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Measurements of Christmas tree

  • 100 cm wide from the base
  • 90cm the length

 

Notions

  • Lime green felt 2 meters or 2 yards
  • Brown fabric or brown tartan for the trunk of the tree 41 cm wide x 17 cm length
  • Stitch out the following Advent_01 to Advent_25
  • 2 gold tasselsGold star for the top of the Christmas tree
  • 25 yummy chocolates and lollies to put in the pockets

Once you have stitched out all the designs for the Advent calendar:

  • Mark the centre of the green felt using a marking pen.
  • Start with Advent_01 pocket at the top and pin the No. 01 down in the centre.
  • Stitch using a zigzag stitch to all three sides (do not stitch the top), as you need to put the Chocolates in the pockets
  • The next row, stitch down Advent_02 and Advent_03
  • The next row, stitch down Advent_04, Advent_05 and Advent_06
  • The next row, stitch down Advent_07, Advent_08, Advent_09 and Advent_10
  • The next row, stitch down Advent_11, Advent_12, Advent_13 and Advent_14
  • The next row, stitch down Advent _15, Advent _16, Advent_17, Advent_18 and Advent_19
  • The next row, stitch down Advent_20, Advent_21, Advent_22, Advent_23, Advent_24 and Advent_25

 

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Once you have stitched all the Advent pockets onto the green felt, mark a triangle and cut out

 

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In gold metallic thread zigzag around the triangle. The felt that I had purchased was very thin so I cut out another exact triangle and zigzagged stitch the felt to the back of the tree in gold metallic thread.

 

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Stitch the trunk to the base

 

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This is a gold Christmas ornament for a Christmas tree decoration which looks lovely stitched to the felt

 

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To keep the gold metallic theme, hand stitch two gold tassels at each end of the base of the Christmas tree.