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How to make a Christmas pudding decoration

Learn just how easy it is to make a Christmas pudding decoration with this quick sew project. The finished Christmas pudding decoration is perfect to hang on your tree, or add to the front of a Christmas card, doubling as a card and a mini gift.

I appreciate not everywhere in the world has the tradition of a Christmas pudding, so what is a Christmas pudding?  The traditional pudding is served in the UK on Christmas day. It is made with raisins, sultanas, currants and is a rich dense dried fruit pudding which is steamed for hours. Personally I love it 🙂

It is frequently made in a round pudding dush, served with a dash of alcohol which is set light to or a sprig of holly., along with custard, cream or brandy sauce.

Small embroidery hoops are the perfect starting point for making your own Christmas pudding decoration.

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Let’s start by measuring out a circle of brown fabric – place the embroidery hoop onto you brown fabric, draw around approximately an 1″ wider. Cut out. If you are using the same size embroidery hoop you can download a free template.

 

If you are using bondaweb iron onto the reverse of your white felt (or similar fabric for the top of the Christmas decoration). Cut a piece of fabric to represent the brandy butter sauce (or custard).  This needs to be as wide as your embroderidy hoop, with a wiggly line across. Iron onto your brown fabric and topstitch in place.

 

Place into your embroidery hoop. Stretch taught in the embroidery hoop.

Next, let’s make the holly, cut out small holly shapes from green fabric. Place onto green felt, glue into place.

Top stitch the green fabric and cut out your holly leaves.

 

Hand stitch the holly leaves and a bell, at the top of your Christmas pudding decoration.

 

Lets finish the decoration. Using a simple running stitch around the edge of the brown fabric gather the fabric in and fasten tight.

 Cut a piece of felt fractionally smaller than your embroidery hoop, place over the top of your gathered brown edges and slip stitch to secure.

Add a hanging loop if desired and hang from your Christmas tree.

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Ula

Wednesday 20th of November 2019

So cute! I'll have to try this :) I've never had Christmas pudding, I've been wanting to try it out for years now. I think I'll have to remember to this year.

Julie

Thursday 14th of November 2019

What a sweet decoration. I love how you've neatened the back. I'm a massive Christmas pudding fan too. I'm kind of glad we only eat one a year though as it's so rich. Just Christmas day and left overs on Boxing day! We have ours with brandy butter which is also a once a year thing (thankfully for our waistlines and cholesterol levels!!)

Anna

Thursday 14th of November 2019

I'm hungry for Christmas pudding now! I love the idea of sticking them to a card as a card and gift all in one.

Staci

Wednesday 13th of November 2019

These would be great as gift toppers! I love how simple but cute they are!

Damjana

Wednesday 13th of November 2019

Vicky,

your Christmas pudding ornaments look beautiful, and I'd never guess they are so easy to make! xoxo,

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