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Okay kids. Here's a holiday decorating idea that couldn't be much easier. In fact, the hardest part is to keep it from getting tangled up after you're done! It's a beautiful felted garland for your Christmas tree. All you need is a sewing machine, thread and some different colors of craft felt (or felted sweaters).
First, use something small and round (bottom of a spool of thread?) to make yourself a circle template. Then, cut out as many little circles out of felt as you think you'll want for your garland. I think I cut out 40 or so for mine. Then, sit down at the sewing machine with a coordinating thread color in your machine. Start sewing with nothing for a few inches, pulling out the top and bobbin threads gently. Then, slowly and carefully feed in your first circle, sewing right through the middle of the circle. Sew for a few inches and then add another circle. Continue in this fashion until you've used up all the circles you cut. Leave yourself a little tail on the end and that's it! You can hang it on the tree!
As a little tip -- if you want to reuse this year to year, make yourself a handy cardboard storage tool by cutting a rectangle out and making some little grooves in the short end to slide the thread into. This will prevent it from being a tangled mess when it comes time to re-hanging it next year!
Enjoy!
2 comments:
Totally gonna copy that. Thanks for the tutorial. How do you have time for this? Aren't you moving in a week??? :)
I have been unable to keep this in an ongoing running stitch;-(( My top thread continues to break! I have been using paper circles to re-create your garland but I am unable to get more than 2 or 3 stitched and then the thread breaks again. Is there a secret??
I would appreciate any help to get this cute little novelity completed. Thanks so much for sharing, Linda
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