Tree Ornaments Using Fig Tree Fabrics

Every year I host an Ornament Exchange with some of my crafty friends.  For this year's ornament, I made some quilted trees from my Fig Tree Christmas fabrics.  I've made some things before using these fabrics, and I love them because they are bright and cheery.

To make them, I cut 1 3/4" strips from 4 different fabrics.  After I sewed them together, I cut them out into triangles using some of my triangle rulers.  I started with a 60 degree angle, but then kept trimming them into smaller triangles. 

I folded and sewed a brown strip for the trunks and then trimmed it into 2" pieces to make the trunks.  After I sewed them together, I added some little buttons to make them look decorated.  I used thick gold twine for the hangers.

I made extra trees to give away and packaged them up into homemade bags with a tag and some chocolates.  I put together an assortment of trees in different colors and sizes for the gifts.

I love having homemade ornaments to take out each Christmas to decorate my tree(s).  It's fun to remember our Ornament Exchanges and who gave each of them to me.  

Which ones do you like the best?  Strangely, my friends all chose the red tree ornaments for their ornament in the exchange.  I wasn't sure if the red tree idea was going to over well, but I guess I was wrong!  

I'm off to make some more.  They're fun to make and kind of cute.  What do you think?

 

Making Buffalo Checked and Rustic Ornaments

This Christmas my daughter decorated with Buffalo checked decor.  It's pretty popular this year and the colors make everything look cozy and warm.  

To decorate her tree, I made some ornaments to go along with her theme.  I love the little Buffalo checked trees the best.  (And yes, I want to make more of these!)  I used a triangle ruler to cut out the shape and sewed them up, leaving a small hole at the bottom for turning and stuffing.  Then I inserted a stick and glued it in using a glue gun.  The bows are glued on and lastly I sewed some red jute to the top to hang them.

You can also see in the photo that I stamped a couple of rustic log slices also.  We made these a few years ago and I still had some log slices left over.  

I used the Snowman stamp from Snowman Season and placed him in the Snow Globe shaker dome for this ornament.  Then I added a Buffalo checked scarf from a thin piece of the fabric!  I had some checked ribbon so I added that to the bottoms.  Doesn't he look so warm and cozy in his checked scarf?

I remembered that I had some sweaters that I cut up to make projects with that were Christmas colors. I cut them out into heart shapes.  They're easy to make because the sweater material holds the stuffing nicely and you can keep shaping them as you fill them.  There's a small hole in the side for turning and stuffing.  I stitched that up, added the bows and some twine to the tops for hanging.  I definitely want to make more of these! I love anything made from receycled sweaters!

I found a nice box at Joann's to give to her to store the ornaments in and to complete the look.  She loved her handmade Christmas Tree Ornament Box!

The Quilted Tree Makes a Comeback

 You might recognize this little tree ornament that I designed last year.  I had started making about 20 of them but never finished them all.  Ha ha- you know that's the story of my life, at least in a crafting sense!

A couple of weeks ago, I put together (finished) some of my craft items to be a vendor in a local craft fair with one of my friends.  I was hoping to sell more than I did, but I think for my first time that I did okay. I got lots of new ideas on how to display my items for the next time.

After the craft fair, I put this little tree ornament in my Etsy shop to sell.  This morning I made my first Etsy sale- this little tree ornament!  I want to design similar ornaments to coordinate with the tree and make it a set but I haven't gotten to that yet!

Do you like this little tree ornament?  Yup, you guessed it, you can buy it in my Etsy shop.

Quilted Tree Ornament Giveaway!

Announcing... my first pattern!

I have been working on making this little quilted tree ornament for about a week!  I didn't just copy a pattern from someone else, I designed it myself!  (Pat on the back here.)

I have made a TON of these little trees for gifts and I'm going to have my first GIVEAWAY on my blog!  If you leave me a comment on this post, I will randomly draw names and send you one of these little ornaments!  The drawing will be held on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013 at 12:00pm.  Hurry and leave your comment to win one of them! The drawing is now over.  Debb R, you are the winner!

I had so much fun designing and making this ornament. I love sewing a variety of fabric strips together to make things out of.  If you would like to learn how to sew this, check out my pattern for sale in my new Etsy store.  Follow the link here.

Don't forget to leave me a comment!  You could win one of these quilted tree ornaments!  What new things are you making this year for your tree?