Fabric Christmas Ornament DIY

It's Christmas in July! ;-)

Make Christmas tree ornaments with your fabric scraps. It's a simple idea that allows for unlimited combinations of colors and designs.

Level: Easy
Creation time: 1h

Supplies

Materials

• Styrofoam ball
• Fabric scraps (here, a printed fabric and a plain fabric)
• Straight pins with small heads
• Ribbon

Tools

• Scissors
• Drinking glass (optional)

Instructions

For 1 ornament measuring about 10 cm (4 inches) in diameter.

Decoration

• Cut out about 90 pieces of fabric measuring 5 cm (2 inches) square.
  

• Fold each piece in half, then in a triangle.

Apply the decoration

• Support the styrofoam ball on the open end of the drinking glass.
  

• With a pin, attach the top of the triangle to the ball, making sure that the pin will be hidden by the 2 flaps.

• Attach the 2 bottom corners of the triangle with 2 other pins.
  

• Attach the first 4 pieces so that they form a square.

• Make the second row with a contrasting fabric color:
  
  • Pin 4 triangles at the 4 corners of your square, halfway into the square.
  • Pin 1 triangle between each of these 4 triangles.
    ! - This row and the following ones are composed of 8 fabric triangles each.

• Continue making rows of triangles, alternating contrasting fabrics.

• Cover the entire ball with fabric triangles.
  

• Make sure to hide each set of bottom pins with the following row of fabric.

Final touches

• Take a piece of fabric that has the edges folded under.
  

• Place it on top to hide the edges of the last triangles.


• Attach the ribbon.

Source: "Le petit caillou dans ma poche" ("The Little Pebble in My Pocket")

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