The girls and I decided to make some felt Christmas trees and we have put a little tutorial together for you:) Jenna designed the templates and cut them out for us. These little trees look so sweet on the mantelpiece or you could attach a loop at the top of the tree and turn it into a Christmas tree decoration to hang on your tree... They are also awesome pin cushions for the festive season...
Materials:
Felt
Cardboard Templates, large triangle and small triangle for base (we just recycled some old boxes for this)
Embroidery cotton
Sewing needle
Fleece
Felting needle
Colourful felt
Scissors
Dimensions for triangles:
Large triangle: 5 inches tall, base 3 inches.
Small triangle: 3 inches on each side.
Cut out your templates from cardboard, one large one for the three sides and one small one for the base of your tree. Place your template on your felt and mark out three triangles for the sides. Mark out one small triangle of the base. Cut out your felt triangles and start sewing them together as seen in the photo below. We have used blanket stitch to sew up our trees, blanket stitch is so pretty and you could use a bright thread to make it stand out.
Once you have sewn up all the sides, fill with fleece and sew on the base of your tree. They are so quick and easy to make and really look effective standing together in a row.
These three above were made by Jenna.
Erin attached a star and needlefelted some decorations onto hers as well as sewing her blanket stitch in a bright colour for extra effect...
Enjoy!
xo
Linda
They are so sweet Linda, thank you for sharing your lovely tutorial. I love the needlefelted one! Enjoy your weekend : )
ReplyDeleteHi. What cute little trees. Could you give us some dimensions or suggested sizes? I looked all over for a pattern to make the templates from and didn't find one.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
Dear Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much:) I have added dimensions for the triangles:)
Warmly
Linda
As always your tutorial is wonderful! I just wish I had some good felt to work on these beautiful decorations.
ReplyDeleteWe're working on felt trees too this weekend! I love synchronicity :-) Ours are a design that Middling came up with. The colours and shape of your trees are delightful. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWat een leuke kerst bomen en zo leuk om samen met kinderen te doen, thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI love your beautyfull site.
warm greets from Nel
hey, I'm making trees too! Nice to see them in triangle form. and the needle felting. oooh, great idea to keep the kids busy!
ReplyDeletethanks
here's a link to mine....
http://latenightstamper.blogspot.com/2010/10/more-softie-trees.html
So cute! love the little needle felted baubles too. xS
ReplyDeleteThey're lovely! I like that they are so simple to make and that they are hand stitched - makes them an easy project to do.
ReplyDeleteThe needle felt is beautiful, and I imagine small pearls or beads would also make a fine decoration.
These are just adorable. I can imagine a few of these tucked in our gnome forest. Thanks. I'll be linking on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteI love these little trees! I will plan to make some this year. Thanks for posting it!
ReplyDeleteThese are adorable, and perfect!!! Love them! Thanks for the idea!
ReplyDeleteWonderful tute Linda- thanks!! xo m.
ReplyDeleteSo sweet!!! My 4 year old will love doing these!!
ReplyDelete~Samantha
Lovely Linda. I'm not sure if the little squirrel has arrived because our mail goes to Miami. The person that collects the mail has not been available so will let you know when they have it. You have some lovely little ideas for the christmas stocking. I knitted another acorn last night. :) Jeanene xxx
ReplyDeleteThose are so cute! Thanks for the tutorial. :)
ReplyDeleteLovin' these trees! I foresee an felt evergreen forest in our near Christmas future!
ReplyDeletexo maureen
The Christmas trees are very cute. Your girls did a great job designing, creating, and decorating them. Love the ornaments and star!
ReplyDeleteDear Linda: I am the one who asked for the dimensions. Thank you for putting them on. I made several trees yesterday and even made some from colorful fleece (I hope that is ok to say). Soon I will have a forest full.
ReplyDeleteOh so cute and the colors! I like these trees..
ReplyDeleteLinda - These are adorable. My daughter and I had so much fun making our own. YOu can see them here: http://heartfelthomemaking.blogspot.com/2010/12/handmade-holiday-2010.html
ReplyDeleteThank yo for all your wonderful patterns and tutorials.
Blessings, Elizabeth