Weekend Creative : Felt Garland

Looks like fun but time-consuming to cut individual squares. I'd recommend a large ruler and rotary cutter - then you could cut strips and just snip them apart to form the squares.

Ali - Have you seen the Artgirlz website? I met them at a quilt show a couple of years ago and bought tons of their stuff. Their little felt tree kits are great (my friend bought it for her daughter) and I bought lots of charms and felt. They currently have felt balls on their site, which would be great for garlands. Here's the link:
http://www.artgirlz.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=28625W
Enjoy!

love this! was hoping you'd share! :)
noticed your baby bump in the photo and am hoping that you're feeling well!

Great tip Cheri - I actually cut strips freehand with scissors and then chopped them up from there ;).

Ali (and Amy!), Ana Maria Horner does have some beautiful projects - she has a new book out and not all of them require sewing (thank goodness 'cause a seamstress I'm not!) - love her color combos - they're an inspiration in themselves!

I love this idea and super simple...I have a ton of felt squares and yards of it so I will give this a try this weekend-maybe using non-traditional colors to go along with our first non-traditional Christmas.
BTW, I love seeing your growing belly:)
There is nothing more beautiful than a pregnant woman!

very cool idea.

I love this idea and I can get my kids involved. Family Fun mag. has an idea for a felted wool mini wreath, but you can use felt instead, reminded me of your garland. My sister is due about the same time you are, so it's fun to see you and her baby bumps. She had a boy 2 yrs ago and now is going to have a girl also. Thanks for the idea!

Such a simple project, yet so dern cute! I am heading out to WalMart today to see what kind of felt I can find~
Thanks for the inspiration.
P.S.
Could you give me some insider advice on the best/cheapest place in Eugene to get Scrap supplies?

oh goody, you found maria horner's site, she has a lot of good free tutorials and some awesome projects for the holidays. thanks for pointing me to the dot felt garland, helps my love for polka-dots! hope all is well, you are glowing. hugs, rachel

Oh what a wonderful idea. This is something my lil ones can help with!

What a great idea!! Definitely trying this one today!

Cute idea. I am currently doing your December Daily for the second time this year and love it. It really makes me do more during the season. I think it will be a great tradition to add to our family holidays.
I just wanted to give you the link to my site and to a craft idea that I think your son would like.
http://allthatiam.typepad.com/
It's fun for the kids to add their own touch to the decorations.
Have a happy Holiday.
V

Love that garland. It looks great.

another cute idea from Ali! I'm anxious to share my December Daily- can't thank you enough for your step by step instructions and pictures for that project.

Love your garland. Last year I made a wreath out of larger squares of recycled wool that I'd felted. Love it. Did kind of the same thing as your garland--just bigger squares and wasn't fussy about getting them perfectly sized.

Love the garland Ali...not sure if I'll have time this year with all that's going on but will definitely be thinking about it for next year! Thanks again for all your inspiring ideas!

I love this idea - so cute and easy. I think I'll make a wreath instead of the garland. Thanks!

I love Joelle's idea about doing a wreath like this! I've already made two wreath's this year, so maybe I should stick to garland.
How long did it take to string all the squares up?
I love this idea Ali, thanks for the inspiration!

What a cute project