Felt Leaf Garland
Project And Photography Tara Chattell
Embellish your home for fall with this colourful garland. Use it as a tablerunner, to decorate cabinetry or hang it around a door or window frame. Give it a try!
TOOLS AND MATERIALS
Felt in a variety of colours
Yarn in a complementary colour of choice
Yarn needle
Pencil
Card stock
Scissors
Rotary cutter (optional but handy)
HOW-TO
Make a leaf template with some card stock. Fold the card stock in half and draw half a leaf on one side of the fold and cut out with your scissors. When unfolded you’ll have a full leaf template.
Place your leaf template on top of a piece of felt and cut around the outside with scissors or a rotary cutter. Repeat until you have enough felt leaves for the length of garland you’d like.
TIP: We found the rotary cutter a little quicker and easier to cut multiple pieces of felt at one time. You’ll need to make sure to protect your worktop with a cutting mat.
Start stringing your leaves onto a strand of yarn. Leave the yarn attached to the spool at one end until you have all your leaves strung, that way you’ll be sure that you have a strand that is long enough. Thread the other end through the eye of the yarn needle. Fold one of your leaves from tip-to-tip accordion-style (this helps to keep your stiches even) and work the needle through all the folded layers and then gently pull the leaf over the needle and down the strand of yarn. Repeat this process until you have the length of garland you desire. Cut the yarn from the spool and knot the ends.
Now you’re ready to decorate and enjoy! OH
