Christmas Rosette Ornaments Trio

Gingerbread Boy and Girl, plus Snowman characters

are featured in this trio of dimensional ornaments - 

fun projects to hang from pegs or chandelier, 

or add several to a Christmas or winter seasonal swag. 

Medallion measures approx. 4.625” diam. assembled.

 Each begins with a pair of pleated panels join to form 

the medallion base with a pair of holes for twine 

or ribbon hanger at top. 

Gingerbread Boy or Girl have face area surrounded with 

squiggle icing ring, button smile finials, 

dimensional hair bow (girl) or neck bowtie (boy) with cedar and

 boxwood sprig as optional embellishments.

Snowman’s expression is created with layered button 

and “threaded” X stitch eyes, carrot nose, 

three-layered simple top hat with holly accent.  

NOTE the rosette assembly steps will be referenced

from a previous tutorial post, then the different designs

will be explained for design differences in assembly,

beginning with Gingerbread Boy, Girl, then Snowman.

GINGERBREAD BOY ROSETTE ORNAMENT

ASSEMBLY: 1. Identify and cut the shapes:

A rosette pleated left and right strips

B front (small) and back retainer circles

C icing face ring, eyes, nose and smile

D dimensional buttons (2 sets of 3 each)

E dimensional bowtie and front "knot" accent

F optional cedar dbl sprig and laurel sprig

ROSETTE ASSEMBLY (ALL DESIGNS)

2. Follow this LINK to view and follow 

the Crow Rosette Ornament design assembly tutorial 

Steps 2-9 for the pleating strip folding and

assembly that is basically the same for 

all three designs, except . . . 

. . . in steps 6 & 7, prepare the pleated ring and

gather from the backside-up position, so that 

the larger backside retainer circle is used first on

the rosette BACK, then invert the rosette assembly

so that the very small circle can be carefully positioned

over the center circular tunnel as shown here.

3. Orient the pleated rosette so that the punch circles

for the hanging ribbon are at the top/north position.

Then position the nose shape to cover the small

retained circle, center, and glue in place.

4. Because the holes may be obscured later during

assembly, thread the length of ribbon through the holes

now, then trim and knot top ends.

5. Prepare the dimensional buttons by stacking

and gluing three button shapes on top of each other,

aligning ALL of the cut edges as precisely

as possible. Complete 2 buttons.

6. Position the remaining face features:

icing ring centered on rosette, eyes above nose,

smile between nose and icing and centered,

buttons onto ends of smile.

7. Prepare the dimensional bowtie main shape by

adding some back curl to the center of each "loop"

shape to the side of center, as shown.

(Center does not need curl.)

8. Bend each side inward toward center to align

the punch circles and glue one layer then the other.

9. Position and attach knot shape over front

with punch circles aligned.

10. Assemble the optional sprig embellishment, if desired,

by layering and aligning the punch holes.

11. Position under the bowtie with punch holes aligned,

and glue in place. Insert and attach a mini contrast

brad through the holes as accent.

12. Position and attach bowtie under the smile.

It may be helpful to use hot melt glue or equivalent

thick, quick-grab glue to attach.

GINGERBREAD GIRL ROSETTE ORNAMENT

ASSEMBLY:  13. Identify and cut the shapes:

A rosette pleated left and right strips

B front (small) and back retainer circles

D icing face ring, eyes, nose and smile

E dimensional buttons (2 sets of 3 each)

F dimensional hair bow and front "knot" accent

G optional cedar and laurel sprigs

14. Refer to Step 2 above to follow the link and

complete the pleating and attach retaining

circles as directed with the exception notes.

15. Prepare the dimensional buttons by stacking

and gluing three button shapes on top of each other,

aligning ALL of the cut edges as precisely

as possible. Complete 2 buttons.

16. Position the remaining face features:

icing ring centered on rosette, eyes above nose,

smile between nose and icing and centered,

buttons onto ends of smile.

17. Prepare the dimensional bowtie main shape by

adding some back curl to the center of each "loop"

shape to the side of center, as shown.

(Center does not need curl.)

18. Bend each side inward toward center to align

the punch circles and glue one layer then the other.

19. Position and attach knot shape over front

with punch circles aligned.

20. Assemble the optional sprig embellishment, if desired,

by layering and aligning the punch holes.

Rotate to arrange the two attractively as desired.

21. Position under the hair bow with punch holes aligned,

and glue in place. Insert and attach a mini contrast

brad through the holes as accent.

22. Position and attach bowtie under the smile.

It may be helpful to use hot melt glue or equivalent

thick, quick-grab glue to attach.

SNOWMAN ROSETTE ORNAMENT

ASSEMBLY:  23. Identify and cut the shapes:

A rosette pleated left and right strips

B front (small) and back retainer circles

D hat crown & base    E hat band    F hat brim

G holly sprig   H berries triple base plus 2 singles

I dimensional buttons bases and ring rims (2 sets of 3 each)

and X threaded faux stitching

J carrot nose

24. Refer to Step 2 above to follow the link and

complete the pleating and attach retaining

circles as directed with the exception notes.

25. Prepare and layer the embellishments:

a) layer and attach  the two single berries onto two of

the lobes of the triple berry silhouette;

b) layer and attach the button base and rings separately,

then layer and attach rings onto base, matching

edges as precisely as possible; create 2 buttons.

Here are the assembled units.

c) complete the button eyes detail by applying a dab of glue,

centering the X stitch cut out over the center of button,

then tucking the ends down through the holes . . .

. . . so that the ends poke all the way through.

26. Prepare the hat shapes for assembling

(NOTE that the top shape shown here was modified

to be a layering "silhouette" - to include the brim -

in the final published version.) Then . . .

. . . glue the band (centered) onto the silhouette,

followed by the brim shape. Press under flat weight

until liquid glue has thoroughly dried.

26. Add the holly sprig to brim area as desired.

27. Add the ribbon loop to the ornament top at this point

in assembly (not shown) because punch holes may be

obscured by hat attachment.

28. Position and attach the carrot nose with broad end

(at left here) to cover the smaller front retaining circle.

Determine angle and positioning desired, then attach

the hat.

29. Position and attach the two button eyes.