Tree Trimming Projects From WeAllSew
We’re celebrating the winter holidays by highlighting our favorite free sewing projects and tutorials each week through the month of December. As a holiday bonus, we’re adding a fun giveaway to each of our four weekly posts with a chance to win handy sewing tools and notions! Be sure to visit WeAllSew each Monday in December to find a new post and enter each of our holiday giveaways.
This week we continue our holiday series by sharing free tree trimming projects from WeAllSew. Join in our fun giveaway by scrolling to the bottom of the post to learn how you can enter!
Did you ever make these simple folded Danish stars (sometimes called a German or Froebel star) from paper strips as a child? Try making these Danish Star Ornaments with strips of fabric to hang on your tree, or to gift!
Learn how to make these charming Holiday House Ornaments to dress up your Christmas tree or to decorate your gift for someone special.
Give these Quilty Holiday Ornaments a try, they will for sure get you into the holiday spirit! They’re easy to stitch together and make great gifts.
You don’t have to have a giant tree in your home to celebrate the holidays in style. This DIY Mini Holiday Tree Skirt fits tabletop trees and is a great way to dress up your home with just a little fabric.
It’s the Holidays and you want to make something special to dress up your Christmas tree or a perhaps a package. Let’s pull out some holiday fabrics and make a few 3-dimensional Holly Leaf ornaments!
Here’s your chance to get in touch with your inner embellisher. These eye-catching ornaments often trigger nostalgic memories of family members who made some type of embellished Styrofoam ball. This Opulent Ornaments version kicks it up a notch!
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All you have to do is post a comment below and answer the question, “What is your favorite tree-trimming project to sew?” The the giveaway is open through Sunday, December 15.
The giveaway is open to residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia. One comment per fan. Comment must be submitted to the WeAllSew.com blog by December 15, 2019 at 11:59 PM Central Time. Winner will be chosen randomly. Winner will be notified by email and will have 48 hours to contact to claim the prize.
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71 comments on “Tree Trimming Projects From WeAllSew”
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I LOVE the danish/German stars in fabric – too pretty and I cAn make them with different fabrics for different colors on the tree!
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I like to make the small felt/wool ornaments that are embellished with beads and sequins.
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I really like to make the small ‘tags’ like the Danish Stars and Swedish hearts. I can use them as ornaments for the tree or gift tags 🙂
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I have not made a tree trimming item…..yet. I am going to make a Christmas tree shaped ornament and use several of my BERNINA decorative stitches!
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I love making ITH ornaments and FSL ornaments.
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I made the star ornaments last year. I enjoy using up scraps and creating new ornaments.
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Love all these great holiday projects!!!
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My favorite ornament is a hardanger ornament. They are fun to make and different from most ornaments on a tree!
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I love making FSL ornaments for myself, family and friends. I have made icicles, ornament covers, hot air balloons, and various figures such as Santa’s face & bears. While I have hand crocheted snowflakes and ornament covers, using the sewing machine is much easier!
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I made several of the Danish stars from fabric last year to gift to my quilting friends.I usually make some type of ornament to gift , but it is not always made from fabric.
This year I am doing a clay ornament. -
Fabric ornaments.
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My favorite tree-trimming ornament to sew is stuffed story-book characters, because they are unbreakable and little kids just love them.
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Love all the new Christmas, Holiday ideas to Sew Up!
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Love all the new Christmas, Holiday ideas to Sew Up! Ornaments are my favorite Tree trimming project
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I’ve made those Danish stars in the past and taught several members of my small quilt group to make them also. They look so great on the tree especially if you pick out the right fabrics. But one year in the recent past I made felt snow flake ornaments for each member of my group and that was definitely fun and a surprise for them.
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Wow, all are so pretty, I wouldn’t know where to start! Thanks for these!
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This year, I’m crazy into using the embroidery module to create ornaments. Anything, everything…FSL, FSA and everything in between.
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I love to sew felt ornaments!
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My favorite tree trimming project is gingerbread men ornaments.
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I love making free-standing lace ornaments for my tree.
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Mini stockings are a simple shape to sew for a tree decoration.
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I love my log cabin quilt as you go tree skirt!
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I love making the folded fabric stars in metallic Christmas fabrics!
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The Danish Star are my favorite tree trimming project to make
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Oh of course my absolute favorite is the Danish star! I use the Norwegian fabric to make mine! I love these ornaments!
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I think this week’s ideas are cute for decorating a tree and I may like to try the Holly Leaves. AND I particularly like the idea of hanging them on a wine bottle. They would be an adorable adornment to a gift bag too. Very cute. While I do have an embroidery option on my machine, I may take this opportunity to explore the sewing variety.
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My favorite tree-trimming project to sew is English hand-smocked Christmas balls.
