tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2204009491201972012024-03-13T12:39:31.642-07:00A Touch of Whimsywhim·sy/ˈ(h)wimzē/
Noun:
1. Playfully quaint or fanciful behavior or humor.
2. A whim.Chumkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00691637206043299874noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220400949120197201.post-66979091674806280492014-02-01T14:22:00.000-08:002014-03-05T17:56:13.385-08:00Ribbon Tree Ornament<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The inspiration for this ribbon tree ornament came from the one given to me and each member of our Tri-County Quilt Guild at our Christmas party. They were a part of our place settings and were made by committee members of the guild.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Using 8-1/2" x 11" sheets of freezer paper, I drew 4 Christmas tree shapes on each sheet and ironed them onto two pieces of felt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made 16 of these so the templates were saved and re-used on two more sheets of felt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All my scrapbooking ribbons were laid out and the wider widths were picked for this project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Found a really stiff cardboard and cut out a 2" length to use as a template to cut the ribbons to a consistent length.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wrapped the ribbon around the 2" template to cut a 4" length of ribbon from each of the spools. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For female guests, I picked out 15 of the most feminine ribbons and cut 5 (4") lengths of ribbons from each spool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Leaving the freezer paper on the felt, a total of 16 trees were cut out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The ribbons were pinned to the felt tree and an elastic string attached to the top for hanging on the Christmas Tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Used one of my Nonni's Biscotti plastic trays to collect and transport the pinned felt ornaments to the sewing machine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each of the three rows of ribbons are sewn down, making sure to keep the previous row well out of the way of the sewing needle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, the silver bell was hand sewn to the ornament and it was done!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cheers, everyone!</span></div>
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Heart Motifs (more details on the <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/project/view/crochet-heart-motif/82114">Craftsy </a>website)</div>
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