Saturday, July 25, 2009

Fabric Christmas Ornament DIY

It's Christmas in July! ;-)


Boule de noël Mille-tissu, objet de décoration

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.

Boule de noël Mille-tissu, objet de décoration

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.

Boule de noël Mille-tissu, objet de décoration

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

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

Boule de noël Mille-tissu, objet de décoration

  • 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.

Boule de noël Mille-tissu, objet de décoration

  • Continue making rows of triangles, alternating contrasting fabrics.

Boule de noël Mille-tissu, objet de décoration

  • Cover the entire ball with fabric triangles.

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

Boule de noël Mille-tissu, objet de décoration

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.

Boule de noël Mille-tissu, objet de décoration

Boule de noël Mille-tissu, objet de décoration

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




:laura:

2 comments:

  1. i have always wanted to make one of these.. thanks for sharing . i appreciate it and I am going to make a balll in several shades of pink for breast cancer awareness , thanks again and have a pink rainbow day
    georgia from ohio

    ReplyDelete
  2. Thank you for sharing I love this!
    Can't wait to try and make this

    ReplyDelete