As you may well know, I fancy myself quite the little Martha. Pop over anytime and you'll find DIM (Did It Myself) artwork, DIM draperies, DIM vinyl lettering, DIM floral arrangments, DIM treats, etc... Upon a second glance, I'm not sure how fond I am of this "DIM" acronym...sounds a bit blond-joke-waiting-to-happen. No matter, the point is that I enjoy crafty projects and I thought that I would share two of my new holiday faves: Felted Sweater Stockings and the No-Sew Felt Tree Skirt. Here are directions for both and some pics are to follow once I cut down my fresh pine- another DIM! The stockings idea came about after I accidentally shrunk the bejeezers out of one of my husband's nice wool sweaters! Oh well! Better to re-purpose than throw out!
Enjoy and Merry Christmas!
Enjoy and Merry Christmas!
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Easy No-Sew Christmas Tree Skirt
Supplies:
Directions:
Easy Felted Christmas Stockings
Supplies:
100% Wool,
thrift store sweaters (1 per stocking)
Dollar-store
stocking for template
Fabric
scissors
Pins
Needle and
coordinating thread or sewing-machine
Decorative
accessories (buttons, broaches, ribbons, appliqués, etc...)
Directions:
1.
Wash all
sweaters in hot water in your washing machine.
Tumble dry on high heat. This
will felt the sweaters making them easy to cut without fraying or unravelling.
2.
Lay sweaters out and pin dollar-store stocking
to the front or back of the sweater to hold in place. This will create your cutting template.
3.
Cut along the outside of the dollar-store
stocking through both sides of the sweater.
Once fully cut, remove the pins and voila- your felted stocking shape is
revealed.
4.
Flip the two felted pieces so that they are
inside out and pin along the edges to secure, leaving the top of the stocking
open.
5.
Using a needle and thread or a sewing-machine,
sew along the outside of the stocking to secure the two pieces together.
6.
Once sewn, turn the stocking right-side out and
voila! It is now yours to decorate. Use your imagination to create unique
personalized designs, embellish with ribbons, feathers or ornaments and have
fun!
Easy No-Sew Christmas Tree Skirt
1, 60” square
of felt from a fabric store, any colour you desire
Fabric
shears or sharp scissors of any kind
Pinking
shears
Piece of
string with paper clip on one end and chalk fastened to other
Optional
decorative items such as ribbon, appliqués, etc...
1.
Laying out the square piece of felt on a flat
surface, fold corner to corner into a triangle once, and then corner to corner
again into a second triangle. It should
now look like a cone.
2.
Take your piece of string and measure it out so
that it runs from the tip of the felt triangle down to the bottom on the
triangle, in a straight line. This will
be your compass for creating the perfect rounded circle edge.
3.
Fasten the string using a paperclip to the tip
of the triangle and secure the piece of chalk to the other end by tying the
string around it. Now, like a pendulum,
swing the chalk along to each side creating a perfect arc shape. This will be your cutting guide.
4.
You need a hole for the trunk, so trace a half
moon at the tip of the triangle and cut along to open up that end. About 2-3” from the tip is plenty.
5.
Now you need to have one side opened up to get
it around the tree. From the tip where
you just removed fabric, cut along one side of the closed off fabric triangle
(watch out not to cut through both layers).
Now you’re done! Open it up and
take a look.
6.
Use the pinking shears to re-cut along all edges
just to make them look a little prettier.
7.
Using fabric shears, cut small holes along the
open back and add ribbon so that you can hold it together under the tree.
8.
Add your own special touches and decorations to
the skirt to make it your own. Add
plenty of pizzazz keeping in mind, that it will be the showpiece under the tree
until Santa arrives with gifts! Watch my Canada AM segment on this DIY!
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