Years and years and years ago, inspired by the Carol Duvall show and all the embossed velvet projects she features, I made this garland consisting of a gazillion embossed velvet leaves I glued on to wire and braided together. When I brainstormed what would be on a woodland tree, I knew that I’d have to revisit this project.
* Oh look! Here it is. Complete with TERRIBLE pictures. Either I’ve gotten better at picture taking this year, or last year I was just LAZY!
Being a MUCH better crafter this year than I was ten years ago when I made that sad garland, the finished project looks WAY better this time.
Cut two pieces for each leaf you want to make. I folded my fabric wrong sides together and cut them both out at the same time to get as close to an exact match as possible.
Run a bead of hot glue down the center and place a length of floral wire into it. Watch those fingers!
Run a little more hot glue around the edge of the leaf, and place the other leaf piece on top.
To stop any shedding the velvet might want to do, and avoid dealing with hemming anything, and to add one more opportunity for my beloved glitter, I ran a line of fabric paint around the outside edge of the leaf. I know you probably hear fabric paint and shudder at the thought of puffy atrocities, but if you apply a thin coat then all you’ll see is the glitter and you’ll still solve all those other problems.
To put them on the tree, I grouped a few together and then twisted their wires around a tree branch. For a garland I just braided the wires together.
There’s nothing special about my pattern, I just drew a bunch of leaf shapes so you could use whatever pattern you want, but I thought I’d share mine just to make things easy. Click on the picture to get to my flickr account, click on “All Sizes” at the top of the photo, and then download the original size.
Gorgeous! How long of a garland did you need to do your whole tree, Tresa?
I just did groupings for this tree. I think I ended up making 24 leaves total, 12 in each color, and then combining them.The garland I have wound around on a shelf, and that one is probably about 6' long. That one took a while.
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Woo amazing velvet leaves tutorial that is so amazing and that is great for decorating your Christmas tree by using the different techniques.
Good Job