Homemade Christmas Tree Decorations
For the past week or so, I have been furiously sewing away, making christmas tree decorations. My hope is to do a car boot sale and sell some of them – I think they are pretty cute myself and reckon other people might like them too! So here is how to do it. What you need: fat quarters (preferably christmas fabric) sewing machine and thread stuffing dressmaking pins triangular template 1. Firstly I made a cardboard triangular template. 2. Then I laid it on the back of the fabric and drew around it – turning it upside down every other triangle so that you can get more “trees” from every piece of fabric. My estimate is that from one fat quarter you can make about 12 or more bodies. 3. I cut out the triangles and laid them together (with the patterned side of the fabric facing outwards on top and bottom) 4. Using a zig zag stich, I sewed up the 2 long sides – start at the bottom then turn the fabric when you get to the top point – without removing the needle to get a continous run. 5. fill with stuffing
6. cut out a small rectangle to make your tree trunk – mine were quite short and fat but I have seen them done long and thin) 7. fold the rectangle in half with the pattern on the inside 8. using a straigh stitch, sew the 2 sides (the fold will be the base of your trunk) 9. leave the top open and them turn the fabric right side out. 10. put a little stuffing into the trunk 11. pin the trunk in the centre of your stuffed triangle (tuck the top inside the triangle base)
12. use a zig zag stitch to sew up the bottom triangle and trunk Now all you need to do is tie off your ends and then either add a ribbon loop at the top to hang it on a tree, or attach a few of them at equal distances along a long piece of ribbon or string to make a garland.
What do you think? Have you got any tips for having a home made christmas?
November 14, 2014 @ 6:30 pm
Absolutely gorgeous xxxxx
November 14, 2014 @ 6:47 pm
Thank you! I intended to make some of your dried oranges but have just not had the time! :-)x
November 15, 2014 @ 8:26 am
Lovely post thanks for linking up to with #festivefriday
November 15, 2014 @ 12:53 pm
Thank you for the tip off! can’t believe how soon christmas is!xx
November 15, 2014 @ 9:20 pm
aww they are so lovely and such a good idea. Hope you sell out at the car boot 🙂 #FestiveFriday
November 16, 2014 @ 8:07 am
Thank you! It took me ages to make the first couple, but now I can whizz them out. Sadly didn’t sell any – not the right clientele – but that is ok!x
November 16, 2014 @ 6:26 am
These are a great idea . I wouldn’t be able to choose fabric as there is so much choice.
November 16, 2014 @ 7:50 am
I know what you mean! I have some nordic style christmas fabric too which I wanted to use as well!xx
November 16, 2014 @ 6:56 pm
I love these trees, such a simple but effective idea 🙂
#festivefriday
November 16, 2014 @ 6:59 pm
Thank you.xx
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December 10, 2014 @ 4:10 am
I love it!! Such a great idea and very creative as well.
Your creativity is amazing as well as the whole presentation , thumbs up!!
Thanks for sharing anyway 🙂
December 24, 2014 @ 10:49 am
Thank you :-)x