Buttons, Bells, Beads and Bows
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 6:00AM 
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about using my dad's old sweater to make Christmas stocking ornaments for some of my family members. I also made some ornaments shaped like Christmas trees for my siblings (and myself) but didn't want to post pictures until I had given these gifts around New Years.
I used a cookie cutter as my template and traced the shape onto a piece of the felted wool. I then embellished the tree by needlefelting various yarns onto the front. I layered the shape on another piece of sweater and stitched around the traced design. After cutting around the edges with pinking sheers I further embellished the trees with buttons, bells, beads and bows.
My hope is that each year when the recipient hangs their ornament on their tree they will remember my dad and me.
