When Clif shared his ornament photos with me years ago, I was struck by his Mogul Mike ornament and always wanted to make him.
I had intended to make him for Scott a few years ago when he started skiing, but I never got around to it. Now that Mariah skis with him, I decided to make the ornament for her. And I'll try to get one made for Scott, too! The first trick was to change the ornament to a girl. And knowing that I'd like to make a second one, I wanted to do something just a little different so I didn't wind up with two of the same ornament on the tree. (Why that matters, I do not know . . . but it does.) I kept thinking of the Herald Angel ornament I made several years ago for Audrey and decided to steal her ponytail and profile.
I didn't like that spit-curl thing that was happening on her face, so I omitted that. I also decided to do a headband instead of a hat . . . though Mariah is too cool to wear either of those things and prefers to just pull her hood up. Here's my finished ornament:
You're probably wondering about the ski poles. The poles themselves are just long, skinny rectangles that are stuffed with a pipe cleaner. The round things at the bottom . . . . what ARE those things called? I know they probably have a specific name, but I don't know it. Anyway -- those round things at the bottom look like this:
It's two circles cut from my silver fabric with a hole punched in the middle. Then I stitched them front to back, making sort of a donut. (Yum . . . . now I want a donut!) I put the poles through the middle and just used a tiny dot of hot glue to hold it in place.
She's really cute and Mariah LOVES her!
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