Hey Everyone, welcome back to Stitch Along Sunday and Technique Tuesday.

For the Technique Tuesday part I am going to show you how to make these 3-D ornaments by slipping two pieces together.

This is the last week for July’s stitch along. I have to admit that I wasn’t quite getting what Ruth said in the rules for week 4 but then when I saw her final post for July the brain clicked in and I understood how to make the ornaments.

To refresh your memory on getting ready for this stage of the project check out what I did in Stitch Along Sunday – July Week 3.

To begin I cut a slit in the top of one tree and the bottom of the other tree each to about the halfway point.

Slits cut in each tree

Then I zigzagged around all of the edges. I used my open toe foot and a fairly wide zigzag which was quite close together but still found that I had issues covering all of the edges. I think if I were to do it again I would use a free motion zigzag stitch like Ruth did as I suspect I would have a bit more control that way of where the stitches were going.

Zigzag stitch around each shape

Once the stitching was done I put the two trees together like this using the slits.

Trees being slid together

Trees all the way together.

Trees slid all the way together

Finally I stitched the trees together along the slits with just a straight stitch. I did try a zigzag at first but found that the straight stitch worked much better.

Completed tree

I also think that my pieces were a bit too small. I need to do some tweaking next time and I will also make the shapes just a bit bigger for easier handling. The tree was about 5 inches in height and the snowflake only 3 inches.

Anyway I now have two ornaments ready for the festive season.

Happy Quilting!