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Deck the Halls Door Hanger

Give your home a very merry look for the holidays with this sweet door hanger. Perfect for welcoming guests into your house, or even displaying in your entryway, this wall hanging will bring holiday spirit to wherever you hang it.

Project Needs & Notes:

- 1/2 yard woven fabric like linen or wool
- Medium-weight cutaway stabilizer
- Air-erase pen for marking
- 10" length of 1/4" wooden dowel (for hanger)
- 2 wooden dowel caps (to fit 1/4" dowel)
- String or decorative cord (for hanger)
- Hot glue and gun
- Ribbon (for bows)
- Decorative elements like faux pine boughs and pine cones
- Jingle bells
- Needle and thread for some hand sewing

Designs used in this tutorial include:
- X1110, A Candy Cane Alphabet Design Pack (5 Inch Height)
- S1379, Christmas Holly Corner

Finished Size:
7 1/2" x 28"

Cut a piece of woven fabric to 9" x 30" high.

Measure and mark 6" up along each side starting at both bottom corners of the fabric.

Measure and mark the center of the bottom edge by measuring and dividing by two. Draw lines connecting the bottom mark to the side marks.

Free project instructions to create a Christmas Door Hanger.

Trim the fabric along the lines.

Measure and mark 2" down along each side starting at both top corners. Draw a line connecting the marks. The area above the line will be used to create the dowel pocket later on.

Templates are printouts of embroidery designs, and they are excellent tools for planning where to stitch.

Open the embroidery designs in embroidery software and print them to make templates. If you don't have software, try Wilcom's TrueSizer, a free program.

Center the templates inside the shape as shown. There should be equal distances between each of the letters, and at least 2" between the top design and the top line.

Using an air-erase pen, mark the center points and the horizontal and vertical axis lines.

Hoop the fabric and stabilizer together, aligning the marks on the hoop with the marks on the fabric.

Attach the hoop to the machine and load the first design.

Move the hoop so that the needle is directly aligned with the center point on the fabric.

Embroider the design.

When the design has finished, trim away the excess stabilizer on the backside of the embroidery.

Hoop the fabric for the second design just as you did for the first.

Attach the hoop to the machine, load the second design, align the needle over the center point, and embroider the design.

I added another smaller design inside the "O". To do this, leave the fabric hooped after embroidering the second design.

Align the center point of the template of the smaller design with the center mark of the second design -- make sure the design fits well within the shape.

Attach the hoop back onto the machine, load the design, align the needle with the center point, and embroider the design.

After the design has finished, trim away the excess stabilizer and embroider the final design.

Lay the embroidered front piece on top of the fabric, right sides together.

Pin in place, and cut around the outer edge of the embroidered piece.

Measure 1/2" down and then another 1" down along the sides starting at each top corner.

These marks will be used to create the dowel pocket.

Sew a 1/2" seam along the side, top, and bottom edges leaving the space between the marks open -- also leave about 4" open along one side for turning.

Turn the fabric right side out and press the seams with an iron.

Turn the opening in 1/2" and press. Sew a seams across the entire width of the fabric above and below the dowel pocket openings.

Then, top-stitch a 1/4" seam along the top, side, and bottom edges.

Add a 10" length of 1/4" thick wooden dowel through the pocket. Add wooden dowel caps to each end.

Cut a length of string or decorative cord and tie each end to the ends of the dowel.

Add decorative elements like faux pine boughs, pine cones, and bows by adding a few drops of hot glue along the top edge of the fabric and pressing the items in place.

A jingle bell at the bottom adds an extra festive touch! Use a thread and needle to sew it on at the point of the bottom edge of the hanger.

Use this door hanger to welcome guests to your home this holiday season!

Perfect for front doors, entryways, or even as a wall hanging in the living room.

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