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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Felt Leaf Garland

I have a faux leaf garland that I bought for my mantle a couple of years ago. 


I wanted to make another garland for the banister in the loft and came up with this idea.

I bought almost 3 yards of felt in various colors (2 yards each of brown and orange and then little bits of yellows, golds, reds to fill in.)  Then I printed out a couple of different leaf templates that I found by googling online.


I traced a ton of leaves and mostly cut them out while waiting in the school parking lot during pick-up and during our recent road trip.  At first I was cutting a hole in each leaf to string them, but then I realized it was much easier and just as efficient if I folded the stem over and cut more of a slit in the stem.  


I strung all of the leaves onto a brown ribbon.


(And I also did 3 "special" leaves that are just the my 3 kids' handprints.)  




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9 comments:

  1. Kat October 1, 2011 at 6:08 PM

    This is really cute!! Thanks for sharing :)

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  2. ohiofarmgirlOctober 2, 2011 at 9:22 PM

    Love the garland...I made one of nothing but of off white. I bought wool sweaters at the goodwill and cut them up. It is a great project. Dianntha

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  3. Decor To AdoreOctober 3, 2011 at 11:51 AM

    What a fantastic fall garland!

    I would love for your to post this gem up on my Fall In Love linky party on Wednesday.

    Until then come by and see a spectacular new spice cabinet.

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  4. AshleyOctober 3, 2011 at 12:58 PM

    so fun:)

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  5. Esther AsburyOctober 4, 2011 at 3:42 PM

    Looks like a project for a day I feel patient! CUTE garland!!!

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  6. Brandy J.October 5, 2011 at 1:02 PM

    This is CRAZY CUTE!! Thanks for the fun idea.

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  7. ~Iffy~ @ StayAtHomeNationOctober 8, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    Looks like fall! Very cute! I would love for you to link this up to My Favorite Things Halloween Party going on all month! I hope to see you there!
    XoXo
    ~Iffy~
    www.StayAtHomeNation.blogspot.com

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  8. UnknownOctober 27, 2011 at 5:20 PM

    Great colors...looks so fun and festive! I don't envy you cutting all those leaves out though! Yikes, that's a lot of work...my hand hurts just thinking about it! Oh, and my fave part is how you snuck the handprints in there. Thanks for linking at One Artsy Mama!

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  9. GinaOctober 28, 2011 at 2:50 PM

    This is so cute! Great idea to include the "special" leaves. I wanted to make something similar, but I never got around to it. Now that I've seen yours, I wish I did.

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