February 28, 2011

St. Patrick's Day Garland Tutorial

Happy March {almost}!!
Here's the tutorial for the Shamrock Felt Garland, complete with the template and all :) This seriously was the easiest sewing project ever- hardest/most time consuming part was the cutting. And it only cost me $1.25 for supplies. Doesn't get better than that!!
Here's what you need:
Shamrock Template (Email me if you want it!) kirstikoo{at} gmail {dot} com
8X10 Felt Sheets (1 in each color): Green, Light Green, Dark Green, and White
White Thread (or green!)
Ribbon Scraps (about 4 inches each)
2 Buttons
Embossing Thread or other thick thread for buttons

Here's what you do:
Print and cut out the shamrock template. I folded the felt sheet in half lengthwise to cut 2 at a time and got 6 shamrocks out of each color. You might get a callus from cutting, but this is the most time consuming part.
Figure out the order you like and put them in piles...
Sew along the middle of each shamrock, placing the next one at the edge of the one before it. Backstitch and the beginning of the first one and end of the very last one.
Continue chain-stitching all your shamrocks.
Once you are done, get out your embellishments-- cut ribbon into two 4 inch pieces.
Fold the ribbon and make a sandwich with the end felt piece in between the ribbon and button
and sew button onto the felt & ribbon, leaving a tail to knot-
then make a square knot in the back.
And you are done!!

I had a hard time taking down my Valentine's decorations, but I do love me some green!
I especially love this pot of {chocolate} gold. The best part? My kids don't know it's candy!

4 comments:

Snipper said...

Sew clever, so cute! Great idea! Thanks for posting!

Kelli said...

love the garland!! wow that DOES look time consuming but so cute!

Unknown said...

You have been featured at CraftOManiac. YA-HOO! Thanks a bunch. winks-jen

Jessica said...

I clicked on the link to the shamrock template but it says I don't have permission to view it. Can you email it to me instead?
jessrabbit79@juno.com
thanks!