This large Christmas holly decoration is a perfect last minute sewing make
I always end up near Christmas in a frantic rush as I have forgotten to make something or something will happen that I need a make for, this year I am ahead and I have made a couple of extra things that I can use if needed. First up is a large Christmas holly decoration – I have had something like this in mind for a while now and am really happy I have finally managed to get one made. This is perfect if your needed a last minute make as it does’t take long to put together and can be made using leftover fabrics.
I made this using some leftover fabrics from the Colourful Christmas fat quarters set gifted to me by The Craft Cotton Company – The rest of the fat quarter set was used to make a Christmas themed tutorial for their blog.
Large Christmas Holly decoration:
Materials:
- 2 Fabric fat quarters, you could also join smaller fabric pieces together to make a patchwork holly.
- A4 piece of paper.
- Pencil.
- Thread.
- Needle.
- Pins.
- Red wool.
- 3.5cm pom pom maker, or two pieces of card with a 3.5cm diameter.
Making the Christmas holly decoration:
Step 1: Take the paper and pencil and draw out a large holly shape, cut out to make your template and then use to cut out 4 pieces of fabric leaving a 0.5 cm seam allowance. Make sure when cutting that the front pieces are cut with the fabric facing right side up and for the back pieces that the fabric is paced right side down. This will give you two front and two back pieces.
Step 2: Take a front and back piece and place right sides together, sew around leaving a 6cm gap for turning. Turn out the right way and sew the gap closed. Repeat with the remaining front and back piece.
Step 3: Add detail to the leaves by sewing a line down the middle of the leaf and then add some extra lines starting from the middle line and going out towards the edges.
Step 4: Place the leaves together with one slightly over-lapping the other and sew along the edges to join.
Step5: Make the pom poms using the red wool and the pom pom maker/card circles. Then sew to the holly leaves.
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