This year I created my very own heirloom wool felt advent calendar and I loved the ornament pieces so much that I decided to turn them into gift name tags for my family. I’m obsessed with how they turned out!

The process is similar to the advent calendar with a few changes. Here is a quick guide on how I created wool felt gift name tags:

Supplies:

• Printed Ornament Pattern
• 100% Wool Felt
  • Off-White color – used for ornament base, “white” ornament details, and calendar
  • Pine Green color
  • Various colors (follow ornament pattern to choose colors)
• Embroidery floss
• Embroidery needle
• Scissors
• Iron-on vinyl
• Silhouette machine
• Iron
• Polyester filling

Steps:

The majority of the steps are listed in the ornament pattern guide, so I am going to keep my own instructions short and sweet!

1. Create ornament front following the pattern guide
   • Cut pattern
   • Trace onto wool felt
   • Cut wool felt pieces
   • Assemble front of ornaments using the wool felt, embroidery floss, and other items for details
2. Create custom name tag iron-on
   • Measure the space on the ornament you want the name tag to appear
   • Design your name tag style on your computer 
   • Send the design to the Silhouette machine to cut
   • Weed away the vinyl you don’t want to appear on the ornament
3. Assemble ornament gift tag
   • Place custom iron-on on the back of the ornament and follow instructions to iron-on the ornament
   • Hand sew the front of the ornament to the back leaving a 1” gap
   • Fill the ornament with polyester
   • Add ribbon loop
   • Finish sewing the ornament closed