How to make Christmas balls with the patchwork technique: examples, photos, models, necessary materials such as polystyrene balls, fabrics, pattern and procedure with photo and video guide to create splendid cheap Christmas decorations.
The Christmas balls in style patchwork they are so cute, because, being made with fabrics, give theChristmas tree lots of heat.
Not only that, the balls made with the patchwork technique enrich theChristmas tree of an addictive magic, given the many decorations that can be achieved with i ribbons colored and gilded, silvered, with beads and so on.
Making the Christmas balls with the patchwork technique
To make the patchwork balls no sewing skills or special equipment are required.
Required material
What you need is very simple to find:
- polystyrene balls;
- bits of cloth in the desired tones;
- hot glue;
- cords, ribbons;
- golden thread (or string) for hook;
- cutter;
- pins;
- beads;
- lime for nails;
- felt tip pen;
- pen or pencil;
- baking paper;
- scissors.
Read also: Traditional and innovative Christmas decorations
Method
And now let’s see how to make them.
- Let’s dissect the polystyrene ball with the cutter, dividing it into 4 wedges. There slot it must be 1 cm deep.
- With a pen or a pencil we pierce theend of the ball, making a hole of about 3 cm (we will need it to introduce the hook) and facilitate the introduction of the fabrics into the corner.
- With a baking paper, resting on the ball, and a felt-tip pen, we obtain the shape of the wedges, which we will need to cut out the fabrics. (It is important, in the end, to cut out the edges of the template 1-2 cm larger, as it is necessary to consider the fabric to be inserted in the slots).
- Made the Shape, we place it on the chosen fabric and we obtain the pieces of cloth. (A tip: stop the shape with a pin, it will be easier to proceed with the cutout). Now that we have our 4 bits of fabric we can proceed to the next step.
- We lay the piece of fabric on the first segment and help us with one lime for nails we insert the edges to theinside the slots.
- Let’s proceed alternating fabrics, as the video below shows, with the same mechanism. Eventually we will have ours ball covered entirely with fabric.
- Now let’s cut a golden thread of about 12 cm to accomplish the hook. We do a node with the two ends and insert the same inside one of the two ends of the ball, helping us with the lime. We stop the thread with one drop of hot glue.
- It’s time to wrap up the ribbon chosen (gilded and laced) on the creeks of the ball, which we will stop at both ends with two pins equipped with beads.
If you are unsure of the seal of the ribbon, you can apply a drop of hot glue to both ends or along its path (but be careful not to damage the fabrics!).
And finally our splendid ones christmas balls in patchwork they are ready!
Video Tutorial: how to make fabric Christmas balls
Here is the step-by-step video guide to DIY some beautiful balls for the Christmas tree with the Patchwork technique:
Norwegian style Christmas baubles
To make, instead, the Christmas balls with the patchwork technique in Norwegian style here is the Video Tutorial:
Photo: examples of Christmas balls made with the patchwork technique
- Degree in political science international relations
- Founder and Director pianetadesign.it
How to make Christmas balls with the patchwork technique: examples, photos, models, necessary materials such as polystyrene balls, fabrics, pattern and procedure with photo and video guide to create splendid cheap Christmas decorations.
The Christmas balls in style patchwork they are so cute, because, being made with fabrics, give theChristmas tree lots of heat.
Not only that, the balls made with the patchwork technique enrich theChristmas tree of an addictive magic, given the many decorations that can be achieved with i ribbons colored and gilded, silvered, with beads and so on.
Making the Christmas balls with the patchwork technique
To make the patchwork balls no sewing skills or special equipment are required.
Required material
What you need is very simple to find:
- polystyrene balls;
- bits of cloth in the desired tones;
- hot glue;
- cords, ribbons;
- golden thread (or string) for hook;
- cutter;
- pins;
- beads;
- lime for nails;
- felt tip pen;
- pen or pencil;
- baking paper;
- scissors.
Read also: Traditional and innovative Christmas decorations
Method
And now let’s see how to make them.
- Let’s dissect the polystyrene ball with the cutter, dividing it into 4 wedges. There slot it must be 1 cm deep.
- With a pen or a pencil we pierce theend of the ball, making a hole of about 3 cm (we will need it to introduce the hook) and facilitate the introduction of the fabrics into the corner.
- With a baking paper, resting on the ball, and a felt-tip pen, we obtain the shape of the wedges, which we will need to cut out the fabrics. (It is important, in the end, to cut out the edges of the template 1-2 cm larger, as it is necessary to consider the fabric to be inserted in the slots).
- Made the Shape, we place it on the chosen fabric and we obtain the pieces of cloth. (A tip: stop the shape with a pin, it will be easier to proceed with the cutout). Now that we have our 4 bits of fabric we can proceed to the next step.
- We lay the piece of fabric on the first segment and help us with one lime for nails we insert the edges to theinside the slots.
- Let’s proceed alternating fabrics, as the video below shows, with the same mechanism. Eventually we will have ours ball covered entirely with fabric.
- Now let’s cut a golden thread of about 12 cm to accomplish the hook. We do a node with the two ends and insert the same inside one of the two ends of the ball, helping us with the lime. We stop the thread with one drop of hot glue.
- It’s time to wrap up the ribbon chosen (gilded and laced) on the creeks of the ball, which we will stop at both ends with two pins equipped with beads.
If you are unsure of the seal of the ribbon, you can apply a drop of hot glue to both ends or along its path (but be careful not to damage the fabrics!).
And finally our splendid ones christmas balls in patchwork they are ready!
Video Tutorial: how to make fabric Christmas balls
Here is the step-by-step video guide to DIY some beautiful balls for the Christmas tree with the Patchwork technique:
Norwegian style Christmas baubles
To make, instead, the Christmas balls with the patchwork technique in Norwegian style here is the Video Tutorial:
Photo: examples of Christmas balls made with the patchwork technique
- Degree in political science international relations
- Founder and Director pianetadesign.it
