My Christmas Garland

I saw one of these at a craft fair and decided to make one for myself.

I love the way it looks hanging over my banister and everyone comments on it.

They're very basic to make so no one out there should have any trouble with it.

You'll need a length of rope or cording (length depends on you...think about where you want to hang it)

You also need assorted fabrics. I used about 8-10 different fabrics in mine. You could use Christmas designs or just use plain colours, it's totally up to you.

You will need a lot of fabric! I can't remember just how much I used but it was quite a bit.

You also need some ribbon. This is used to attach your garland to whatever you are hanging it from, and to make bows.

Optional: rusted bells ..these look lovely hanging from my garland at the end of my bannister.

Now all you need to do is take a piece of fabric and use scissors to make little snips approximately 1 to 1 1/2 inches apart. Now tear your faric into long strips. Then use your scissors to cut the long strips into lengths of about 20cm each.

Once you've done this and you've got a mountain of fabric strips sitting next to you!!! ...you're ready to start! lol

All you have to do now is tie a strip around the end of your rope...followed by another one next to it...and so on and so on... Just one simple knot does the trick. Push them together tightly as you go. This gives your garland a fuller look.

Making your garland does take a long time to do but it looks fantastic when it's finished.

Once done tie some ribbon around your garland at intervals (where you put it depends on where you are hanging it and how far apart you need your ties to be)

If you are attaching the bells all you need to do is attach some thin ribbon to your bell (this is used for attaching it to the garland). As well as some wider ribbon for adding a bow to each bell. They look very effective so well worth the extra cost/effort.

Have fun & I hope you love it as much as I do.

:o)