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Category: Fall Crafts

Fall Leaves Pillow

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Every year when the weather turns cool, I start thinking up ways to make the house feel cozy. Up go the heavier curtains, the couch gets draped with a fuzzy wool blanket instead of a light cotton one, and the throw pillows often get a fall makeover with soft fabrics and earth tones. This year I decided to take this fall switchover a little more literally and went digging in my scrap bag for some fall leaf colored fabrics for this pillow. That way, even when the huge cheery tree in our front yard is bare, I’ll still have some bright and beautiful fall leaves to warm up my days.

Things you need:
White pillowcase
Tree template
Freezer paper
Foam brush
Craft knife
Iron
Brown fabric paint
Fall colored fabric scraps
Fusible webbing 1/4 yard
Sewing machine and notions

Things to do:
1. Cut a piece of freezer paper to 8-1/2″ x 11″ and print the Tree template (plastic side down) onto it. Carefully cut the image out.
2. Center the template on your pillowcase and iron on using a dry iron.
3. Sponge on the paint, paying careful attention to the edges. Allow the paint to dry.
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4. Peel the template off and heat set according to the directions on the paint.
5. Iron the webbing onto your fabric scraps. Cut out 15+ leaves from your fabric scraps. Place around the ends of the tree limbs and iron into place.
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6. Stitch down the center of each leaf, from tip to tip with coordinating thread.
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7. Slip the pillowcase onto a pillow and fluff. Instant fall decor!

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Magnolia Bunting

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If you are lucky enough to live near a magnolia tree, you know how beautiful the leaves are in all seasons. From the almost jewel toned green of spring and summer to the bright yellow of fall and the chestnut brown of winter. Magnolia leaves keep well and retain their glossy appearance long after they have fallen from the trees, which makes them idea for winter buntings and garlands.

Gather leaves with long, sturdy stems and of varying sizes for your wreath. You’ll need about 15 for every foot of garland you want.

Things you need:
Magnolia Leaves
Floral Wire
Ribbon

Things to do:
1. Begin by gathering three or four leaves together in a fan shape and wrapping the wire around the stems several times to secure them together.
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2. Continue to wrap the wire down the stem until you have almost reached the bottom. At this point lay another leaf on top of the bunch so that the stem overlaps the previous stems but extends further. Wrap them all tightly with the same wire and continue wrapping down the length of that stem.
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3. Keep adding more leaves, sometimes in bunches of two or three; sometimes just as signals, in the same manner until you have half the length you are looking for.
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4. Start another garland in the same manner; continuing until it too is half the finished length you want.
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Bring the end stems of the two sections together and wrap them tightly with the ends of the wire.
5. Gather three or four leaves into a neat bunch and wrap the stems, attaching it to the join in the garland so that it hangs down.
6. Attach a bow to hide the join.
7. Thread a 5″ piece of wire through the chain of stems about 2″ in form either end of the garland. Twist tightly and form the tails into a loop to use in hanging the garland.

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