Sequined Snowflake Tree Topper

No electricity is needed to show to off this stars sparkle.  Add a pop of  light to your ice palace with a DIY bejeweled snowflake.  Fitted over a sturdy cone this homemade tree topper will  to fit securely on any Christmas tree.  This DIY Snowflake tree topper is also lightweight and electricity free making it perfect for a home with small kids or troublesome pets. Put together a snowflake tree topper from felt in no time and add some sparkle to your favorite tree.

You will need:

TEMPLATE (at the end of this post)

Cardboard Cone Shape

Felt Glue

2 –  9″ x 12″ sheets or 1/4 yard White Felt

8″ x 3″ Bright Blue Felt like Slushie

Sequins in:

Mermaid

I used one bag but it was a close one so I’d recommend two of your chosen color for safetys sake.

Cut  1 felt snowflake from blue felt , 2 background pieces from white.

Cutting the felt snowflake out is the hardest part of this process and will require some patience.

You can try tracing the snowflake outline onto you felt and apply the sequins directly but it will be much harder to keep the lines straight.

For tips on cutting small or detailed shapes see: Cutting Detailed Shapes

or try Andie’s Method 

To cut centers from felt mark out the area to be cut out lightly in pencil and fold over to create an open space, work scissors around slowly until you have completely cut away the unwanted area.

Pin Down Snowflake shape to one side.

And begin attaching sequins over blue snowflake shape.  For help on how to attach the sequins to felt check out our post:

How To Attach Sequins to Felt

After you complete the snowflake place the background pieces together.

Overcast stitch around the sides and across the open base for added durability.

Coat the cardboard cone with felt glue and insert inside the snowflake sleeve.

Allow to dry for about 2 hours.

Tree Topper Template

Happy Crafting!

~Andie

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Sewing or Gluing Sequins To Felt- A Refresher

Do you love sequins?    Do you love felt?     Boy I know I do!

Combine the two and double up on the awesome!

Here’s how to sew down sequins.

Rows of Sequins:

Sequins: Hot Pink from American Felt and Craft

To sew down rows of sequins start by coming up the back of your piece with your threaded needle.

Slide your sequin down the thread.

Move needle behind your sequin.

Push needle through and come up one space in front of the sequin you just placed down.

Pull the needle through and thread the next sequin repeating the process.

Sewing down single sequins or sequins that are spaced further apart is also very easy.

Come up through the bottom of your piece. Slide sequin down thread.

Create a small stitch to hold half the sequin, repeat on the other side. These two stitches are enough to secure the sequin but without another sequin behind and in front of it like the ones above the sequin is more likely to catch on items. You can also hold it down with an even four stitches but keep in mind  the more thread you use the less sparkle.

While we’re on the subject there is a right way and a wrong way to secure sequins to felt using felt glue.

Sequins: Grape Soda from American Felt and Craft

Felt is made up of small bits of fibers all tangled together. If you press the glue into the fibers it becomes trapped inside the fibers making the piece stiff but failing to properly secure the sequin to you piece for the long haul. If you press into the felt piece when gluing the sequins the bond will be stiff and brittle and the pieces are more likely to pop off.

Instead float the sequin on a thin pillow of felt glue as the moisture evaporates the sequin will become more even with the felt and the glue will dry clearly.

When your sequin dries it should look like this.

Happy Crafting!

~Andie

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Happy Hostess Ornaments – Domestic Bliss Week

There’s just something about an apron that screams I can cook AND I have fabulous clothes worth protecting. And in reality I find it really dresses up the sweat pants and giant cookie monster shirt I do most of my morning culinary magic in.

These sassy little felt hostess aprons also dress up a bottle of  bubbly for the perfect hostess gift.

Bubble Bath or Champagne your call- I recommend both!

You will need:

TEMPLATE (at the end of this post)

5″ x 4″  Apron Color Felt Scrap we used:  Ice, Orchid, Orange Whip and Mod Paisley

1″ x 1″ felt scrap for apron pocket we used: Hot Pink, Granny Smith, Mod Paisley, and White

Matching Thread

15 inches 3/4″ wide ribbon

Sequins in:

Hot Pink

Dragonfly

Crystal

Cut 2 apron outlines from color of choice and 1 heart shape from pocket colored felt.

Cut Ribbon into lengths of 5″ (apron strap) 3.5″ (apron tie) and 6.5″ (bow)

Attach neck ribbon to one side of your felt apron and set aside.

Attach ribbon 3.5″ to waist using an overcast stitch and matching thread.

Attach Sequins to heart shape with matching thread.

Attach pocket to apron stitching as shown above. 

Place both apron pieces together and pin waist around back as shown. and stitch down.

Over cast around apron and tie a bow to the neckline.

Happy Crafting!

~Andie

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Domestic Bliss – Merry Mug Ornament Tutorial

It’s Day 2 of Domestic Bliss Week and  while I can’t speak for everyone a warm mug of coffee is a requirement for all bliss in this house.

Create a slew of felt coffee mugs and add some warm bliss to your holiday season.

You will need:

TEMPLATE (at the end of this post)

7″ x 3″ scrap White Felt

2″ x 3″  Mug Color we used:  Granny Smith, Orchid, Orange Whip and Mod Paisley

Mug contents we used: Peanut Butter and Hot Chocolate

Matching Thread

6″ Ribbon for Hanging

Sequins in:

Silver Streak

Cut 2 mug outlines from white and 1 mug from mug color of choice and 1 mug center from Hot Chocolate or Peanut Butter colored felt.

For tips on cutting small or detailed shapes see: Cutting Detailed Shapes

or try Andie’s Method 

To cut centers from felt mark out the area to be cut out lightly in pencil and fold over to create an open space, work scissors around slowly until you have completely cut away the unwanted area.

Sew inner mug to outer mug with matching thread and an overcast stitch.

Stitch all the way around the spoon cut out.

Stitch mug to one of the white cut out pieces using an overcast stitch and matching thread.

Add silver sequins to white felt of the spoon area hiding edges beneth the spoon cut out.

Add looped over ribbon to undecorated white piece.

Overcast stitch the two white pieces together.

Happy Crafting!

~Andie

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