{"id":12405,"date":"2014-11-29T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-29T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/?p=12405"},"modified":"2017-11-27T16:55:26","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T21:55:26","slug":"felt-christmas-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/felt-christmas-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Fab Felt Holiday projects &#8211; Felt Christmas Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13435 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Featured2.jpg\" alt=\"Easy to make felt Christmas Trees. \" width=\"550\" height=\"486\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Featured2.jpg 550w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Featured2-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Featured2-500x442.jpg 500w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Featured2-150x133.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/486;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13435\" src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Featured2.jpg\" alt=\"Easy to make felt Christmas Trees. \" width=\"550\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Featured2.jpg 550w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Featured2-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Featured2-500x442.jpg 500w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Featured2-150x133.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Do you remember the <a href=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/fab-felt-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">review<\/a> I did of the Fab Felt Holiday Crafts class on Craftsy? \u00a0It really does have a whole lot of fun <a href=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/fab-felt-christmas-series-wrap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ideas and projects for the festive season<\/a> and although time is tight for festive sewing, I'm determined to get a couple under my belt this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\">Here are the projects covered in the class:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #333333;\">\n<li>Felt tree ornaments \u2013 4 different types of origami inspired ornaments<\/li>\n<li>Penguin or Santa wine sleeve<\/li>\n<li>Poinsettia brooch or gift topper<\/li>\n<li>Felt gingerbread houses<\/li>\n<li>Mini Christmas trees<\/li>\n<li>Multi-colored festive garland<\/li>\n<li>Felted wool slippers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/fab-felt-christmas\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12199 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Fab-Felt-Holiday-Crafts-class-review-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Great ideas for fab felt holiday crafts - and big discount off the class\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Fab-Felt-Holiday-Crafts-class-review-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Fab-Felt-Holiday-Crafts-class-review-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Fab-Felt-Holiday-Crafts-class-review-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Fab-Felt-Holiday-Crafts-class-review.jpg 550w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/500;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12199 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Fab-Felt-Holiday-Crafts-class-review-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Great ideas for fab felt holiday crafts - and big discount off the class\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Fab-Felt-Holiday-Crafts-class-review-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Fab-Felt-Holiday-Crafts-class-review-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Fab-Felt-Holiday-Crafts-class-review-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Fab-Felt-Holiday-Crafts-class-review.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I've been inspired by one of the projects and plan to work on something later this week. \u00a0No idea if it will work out but I'll share it even if it doesn't. \u00a0Nothing more fun than a felty-failure.<\/p>\n<p>But here are a few\u00a0things that weren't a failure &#8211; they were a great success. \u00a0Here are my Felt Christmas Trees!<\/p>\n<h2>Felty Fir Trees<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13438 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Felt-Xmas-tree-013b.jpg\" alt=\"Easy to make felt Christmas Trees.\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Felt-Xmas-tree-013b.jpg 375w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Felt-Xmas-tree-013b-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Felt-Xmas-tree-013b-113x150.jpg 113w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 375px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 375\/500;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13438\" src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Felt-Xmas-tree-013b.jpg\" alt=\"Easy to make felt Christmas Trees.\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Felt-Xmas-tree-013b.jpg 375w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Felt-Xmas-tree-013b-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Felt-Xmas-tree-013b-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>These are made with a stuffed cone and fringed felt is sewn around in a spiral. \u00a0I added on a few embellishments with some sparkly baubles, some big snowballs and a gold star ornament, all from the dollar store.<\/p>\n<p>These were a fun project to sew and I did them while sitting watching TV at the same time because they didn't need to be done that carefully.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13439 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Felt-Xmas-tree-011b.jpg\" alt=\"Easy to make felt Christmas Trees.\" width=\"418\" height=\"500\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Felt-Xmas-tree-011b.jpg 418w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Felt-Xmas-tree-011b-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Felt-Xmas-tree-011b-125x150.jpg 125w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 418px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 418\/500;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13439\" src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Felt-Xmas-tree-011b.jpg\" alt=\"Easy to make felt Christmas Trees.\" width=\"418\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Felt-Xmas-tree-011b.jpg 418w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Felt-Xmas-tree-011b-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Felt-Xmas-tree-011b-125x150.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>One word of advice &#8211; our lovely presenter did say not to over-stuff them, but well, I'm never one to follow advice, so I did over-stuff them and of course I made the bases a bit too round so they don't sit as upright as they should. \u00a0Total user error! \u00a0But I actually like that they are a bit wonky, looks kinda quirky.<\/p>\n<p>Next I'm going to work on the felt ornaments for my tree and the mystery project &#8211; hope it turns out well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you remember the review I did of the Fab Felt Holiday Crafts class on Craftsy? \u00a0It really does have a whole lot of fun ideas and projects for the festive season and although time is tight for festive sewing, I&#8217;m determined to get a couple under my belt this \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/felt-christmas-trees\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[64,92,15,63,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12405"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41033,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12405\/revisions\/41033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}