Hello Sweet Friends! I was up in the attic this weekend and came across one of my favorite DIYs for Christmas and was wondering how long ago I made them. It’s been 3 years. And since I have new subscribers who might not have seen them, I’m sharing the instructions again. so, here’s how to make super cute fabric Christmas trees – again!
I did something completely out of character for me. A friend said I should get out of my blogging comfort zone so I pushed myself into doing a Facebook Live showing how to make super cute fabric Christmas trees. I survived but only because I had friends and family with me. We all had a good time and said we’d do another but it’s been 3 years. LOL. Life happens.
How to make super cute fabric Christmas trees!
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Supplies needed for fabric Christmas trees:
Fabric – decide how tall and how wide you want your tree. For an extra small (8 inch tall), you’ll need about 1/4 yd. of doubled fabric (Can get the extra small template here)
Matching Thread, Needle and Scissors
Sewing Machine or hot glue if you prefer not to sew
Poly-Fil Stuffing
Dowel Rod (height of rod should be height of tree plus 4 extra inches)
Log Slice for base (should be about half the width of tree at bottom)
Drill and same size bit as dowel rod
Easy Steps for making fabric Christmas trees
Warning – the steps are so easy you’ll probably get hooked like we did and make an entire forest full of Christmas trees – just sayin.
Step One:
My advice is to choose thicker fabric. The thinner fabric shows lumps. If that doesn’t bother you, then choose whatever fabric you like. If you have scraps, awesome. An old shirt or sweater would look cute as well.
For this project, I’m using quilted fabric that has batting already sewn inside that I found at Hobby Lobby. Lay out your fabric, trace out your triangle and cut it out. I didn’t use a template. Try tracing a nice tall (about 24″) triangle instead. Most printer sizes use an 8 x 10 paper size so the triangle template is small.
Step Two and Three:
Put right sides of the fabric together and sew the length of the left and right sides. If you don’t want to sew it, you can also hot glue all the edges together.
While sewing the bottom edge of the triangle, make sure and leave a 4 inch gap in the middle. You want to be able to get your hand inside to turn it right side out. Now turn your sewn triangle right side out.
Step Four and Five:
To get the corners pushed out as much as possible, use the wooden dowel rod or the stick that comes inside the bag of Poly-fil bag. Stuff the poly-fil inside the top of the tree first and work your way down making it as thick or as thin as you’d like. You don’t have to make it super full. The more poly-fil at the bottom the harder it is to pull together for hand stitching.
Step Six and Seven:
It’s time to embellish or decorate your stuffed Christmas tree. I used a wired berry garland found at Hobby Lobby and secured it by tacking it with a needle and matching thread on the seams/sides of the tree and at the top.
After I was finished decorating it, I hand-sewed the opening at the bottom of the tree but left a small hole. Just large enough for the dowel rod to fit inside.
Step Eight, Nine and Ten:
Measure your tree from top to bottom. You’ll add 4-5 inches to the measurement and cut the dowel rod. The rod stabilizes your tree and works as your tree trunk. Once inside, the rod will fit at the top of the tree and have about 4 or so inches sticking out as the tree trunk.
Measure the end of dowel rod and drill the same size hole into the log slice. When you are finished, push the rod into the hole in the log slice/base. For extra security, you can hot glue it in.
Insert the dowel rod into the tree and you are finished!
To see a replay of the FB live video, click here. Since it was my first time to do one, my phone was turned the wrong way (ugh). It will turn the correct way just after it starts. #realstruggles
Look at what my friends made during our Facebook live event!
If you watched the Facebook video, you saw my friend Laura from Decor to Adore making one as well. She used an old doily and some white linen she had in her scrap fabric pile. The doily had a hole in it so it was perfect for this craft. Isn’t it beautiful?! I don’t think she needs any embellishments at all.
This adorable checked tree was crafted by my best friend Patricia. She actually hot glued everything! That includes the sides of the fabric and all of her decorating. The fabric she used was left over from recovering her kitchen chair cushions. Look at those tiny utensils! Won’t this be perfect for her kitchen?! I love it!
If you’d like to see the video, hop over and see it by clicking on the FB video here. I’d love for you to like my County Road 407 FB page, and follow me on Instagram and Pinterest!
Okay, time to tell us – do you want to make an entire forest of trees like I do? I knew it! 😉
I hope you’ll watch the Facebook replay and share it with your friends as well.
Look at how fabulous they look as a table centerpiece! If you’d like to see the DIY for the easy centerpiece, click here!
I’m loving your cute Christmas Trees Cindy.
Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
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I don’t know about talent but these little cuties had to be shared! They would look fantastic in your farmhouse home Rachel. Have a great weekend!
Love these, so cute.
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Thanks so much Marty. I need to calm down and stop making so many! 🙂
Great job Cindy, on your video, and on these adorable trees.
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Thanks Miche. They were so fun to make and the time flew by!
Cindy thank you so much for including me on this fantastic project. It was so easy and fun!
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Of course – I didn’t want to do it without you! Looking forward to next month! Yippee
These are so cute and so many different fabrics and ways to decorate them, i love these, you have certainly hit the jackpot with this one, thank you. Have a great day.
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I love a good jackpot Marlene and I’m glad someone else likes them as much as I do. Thank you!
What a fun idea Cindy! I think I can handle this, even with my rudimentary sewing skills!
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I definitely rudimentary in my straight line only sewing skills so I know you can do it Marie. You really will love them. 🙂
Can I just say “ADORABLE”!! And…a craft I think I can actually handle!! Too cute! Great gift idea for my friends who love homemade presents!! Thanks for sharing. I’m definitely making a few for my own self!!
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Thank you Karolyn. I’m excited to hear you love them. I started making a couple for myself then friends who I thought would love them as well but I’m finding that I can’t give them up. Uh oh! Good luck. 😉
These are adorable! So creative!
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Awe thank you so much Jennifer. You should have your entire family make one and you’d have a beautiful forest full of trees!
Love these cute trees! And that they can be embellished in so many ways!
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Exactly Alexandra! No matter what your style, they can fit. Thank you.
Good Afternoon Cindy!
These are adorable! I bought some “cheesy,” buffalo check trees at Hobby Lobby. They are sort of cute, but not as cute as yours!
Very Crafty and very nice!
Jemma
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Cheesy – LOL. I say return them and make these! You’ll love how easy they are and you and your daughter would love making some together. 🙂
Clever!
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Thanks Darlene!
I absolutely love these! They would look lovely in velvet, too! 😉 Thanks for sharing, and your video was awesome! You are a natural!
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Yes, I think velvet would look gorgeous Julie. Thanks for stopping by and no, I’m not a natural but I greatly appreciate the encouragement. 🙂
This craft and how you styled it is still one of my all-time faves for Christmas! These fabric trees are so easy to make, and look so expensive!
Duh… I meant to tell you I’m featuring your post at Tuesday Turn About this week!
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LOL, I saw that this morning when I clicked on TTA. It was a nice surprise! Thank you sweet friend.
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Aww, thanks Julie. I still love them too. Need to find what I did with them! :0
This is my kind of project!! I could make a whole forest full of them. Thanks for sharing, Cindy, and I will be pinning this post for sure!
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Aww, thanks so much Cindy! That’s high praises coming from you! Happy Thanksgiving.
These are super cute. Hugs to you.
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Aren’t they though?! Like little plush pillows you could hug all day. Thank you Renae.
Just love these Cindy!
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Thanks so much Kristin! Hope you are enjoying this Thanksgiving weekend.