Cotton batting ornaments

This little squirrel ornament is made with a combination of cotton batting and dryer lint. Top, dryer lint and cotton balls. Center, cotton unrolled is easy to "spin" around pasty surfaces. Bottom, thinning out cotton or lint before applying it to surfaces will help you to craft a smoother surface, free from odd lumpy bits. Supply List: newpaper, or newsprint, or old telephone book pages masking tape white school glue and tacky white glue tiny beads for eyes dryer lint (greyish or whatever)…

Learn how to DIY Cotton Batting Ornaments! Full tutorial on how to create these easy, and inexpensive, Primitive Old World Style Christmas Ornaments!

Love snowmen? Like to decorate your home with snowmen during the entire winter season? If so, I have a really easy snowman project to share with you today. This project is easy enough that even a beginner crafter can master making one…or several of them in just one afternoon. You will need just a handful […]

My versions of cotton batting Santas are dyed with tea. European artisans created ornaments from a process of spinning cotton, in forms of fruit and vegetables, and sometimes animals and people. Cotton batting ornaments are similar, which were also made in the Lauscha region. These were made from sheets of cotton batting, wrapped around a wire frame and hand painted. Often animal or human figures, these could also be dressed up in miniature items of clothing I made these cotton batting…

mini mitten vintage style ornament - made with natural batting (sewn together using a blanket stitch) with lace, seam binding, Prills, micro-beads & glitter. The tutorial was from Etsy; Sugar Lump Studios.

Antique cotton batting ornaments