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ITH Animal Mitten Ornaments Set
PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS

ITH Animal Mitten Ornaments Set Embroidery Project

By   Sew Chic   on   July 10, 2026
  • SKILL LEVELBeginner
  • TIME REQUIRED00:45
Description

Create a charming set of mitten ornaments featuring a deer, reindeer, and penguin, all crafted entirely in the hoop. These delightful decorations are perfect for enhancing your Christmas tree, adding a special touch to gifts, or sharing as handmade holiday treasures. Step-by-step instructions are included.

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Materials

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Materials
  • 7 pieces of fleece of 13x18cm
  • 7 pieces of white felt for the back
  • 3 pieces of 3.8cm wide x 22cm of imitation fur felt loin
  • 1 piece of felt in each colour of 24x30cm
  • Tear-off stabilizer, hot glue gun

    • Designs used in this project
    Final Product: What You Will Create

    Step 1:
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    This seam is done on your stabilizer to tell you the location of your fleece


    Step 2:
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    Putting your fleece on the seam


    Step 3:
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    This seam will keep your fleece in place


    Step 4:
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    Trim off the excess fleece


    Step 5:
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    Put your coloured felt on the fleece


    Step 6:
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    This seam will hold your felt in place


    Step 7:
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    Trim off the excess all the way around

    Seam 4: embroidery stitch (here I forgot to take the picture)


    Step 8:
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    Print your pdf of the mitten and buckle


    Step 9:
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    Trace and cut the mitt out of rigid cardboard

     

    Step 10:
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    Glue the cardboard to the back of your work (back of the frame), center in the mitt


    Step 11:
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    Put your felt on top of the cardboard (you can also do it with the white felt on the back)


    Step 12:
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    This seam will join your front felt with the back felt


    Step 13:
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    Trim off the excess


    Step 14:
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    Bumblebee stitches

    Exit the frame, remove your stabilizer and set aside until mounting


    Step 15:
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    This seam is done on your stabilizer to tell you the location of your fleece


    Step 16:
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    Putting your fleece on the seam


    Step 17:
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    Putting your fleece on the seam


    Step 18:
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    Trim off the excess fleece


    Step 19:
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    Put on your felt to cover the entire fleece

     

    Step 20:
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    This seam will hold your felt in place


    Step 21:
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    This seam shows you the location for your nose felt


    Step 22:
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    Put your felt on the seam


    Step 23:
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    This seam will hold your felt in place


    Step 24:
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    Trim off the excess all the way around


    Step 25:
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    Sewing 6-7-8-9- 10: embroidery stitches


    Step 26:
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    Put your felt on the back of your project (back of the frame) you can put white felt because it can't be seen


    Step 27:
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    this seam will hold your felt from the front with the one from the back


    Step 28:
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    Trim off the excess all the way around the back of your work


    Step 29:
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    Trim off the excess all the way around the front of your work

     

    Step 30:
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    Embroidery stitches


    Step 31:
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    This seam is done on your stabilizer to tell you the location of your fleece


    Step 32:
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    Putting your fleece on the seam


    Step 33:
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    This seam will keep your fleece in place


    Step 34:
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    Trim off the excess fleece


    Step 35:
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    Put your black felt all over the fleece


    Step 36:
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    This seam will hold your felt in place


    Step 37:
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    Cut the felt from the inside of the face


    Step 38:
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    Put your white felt on the part you just cut


    Step 39:
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    This seam will hold your felt in place

     

    Step 40:
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    Trim off the excess all the way around


    Step 41:
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    Sewing 5-6-7-8-9- 10: embroidery stitches


    Step 42:
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    Put your felt on the back of your work (back of the frame), keep it in place


    Step 43:
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    this seam will join your front felt with the back felt of your frame Trim off the excess all the way around the back


    Step 44:
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    Trim off the excess all the way around the front


    Step 45:
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    Embroidery stitches


    Step 46:
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    This seam is done on your stabilizer to tell you the location of your fleece


    Step 47:
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    Putting your fleece on the seam


    Step 48:
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    This seam will keep your fleece in place


    Step 49:
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    Trim off the excess fleece

     

    Step 50:
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    This seam shows you the location of your felt for the top of the head


    Step 51:
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    Put your felt to cover the seam you just made


    Step 52:
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    This seam will hold your felt in place


    Step 53:
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    Trim off the excess all the way around


    Step 54:
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    Put your felt on the lower face


    Step 55:
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    This seam will hold your felt in place


    Step 56:
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    Trim off the excess all the way around


    Step 57:
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    Sewing 6-7-8-9- 10-11-12-13: embroidery stitches


    Step 58:
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    Put your felt on the back of your work


    Step 59:
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    This seam will join your front with the back of your work

     

    Step 60:
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    Trim off the excess all the way around


    Step 61:
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    Sewing 15-16: Embroidery stitches


    Step 62:
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    This seam is done on your stabilizer to tell you the location of your fleece


    Step 63:
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    Putting your fleece on the seam


    Step 64:
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    This seam will keep your fleece in place


    Step 65:
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    Trim off the excess fleece


    Step 66:
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    Put your felt on the part of the antlers


    Step 67:
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    This seam will hold your felt in place


    Step 68:
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    Trim off the excess all the way around


    Step 69:
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    Put your felt on the ears and paws

     

    Step 70:
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    This seam will hold your felt in place


    Step 71:
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    Trim off the excess all the way around


    Step 72:
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    Embroidery stitches in the ears


    Step 73:
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    Put your felt to make the bottom of the legs


    Step 74:
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    This seam will hold your felt in place Trim off the excess all the way around


    Step 75:
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    Embroidery stitches in the tabs


    Step 76:
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    Put your felt on the back of your work (back of the frame


    Step 77:
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    This s eam will join your front with the back of your work


    Step 78:
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    Trim off the excess all the way around


    Step 79:
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    9-10-11 Sewing: Embroidery Stitches

     

    Step 80:
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    Glue the head to the top of the mitt


    Step 81:
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    Glue the fur-style felt all the way around the mitt


    Step 82:
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    Glue on the back


    Step 83:
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    Glue the arms together


    Step 84:
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    For the loop, you with the pattern when you p rint the pattern of the mitten cardboard


    Step 85:
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    With a small dot of glue, glue the top of the mouth to the center of the mouth


    Step 86:
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    Glue the other part towards the center


    Step 87:
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    With the small part of the bottom, go around and glue on the back


    Here is the final Project

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