Santa Claus Face

A big friendly Santa face. The beard is a few large waves, not fine curls.

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Christmas Collection

Santa Claus Face is one of 24 new Christmas designs

All 24 patterns, each with colour guide, fabric list and cut maps for 8, 6 and 5 in boards
US Letter and A4 PDFs, plus SVG cut maps
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Board size: best at 8 in. At 6 in, pieces 7, 3 get narrower than 7 mm. Use 1 in thick XPS foam with a double-sided adhesive sheet, scored about ¼ in deep.
Edge pieces: 5 of the 26 pieces touch the board edge (1, 2, 5, 24, 26). Cut them with about 1 in extra on the edge sides so the fabric wraps down the side, and remember a frame lip hides about ¼ in all round.
Watch these pieces: 7 (6 mm), 3 (9 mm) are the narrowest at 8 in. Give them a thin cotton, an extra-generous margin, and tuck them last.
Tucking order: start with the big pieces 24, 23, 25, 4 and work in to the smallest (8, 3, 7). Tuck the front grooves as you go and wrap the board sides at the end.
Similar colors: B and G; C and H are close. Choose fabrics with a clear difference in lightness, or the shapes will blend.

The numbered colour guide and the true-scale cut maps are in the PDF.

Sizes include ¼ in to tuck, and 1 in on sides that wrap the board edge. Rounded up to the next ¼ in.

Fabric	Pieces	Biggest scrap	Total
A Cream	A Cream	13 pieces: 4, 6, 8, 10, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 · 1 on the edge	7¼ × 2¾ in102 sq in total	102 sq in
B Forest green	B Forest green	2 pieces: 1, 26 · 2 on the edge	10 × 5¼ in98 sq in total	98 sq in
C Light red	C Light red	4 pieces: 2, 3, 5, 7 · 2 on the edge	4¾ × 3 in31 sq in total	31 sq in
D Peach	D Peach	1 piece: 9	5¼ × 2 in11 sq in total	11 sq in
E Rose	E Rose	2 pieces: 11, 15	2¼ × 1½ in6 sq in total	6 sq in
F Orange	F Orange	1 piece: 13	2 × 1½ in3 sq in total	3 sq in
G Black	G Black	2 pieces: 12, 14	1¼ × 1¼ in3 sq in total	3 sq in
H Dark red	H Dark red	1 piece: 19	1½ × 1¼ in2 sq in total	2 sq in

Every fabric fits in scraps: the largest single piece at this size is 10 in long. A fat quarter (FQ) is about 18 × 21 in.

1
Stick, print, tape
Stick a double-sided adhesive sheet on the foam, keep its liner on, then tape the cut map printed at 100 % on top.
8 × 8 in board, 1 in thick XPS
2
Score every line
Cut through paper, liner and sheet along each line with a fresh #11 blade. Light strokes; angle the blade under sharp points.
Grooves about ¼ in (6 mm) deep
3
Peel one piece at a time
Lift the paper and liner of one piece only. Keep a second print as your map: once the foam is bare, shapes look alike.
The paper piece is your template
4
Cut the fabric
Lay the paper piece face up on the fabric and cut around it with a margin. Edge pieces need extra to wrap the side.
¼ to ½ in margin, edge pieces 1 in
5
Tuck with light strokes
Press the fabric on the sticky shape and push its edges into the grooves with the flat back of a seam ripper, opposite sides in turn.
Trim to ⅛ in before the final push
6
Big pieces first, edges last
Fill the background first and small details last, then finish the board edges. Push into corners, never away from them.
Simple 8 in board: about 1½ to 2 h