I am so excited to be part of the Sew McCool 12 Days of Christmas
blog tour! I had no idea what I would be making for the blog post, but I
was excited to be a part of it! Deanna is celebrating her one-year
anniversary of her blog and has put together a great blog tour to
celebrate! Please stop by Sew McCool to vote for my project this week! Voting ends 12/21/14.
While
thinking of Christmas crafts, my mind kept wandering back to Christmas
trees and also to my Kanzashi flower makers from Clover. Then one day,
the lightbulb went off and I had my idea! I saw a few other tutorials
for trees made with Kanzashi petals, but all of them had you making
individual petals and attach them to a cone. Surely there was an easier
way! And I found it!
For
my tree, I used Pearle Metallic fabric from Timeless Treasures. I love
how it looks like it's dusted in snow. I would guess that I used
between 1/2 - 3/4 yard of fabric. This project goes really fast if
you're using the Clover brand Kanzashi flower makers. I used the 3"
pointed petal for the majority of the tree and the 2" daisy petal for
the top layer.
I made multiple rings of petals for the tree layers.
From the pointed petal flower maker, I made the following rings of petals:
1 - 5 petal ring
2 - 7 petal rings
2 - 10 petal rings
2 - 15 petal rings
1 - 17 petal ring
1 - 20 petal ring
1 - 5 petal ring
2 - 7 petal rings
2 - 10 petal rings
2 - 15 petal rings
1 - 17 petal ring
1 - 20 petal ring
From the daisy petal flower maker, I made one 6 petal ring.
From
a scrap piece of felt, I traced the inner circle of the 20-petal ring
and then drew a cut line away from the inner circle. This will be the
base of the tree. Using a hot glue gun, I attached the 20-petal ring to
the felt circle. I forgot to take a picture of this step, I'm so
sorry!
I
did have Gamer Bee take a picture of me gluing the second ring (the
17-petal ring) onto the first ring. I placed each ring on top of the
previous ring, made sure it was lined up, and then gently lifted the
petals to glue them in place. Repeat this for all of the rings, going
from largest to smallest and ending with the 6-petal daisy ring on top.
It's a tree!!! But it's a little plain, do you think? It needs some pretty baubles.
I
had this strand of plastic pearl and silver beads in my sewing stash,
so I cut it apart and stacked some of the beads to make a tree topper.
Then I took the single silver beads and glued them randomly around the
tree to decorate it.
Bitty
Bee loves the new tree! At one point tonight, I found it up in her
room, set up in Holly and Molly's "bedroom". I guess I'll be making
them a Christmas tree soon! But for now, the snowmen are enjoying their
new tree!
Be sure to visit the other talented bloggers on the tour and come back to vote for your favorite when we're all done!
~*~Princess Bee~*~
Don't
forget to visit all of the bloggers who are creating tutorials for the
Sew McCool 12 Days of Christmas challenge! Voting will begin on www.sewmccool.com
on December 13 and go through 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern time on December
20. The blogger with the most votes will win $100 - just in time for
Christmas!
December 1
December 2
December 3
December 4
Amy @ How I Make Stuff * Michelle @ Falafel and the Bee
December 5
Beth @ Beth Jarrett * Jen @ Just Joshin
December 6
Lauren @ Molly and Mama * Krista @ Bee Quilted Beauties
December 7
Vicky @ Vicky Myers Creations * Deb @ Sprouting Jube Jube
December 8
Addie @ Addie K * Michelle @ Not My Tree
December 9
December 10
December 11
Amy @ Britches 'n Bloomers * Kelly @ Kelly J Designs
December 12
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