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Wreath and Tree Pins
Materials
Green felt
Green wool
Green mulberry paper
Iron on fusible
Red papers - foil and smooth
Gold foil paper
Red felt
Brown felt
Glue - Fabri-tac or thick white glue (Beacons Felt Glue)
Aleene’s Fabric Fusion sheets
Poster board
Green wired pine-like stems
Various decorative buttons
Large safety pins or pin backs
Dies
Eileen Hull Bookmark, Pockets & Toppers, thinlits #666767 (small square, tiny flower)
Eileen Hull Charms, thinlits#666769 (tree top)
Eileen Hull Wreath & Snowflake set, Bow, thinlit #675326 (bow)
Journal card, envelope & window, Straight label #666276 (tree trunk)
Circle die, 2” (wreath backing)
Geometric box, #666046 (tree backing)
The original set of pins was made using felt. It’s best not to use a thick felt, a thinner weight is easier to fold. The small square is easier to handle if you use a craft iron to press the folds that form the pieces. (Use something like a mini Olisio iron or Clover mini iron.)
I used a piece of poster board to cut the circle and triangle from, plus two coordinating pieces from felt or wool of each shape. I glued one of the fabric shape onto the poster board shape. The folded pieces are then arranged and glued onto the shape.
For the tree, die-cut 9 small squares from felt or wool.
Die-cut 2 star charms from gold foiled paper.
Die-cut the small flower from the red foil paper and felt.
Die-cut the tree trunk from brown felt.
Die-cut a triangle shape with geometric box die, one from poster board and two from felt or wool.
For the wreath, die-cut 10 small squares from felt or wool
Die- cut the bow using the two pieces, smooth solid for background piece, red foiled for bow outline.
Die cut two circles from from felt or wool and one from poster board.
Refer to the photos for the folding of the small die-cut squares. Once all the squares are folded they can be glued at the fold or use a small cut piece of Aileen’s Fabric Fusion sheets at the fold
Here are the same pins made using wool that is backed with a green mulberry paper. The fused paper helps give the wool slightly extra body for folding and shaping.
