an ornament tutorial

we spent thanksgiving this year with mr. happy stuff’s family.  on thanksgiving day, after all the food was consumed and a walk was taken, we did christmas-related crafts (i must take this tradition to all my future thanksgiving get-togethers.  love it!).  we started off simply with these gift tags (with hand-drawn accents instead of pre-printed), then graduated to these fabric origami stars, then thought we’d wrap up with these simple “fortune cookie” ornaments (original non-ornament cookie tutorial here).  the thing was, we didn’t have felt, and when we finished the ornaments, they just looked a little odd.  but as i played around with the shape, i saw that you could also flip it into a double-cone shape and that inspired these trees!  here’s a tutorial for you.

supplies:  you’ll need 2-6 pieces of fabric and some heat-n-bond (you could also just use a single piece of felt instead).  the size of your fabric will determine the size of your finished tree.  i think ours were 6″ squares?  you will also need some sort of cord to hang your ornament with (not pictured here).

1.  iron the wrong side of one of your fabrics to the plastic-y side of the heat-n-bond (following package instructions).

2.  peel the paper backing off.  the plastic should now be stuck to the fabric.

3.  place that shiny fabric onto the wrong side of your other fabric and iron those two together.  (you’re basically creating a two-sided fabric.)

4.  find something circular (to trace) that’s almost as big as your fabric.  use a pencil to trace a circle on your fabric.

5.  cut out the circle using pinking shears.6.  repeat the process twice more, making progressively smaller circles.7.  fold each circle in half, and stitch down the middle, leaving a gap on the folded edge (see pictures below).8.  then flip them inside out.  this is a bit tricky to explain, so here’s a little video:

9.  once they’re all fipped, use a crochet hook to pull a cord through the tips of all three and you’re done!

(don’t forget to put the knotted end of the circle on the inside of the cones.)

enjoy!

here’s a few helpful links to two christmas tutorials i’ve done in the past: