My First Scrap Garland for Christmas

I don't work alot with fabric.

I can cut a square, fold it around a form, staple it down

to make a bulletin board, bench seat, or footstool.

Do I sew?

Very little.

When I do sew,
it is only by hand.

Hopefully, Santa will bring me a sewing machine for Christmas

and a huge scoop of patience to aid me in learning to use it.

When I find a project that is done with fabric

and requires no sewing,

I'm thrilled.

I love muslin,

the imperfectness of it's color

the little flecks of brown and black.

Muslin makes me think of something simple,

primitive, basic.

Recently, fabric scrap garlands have come to my attention.

There are a couple of ways to make these,

depending on the end result you desire.

For this garland,

strips of 2"x7" fabric were cut.

The fabric can be ripped in strips,

but I'm very fond of just grabbing my cutting mat,

rotary cutter, and having an hour of making fabric strips.
My rotary cutter is my friend.

Twine was used as the base to tie the strips on.

(That $2 spool of twine from the auction has been one of my best buys ever!)

A 6' piece of twine was cut.

A loop was made and knotted in each end of the twine,

so that the loops could be used for hanging.

Duct tape was used to secure the straggling piece of twine

to make the string more secure.

(I'd hate for one of the knots to come out and it all fall to pieces.)

Strips were knotted around the twine-

32 strips of muslin,

16 strips of toile,

which was repeated to give 5 patches of muslin

and 3 patches of toile.

It's not perfect, but for my first garland,

I don't think it's half bad.

And it's a craft that I can do plunked down on the couch,

while watching some tv at the end of a long day,

snuggled up with the kids.

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