Last minute Christmas Tree – Make a fast, cheap and easy Christmas Tree

For those that still don’t have a tree I want to show how to make this beautiful last minute tree. I made it by sewing together some fabric and painting it.Look at it:

Do you like it? Want to learn how to make it? Keep reading:

Tutorial: How to make a last minute Christmas tree, fast cheap and easy

{Notions and tools}

- A piece of green fabric 80 x 80 cm (0.9 x 0.9 yards)
- Some batting 40 x 80 cm (0.45 x 0.9 yards)
- Fabric painture
- A quilting pen (this kind that disappears after some time)
- A paint brush
- A sewing machine with a free motion quilting foot

{Procedure}

Step 1) Join two pieces of paper with tape and draw on it a Christmas tree shape. Cut it, use is as an stencil. Take two pieces of fabric of about 80 x 40 cm (0.45 x 0.9 yards), fold them in two so you have a 0.45 x 0.45 yards pieces of fabric. Transfer the stencil into the fabric.

Step 2) Make a sandwich like that: put a piece of 0.45 x 0.45 yards of batting in between the folded fabric. Pin it, so it does not moves when stitching.

Step 3) Add some details to the tree, can be some christmas ornaments, work as desired.

Step 4) Quilt all around the draws you made on the fabric. End by zig-zag stitching the border of the tree. Cut all around the tree. Repeat for the second sandwich of fabric.

Step 5) Measure the size of the tree from top to bottom and divide it by 2. On one of the trees draw a line of this size from the top till the middle and on the other from the bottom till the middle. Zigzag stich around this line, like if you where doing a button hole (that is, stitch on both sides of the line). Cut along the line.

Step 6) Lay flat the two trees on some newspaper and paint all the ornaments with fabric paint. When the paint is dry turn and paint the other side.

Step 7) Mount the tree by joining the two trees trough the middle opening. To fix the two layers together on the desired position, you can stitch a couple of stitches on the top and on the bottom.

That is!! You have a beautiful, fast, easy and cheap little Christmas tree to decorate your home!!

Hope you enjoyed it!!

PD: I’ve published this post here.