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Quilters & Crafters
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Christmas Tree Ornament
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Designer: Judy Ehrlich
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Use up all those left over Christmas fabric scraps and create these fun little Dimensional Tree Ornaments! These small trees can be used as ornaments or attach to gifts for a decorative and personal touch.
Skill Level: Beginner 
Time to Complete: 1 hour
Tools Needed:
Materials Needed:
- Fabric for Tree (small amount)
- Fabric for Trunk (small amount)
- Fiberfill (small amount)
- Matching Thread
- Hot Glue Gun & Glue Sticks
- 8" Cord for Hanger
- Optional: Trims such as ribbon, bells, charms
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- For each tree, cut from tree fabric: One - 3 1/2" Square; One - 3" Square; One - 2 3/4 Square.
- For Trunk cut: One - 6" x 1 1/4" Rectangle.
- With wrong sides together, fold squares into triangles. Insert a very small amount of fiberfill into triangle. Pin, carefully sew 1/4" from edge. Repeat for all squares.
- Using your OLFA Rotary Cutter with Scallop Blade, trim edge of each triangle being careful not to cut your stitching.
- For trunk: fold right sides together. Sew a 1/4" seam on each side. Turn right side out. Press.
- Hot glue triangles together to form a tree. Glue trunk to back of large triangle.
- Make loop in cord and glue to top of tree.
- Optional: Trim trees as desired, such as adding a decorative little bow, bell, or star.
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