This fun hand sewing project will not take long. This tree ornament will be a treasure for decades to come.
I chose different colors to show the "branches" of the tree.
This tree is made of several fabric yoyos. Knot your thread and baste around the whole yoyo.
The image on the left is of basting around the circle. The one on the right is pulling it tight. You make two of each size in the pattern.
Next is stacking the yoyos from smallest to largest. Make a loop of thread taking the two ends and threading your needle.
Take a small amount of fabric up on your needle. Pull the thread through but leave a some of the loop up for you to go through it. Pull it tight and add the next smallest yoyo to the stack.
Keep adding to your stack from the smallest to the largest until you have all of your tree together. At the bottom go back up to the top and pull the thread tight. Knot off your thread and do not cut your thread.
Add your star to the top of your tree by putting in on your thread. I wanted you to see the difference in the sizes of a jewelry star that is on the right and the pony bead star on the left. I ended up using the pony bead star for the size. I liked it better than the jewelry size. You can choose your size.
Take your ribbon and hold the ends of it together to find the center of it. Take your needle still threaded through the middle of the ribbon at the bottom. Go back down through the star and down about 3 yoyos pulling it tight.
Your tree is almost done! Do an overhand know to make a large knot just above the star. Make another knot at the ends of your ribbon to hang up your tree ornament.
Your tree is now finished. You can hang it up right now or go ahead and embellish it with beads and other little items you have. I had everything on my finished tree in my bead box. This is when I decided it was done.
