How To: Felt Garland

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

I was looking for a good handmade garland project to decorate my apartment for the holidays, when I stumbled upon this flickr photo. It has lots of great ideas, but I went with a modified version of the blanket stitch garland, which I describe below.

Step 0: Materials

Felt, lots of colors
Scissors
Marker
Embroidery thread, needle
Sewing thread, needle
Circular object to trace (I used a 4" diameter cardboard circle, but you could use a can or a jar)


Step 1: Trace circles onto felt & cut out


Step 2: Blanket stitch edges of each single felt circle

The blanket stitch is described here.

Step 3: Sew circles together


Step 4: Keep sewing circles together until satisfied


Step 5: Hang garland

...I should really work on a more cohesive color scheme, but random colors are nice for Christmas.