BERNINA Corporate Blog -Dear community,
in this blog post you can find detailed sewing instructions for beautiful felt cutlery pouches – perfect for Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
Just one more sleep and then… – the guests arrive! Sometimes you are so absorbed in your Christmas preparations that you forget the table decorations. That’s why today’s theme is a quick, minimalist (after all, there are other things to prepare), Scandinavian-style Christmas. As it is Saturday and also Christmas Eve, I hope you have a couple of nice scraps of felt at home. If not, the nearest fabric shop should still be open with any luck. But you don’t need much more than just a few remnants, because as promised, it’s quick and minimalist.
You will need:
- Scissors
- Felt scraps
- Thread
- Fabric clips if required
The strip of felt is cut to make a long rectangle measuring 40 cm x 10 cm. This is then folded so that a square 10 cm x 10 cm remains free at the top, and secured with cloth clips.
Using straight stitch, the edges are topstitched presser-foot-width from the edge. Do not forget to secure the front and back of the seam.
That was basically everything – your cutlery pouch is finished. I decorated mine with a winter/Christmas transfer-print motif as well because I think it makes them even nicer.
Now all you need is a nice piece of wood and a few simple candles on the table and your minimalist Scandinavian-style decorated table is ready. Bon appetit and have a wonderful Christmas!
Cutlery how is the reindeer applied.thanks
Hi Linda,
Since this is an article from our archive (2017), the Etsy listing is not accessible anymore. But the instructions say it is a transfer print motiv. Maybe you can find one like it somewhere. Or here are some suggestions how to make it differently:
I bet you can find lots of files for christmas motifs to cut out of vinyl with a plotter like cricut, and then iron it on. Or you could draw a moose with chalk on your felt and use a satin zig zag stitch to trace it. Another option is using an embroidery file. OESD has a Moose outline as an emroidery file, though its a straigth stitch and not a satin stitch: https://oesd.com/moose-outline/
Hope that helps!