pickle,
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Now back to the Christmas craft. I clipped the curves and then turned the pickle
right side out. My next step was to stuff the pickle. I used Mountain Mist fiber loft 100% polyester
fiberfill that I bought in a 1-pound or 454-gram bag for $3.99 from Value Village thrift
stores. One other project that I used this felt for
was my Festive Fox Family Felt Ornaments. The link to that video is at the top of the
screen. Then I ladder-stitched the opening closed
with my coordinating thread. I have a joke for you: What do you call a
frozen pickle hanging from the roof? An Icepickle! Okay, one more: How do pickles enjoy a day
out? They relish it! Next, it was time to add the details to the
pickle.
I used my white glue to stick the pupils to
the eyes and then the eyes to the pickle. Another idea is if you don’t have felt for
the eyes, you could use some buttons or embroider the eyes onto the pickle. My next step was to add a smile to my pickle. The instructions said, to embroider a smile with
pink embroidery floss using split stitch. I wasn’t sure how to do that stitch so I looked
in my Crewel Embroidery book. It said, this is an exceptionally good outline
stitch and is used to outline satin stitch. Make a stitch by bringing the needle up through
the fabric and back down again at the desired length. Next, bring the needle up through the middle
of the stitch, splitting the stitch at the center.
Insert the needle down through the fabric
at the same stitch length to start a second stitch. I tried it but then decided to do a backstitch
instead for the smile. If you don’t want to embroider, try cutting
out a smile from red or pink felt and gluing it to the pickle. My next step was to add bumps to the pickle. The instructions said, to embroider French knots
in a random pattern all over the pickle. It also suggested, instead of French knots,
use seed beads or dots of fabric paint to create bumps on your pickle. I chose to use green seed beads that I bought
for $1.00 at DollarTree in Exeter, Ontario to make my pickle extra special.
Shortly after filming this video, my beads
jumped out of their original packaging and went all over the inside of my craft bag. I put them in another sealed container so
that this doesn’t happen again. My final step was to create a hanger for the
pickle. I used thick green thread that I bought at
Value Village. It was included in a big bag of old thread
on wooden spools that I bought for $1.99 Here is the finished Christmas pickle. I hope you enjoyed making a Christmas pickle
with me. Please like and share this video with your
friends and family. I love sharing my new, vintage, and out-of-print
sewing patterns and my tips, tricks, quick fixes, and mistakes when sewing along with
you. I also love sharing my wonderful fabric finds
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Thanks for watching! See you next time!.
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