Fall of 2015 I saw a picture of "quilted" Christmas trees on Craftsy. I saved the project and the fabric requirements. The instructions list a youtube video that is no longer available. With the information I had, I figured out how to make these trees. Sometime around the time that I saw the idea on Craftsy, I bought the styrofoam trees with the intention of making it. I bought fabric for it last year but still didn't get them made for Christmas. I've had it on my "to do" list all month. My reasoning is that I have more time now than I will in November. Surprisingly, It took me about 5-6 hours to make these two trees. I didn't think it would take so long. The taller tree has a 4" base and is 12" tall. The smaller tree has a 3-1/2" base and is 9" tall. The trees are made with 2-1/2" squares of fabric that are folded in half diagonally, pressed and then folded in half again and pressed, making a smaller triangl...
This seems to be the year for me to re-create crafts that I did with my mom or that she made. In the early 80's, a friend of my mother's had us over and we sat at her kitchen table each making a tree like this. I always liked that tree and decided this would be the year I would make it again. All you need to make it is 30 feet of plush garland. 6 wire hangers. Zip ties or twist ties. A strand of lights. I think we used a strand of 100 mini lights so many years ago. I've been debating this in my mind though. 50 seemed like it would be enough and 100 perhaps too much. I was at the hardware store today and saw a box of 70 lights and figured it was middle of the road . . . perfect. The bulbs were a little bigger than the typical strand of lights, this could work too. Having made the tree I have mixed thoughts on the lights. I would opt for the 100 bulb strand to have more lights, but then, I like lights. I like ...
Our DAR Chapter has a Christmas luncheon today. I wanted to make an ornament for a "favor" of sorts. I thought it would be nice for everyone to have something. When fabric went on sale in July I bought what I would need for this project. One part of me really would liked to have used Christmas fabrics but I kept in mind this is for a patriotic group and they can hang it off a door knob or cabinet, etc. and use it year round. I hope they like it. I tried to remember to take pictures as I went through the process. I made 64 of these ornaments in an assembly line sort of way in that I did each step for all of them and then moved on to the next step. The Main Fabric is 10" x10" Center fabric (lower right) is 5" x 5" Accent fabric measures 4.5" x 4.5" Backing is 5" x 5" (not pictured) Ribbon is 8" Start by folding the fabric in ...
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