These handmade holiday dachshund ornaments are a sweet and festive nod to everyone's favorite long dog. A step by step guide makes it easy to do yourself!
tutorial originally published December 21, 2010
Handmade Holiday Dachshund Ornaments
In the spirit of learning something new, I signed up for a handmade holiday ornament exchange.
I am SO glad I did. It was SO much fun, and completely pulled me out of my comfort zone and was a fun challenge.
I do not sew.
So, I'd give anyone who reads regularly or knows me, a HALF a guess as to what I would make.
Okay, onto the tutorial.
Gather your tools: Embroidery thread, sharp scissors, a needle, a chopstick.
Gather your material: natural fiber vegan felt and stuffing.
Gather your inspiration: Dachshunds Basil, Jake and Elwood.
Basil dachshund
Jake dachshund
Elwood dachshund
um, Elwood giving me the side eye.
The sweet puppy inspiration is my favorite.
Draw your shape, in this case, a dachshund. make a stencil. Ink an outline onto felt.
Cut out your template. You will use as a guide to cut out all doxies.
You need two pieces of felt for each dachshund.
Fold over a piece of felt, pin down template dachshund, cut.
Cut two ears.
Now you are ready to start sewing! I used the blanket stitch:
Bring the threaded needle from the back of the fabric through to the front at the desired distance from the edge - this determines the width of the stitch. I start from the inside the pieces of felt, so the knot doesn't show.
To sew the first stitch, put the needle into the fabric from the front, the same distance from the edge as the thread came through in Step 1 and to the left. The distance between the two should remain consistent. When pulling needle / thread through, I stick my finger out to catch the loop before I pull all the way through.
Pass the needle through the loop and pull tight.
To sew the second stitch, put the needle through the back, at the same distance as the first, pull needle through to front, catching loop with finger and pass needle through loop. Pull tight. Repeat!
Then do the same stitching on each ear!
I actually stitched the ears first, then when I got to the top of each doxie head, I'd stitch the ears on as I went along... an ear for each side, flappable.
For these dachshund shapes, I began at the left of the belly, by the back leg, and sewed away from the belly all around the dachshund.
I take out the needle, but leave the thread in. After you stuff, you can keep sewing!
Ready to stuff!
Use very small amounts of stuffing at one time...
This is where the chopstick comes in: use the chopstick to push the stuffing evenly into the head and legs.
Poke the stuffing into the leg, the tail if possible (the tail sticks up on its own), the head, front leg.
You need to hold the belly together to finish sewing...
Then sew a nose.
After the nose, stick the needle inside the head, poking out where you want the eye.
Sew an eye, poke through to the other side, sew another eye.
Well, hello dachshund.
Hello, everyone!!
Next, pick another color of felt and cut a scarf.
Wrap around doxie, sew down in the middle, add a button. I used a silver charm on each one.
Using â…›th inch satin ribbon, sew a hanger loop in the middle of the doxie back.
Completed Dachshund!
I made two for each recipient of the ornament exchange. I estimated they took about 2 ¼ hours each, and as I got into a groove, it was under 2 hours per pup.
I also made a few for a couple friends with dachshunds.
This one is custom to match a friend's dog:
I wish I had the time to make them for all the doxies I know!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS !
Verlee Jenkins says
Thanks so much for sharing this tutorial! I will feature it on Pinterst too at my Dachshund Madness page. This is the cutest felt ornament of a doxie, yet! Good job tuting, too 🙂
Kristina Sloggett says
hi Valerie! glad you liked the ornaments, dachshunds make EVERYONE smile, right?
Aubrey says
I have a red dachshund myself, and its so funny because when he looks at us sideways we say "Oh, he's giving us the side eye!" His name is chocolate love nugget. Mostly we just call him nugget. I love your dachshund ornaments. I'm a dog groomer and I'm going to start making them now to give to my clients as gifts for next year. I might make big ones out of fleece for their pups to use as toys.
Kristina Sloggett says
hi Aubrey!
aren't dachshunds the best? and they are so good at giving the side eye!
I love that you will be making these for your clients - they will LOVE them! and bigger versions for doggies? perfect! (mine would just rip it apart, however...) 🙂
Basil and Rosemary send wags,
Kristina
Cathy D says
Gah! I soooo have ADD...lol I wanted to say (before my mind so rudely distracted me), that I plan on making a mobile for our new little grandbaby due in January, and I'm going to use doxies following your tutorial. I think it'll be adorable!
Cathy D.
Kristina Sloggett says
ah, that sounds SO fun!! little grandbaby will love it, get them started on dachshunds early! 🙂
Cathy D says
Thanks Kristina~Do you pinterest? Do you have a doxie board there? I want to make sure I follow it if you do.
Little Long Dogs Unite!! lol
Kristina Sloggett says
YES I am on pinterest - here is my doxie board -
http://pinterest.com/spabettie/dachshunds/
and did you see all the links on my dachshund page here?
https://www.spabettie.com/basil/
lots of fun doxies...
Cathy D says
You have a doxie mobile on your pin board! Hopefully mine will look similar (I think I'll do it all doxies tho, no bones).
I did see your dachshund page. I started going through them, one by one!
This has sure been fun!
C
Cathy D says
Hiya~I came to your blog for a cupcake recipe and, being a dachshund lover, latched on to this post immediately...even before reading the cupcake recipe! I love this tut and will be pinning it to my Doxies! board on Pinterest. What a surprise and complete blessing this has turned out to be. 🙂 Thanks for this!
P.S. You may want to come have a gander at my board, https://pinterest.com/princessp60/ Please visit my Doxies! board...You might just find something you like! Going to finish ogling your blog now. 🙂
Susan Miller says
Oooohhhh! I just love this. I saw this on Pinterest as I follow Cathy Ds boards and I have got to make one, but in black for my 7-year-old Wonder Weiner - A. J (Astro-Jr). Might have to put a little cape on him too.
Kristina Sloggett says
Wonder Wiener - I love it!! and it sounds like the felt version of Astro DOES need a cape... enjoy!!
Cathy D says
Yay Susan! Please make a comment on a pin in my Doxie! board so I can be sure I'm following you back!
What a small world, eh Kristina?
Cathy D
Kristina Sloggett says
yes! I love how social medias bring like minds together - in this case, us crazy dachshund ladies!! 🙂
Cathy D says
"like"
Kristina Sloggett says
hi Cathy!! so happy you found these, I sure had fun making them!
I LOVE your doxie page on pinterest... the dog sitting up - my childhood doxie (Hansel) did that, so cute! and the socks as new doxie puppy sweater tubes, we have done that too! 🙂
Cheers - hugs to a fellow Long Dog fan!
kristen says
love, love, love your dachsies!!!! can't wait to make these, thanks so much for sharing.
spabettie says
thank you Kristen!! enjoy!
Lacey says
Thank you SO much for this lovely tutorial! I have three dachshunds so I guess you can figure out how many of these I will be making this year!
Atticus says
Wow, these are great. It's March, but it takes me a long time to project. I have a dachshund/beagle (Teddy) and a corgi (Buddy). It would be so easy to do both of their shapes. Excellent idea!
spabettie says
you are smart to get started now!! 🙂 these are not difficult, but they DO take some time, for sure. Teddy and Buddy definitely fit the Long Dog shape - let me know how they turn out, maybe send a photo if you can? Cheers!