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I love all the ideas. The 3-Dimensional holly jolly leaf looks like one I should tackle.
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Stocking ornaments! The small stockings work for candy and cash, stout ones for gift cards. They can be re-gifted or used for decoration for many years to come.
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My favorite tree trimming project is likely making gingerbread or cinnamon cookies for the tree. I have been considering making felt embroideries, now that my kids are getting to busy to find the time to bake with me.
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My favorite Christmas ornament is making a stocking
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Holly leaves would look great on the tree as well!
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I like to sew small stockings to hang on the tree.
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I love WeAllSew tutorials! My favorite Tree-trimming decorations to sew are the FSL Enchanted Ornaments from OESD! The make wonderful gifts and I attach a metal 2019 metal charm to them!!?
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Star ornaments made by paper-piecing a crazy quilt design.
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My favorite tree trimming project to sew is ornaments for my grandchildren.
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I can’t wait to make the 3-D holly leaf ornament. I have a daughter names Holly and use a lot of holly in my Christmas decorations. I’ll make some for her and her sister, as well.
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Felt Ornaments with trim on hooks. I made a bunch of them when I was first marrried and gave them away on our trip to Chili.They were fun to make and fun to give away.
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Denim Christmas trees
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I love to make new ornaments for my tree and as gifts.
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Our family is celebrating 2 new arrivals this year. One little “Sugar Plum” is already here and the “Little Elf” is due any day!! Their very own little stocking ornament is the most joyous thing I can think of to sew up quickly to put on the tree until it’s time to pass it on!
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Great projects to use for trimming the Christmas Tree, packages and other decor.
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Christmas is my very favorite holiday. I shamefully start decorating around Thanksgiving. I really like DYI mini tree skirts as I live in an RV. Small scale decorating can be fun!
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Ornaments
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I enjoy sewing all types of ornaments whether it be fiber art or embroidered! I would like to try some of the quilted ornaments and the Danish star. thanks for sharing all of these great ideas : )
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Love making all ornaments and so do those who receive them. They make a good gift for our library’s chinese auction. 🙂
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I want to make the ball, but first I am going to make stars and the holly leaves for all of my neighbors. Thank you for these great ideas!
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I like to make smocked balls.
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One of my favorite projects is to make differnt ornaments to hang on the tree – this past year, I made 2 special one’s for my parents that have passed away
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I love making ornaments! Each year I make an ornament as a gift for family members and co-workers. Last year I made paper piece santa triangles. This year is origami squares made from holiday fabrics. Also love freestanding lace ornaments ???
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I love to make ITH ornaments and christmas decorations and made a lot of ITH GIFTS FOR STOCKINGS THIS YEAR. LOVE THIS SITE AND SO MANY FUN IDEAS AND SO MUCH HELP. THANKS.
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My favorite tree trimming projects are in-the-hoop candy cane holders. They look nice on the tree and all the kiddos that come by leave here with something. I was surprised a few years back when I visited a friend. Her tree was covered with my candy cane holders!
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I love making new ornaments to match the color/theme of the decorations, or to match the particular interest of the recipient. Thanks for all the great ideas!
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My favorite ornaments were any I made with my Grandmother and then later with my daughter.
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Making tree skirts and small stockings for gift cards to hang in tree are my favorite.
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I would like to make the christmas tree ornament with the decorative stitches. They are so cute!
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I love doing ITH designs
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I love to make ornaments, some embroidered on the machine, and some applique.
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I like to make mini ice skates made out of felt. Learned to make years ago. Blade is a paper clip, skate is stuffed felt. Lots of fun.
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I’m had the best time making Christmas cards out it scraps of fabric. Cutting squares and folding into triangles. The shapes are then glued down to make a tree. My grand daughter loved it too.
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My favorite tree trimming project to sew is FSL ornaments. I love using my embroidery machine to help in the project. But I especially love to share with my friends my handcrafted ornaments and have several I have received over the years from my friends that I cherish.
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I love to sew tiny elf dolls to sit on the branches.
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The embellished ornaments are my favorite! I love hand made ornaments.
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Many years ago I made felt ornaments of various shapes.
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My go to tree trimming project is to sew fabric balls.
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It’s not exactly trimming the tree, but they set below it! I love to make fabric gift bags with pretty bows to replace the paper gift wrap. Eventually, I will have no more paper to use and all of my holiday gift bags will be reusable and so pretty beneath the tree!
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Ornaments and stockings
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My favorite tree trimming project is the 3-dimensional Holley Leaf Ornaments. Another fun project I have done in the past is sewing icicles using clear vinyl, filled with pearlescent shredded film.
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I love to make folded fabric ball ornaments and pine cone ornaments.
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My very favorite tree trimming sewing project is miniature Christmas stockings.