Ruffle Christmas Trees

happy wednesday! I have been dying to make these adorable ruffle Christmas trees for over a month now. These little cuties turned out so pretty! I love the texture they offer my Christmas Decor.

Ruffle Christmas Trees
christmas craft

I made a set of 3 ruffle trees in fabrics that coordinate with my Christmas decor. {don’t ya just love those big red berry twigs! i’ve had them for years and they still make me happy}

fabric ruffle christmas trees

How To Make a Ruffle Tree

how to make a ruffle tree

1. supplies: paper mache cones {i used 10.5″, 17″ & 23″ cones}, 1/3 yard of fabric for each cone, scissors, rotary {optional}, ruffler foot {optional} and hot glue gun

2. cut fabric into 1″x45″ strips. for the small cone- i used 4 strips, for the medium cone- i used 7 strips, and for the large cone- i used 10 strips of fabric.

3. sew the ends of the strips together to create one long strip of 1″ wide fabric.

4. use a ruffler foot to sew down the center of the fabric strip and create pleats or ruffles. i set my ruffler foot to create a pleat every 6 stitches. 

{NOTE: you do NOT need a ruffler foot! it does make this craft a lot quicker, but you can easily sew a gathering stitch and gather the fabric by hand. to sew a gathering stitch, set your stitch length to the longest setting and then do not back stitch when you sew your seam. when you are done, pull one thread and gather your fabric to create ruffles}

5. pretty picture of the long strip of ruffled fabric :)

6. starting at the base of you cone, hot glue your ruffles around the cone, overlapping slightly to cover the top edge of the fabric.

7. when you get to the tip of the cone, snip off the excess fabric.

8. and now you have a cute little ruffle tree to decorate with!

tree stump

2 of my cones had “stumps” at the bottom. i simply hot glued a strip of brown fabric around it.

olfa scissors

While making my ruffle trees, I gave the new OLFA 5-inch Precision Appliqué Scissors a test run. I use Olfa brand rotary cutting products all the time, so I knew this pair of scissors would be high quality. and they are! They offer a nice crisp cut and the pointy ends are tapered to make it easy to snip tiny threads with precision. The extra large handle holes can fit up to 3 fingers for added control. And I like that the handle is symmetrical so that these scissors can used for both lefty and righty crafters. I am right handed, but my friend, Cara, who I craft with all the time, is a lefty. So its nice to have a pair of scissors both of us can use.

Christmas Craft ideas

 so what holiday crafts or gifts have you been making? I know I have tons of crafting to do in the next 25 days!
more christmas crafts!
disclosure: i received free product from OLFA in hopes that i would blog about their product. all opinions are 100% my own.
Linda
Hi! I'm Linda, the craft addict behind Craftaholics Anonymous®, a craft blog. Crafting is cheaper than therapy, right? When I'm not DIYing something, I can be found taxiing around our 4 crazy kids or working out. Or shoe shopping... because you can never have too many shoes! Happy crafting! ♥
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