Every year, I decorate mini Christmas trees for an organization called JoyCatchers, which donates mini holiday trees to seniors, veterans and hospice patients. I actually buy over a hundred mini trees a year myself to give to the organization, thanks to sales at Michaels and the website Consumer Crafts. As if decorating trees for JoyCatchers this past weekend wasn’t enough, when I got back to my studio I decided to decorate a mini Christmas tree for myself. I gave it a sewing theme, not because I have such mad skills at sewing, but because I had a lot of these supplies hanging around in my studio.
A sewing tape measure made the perfect ribbon for decorating.
I have a ton of wooden spools. For the ones that did not have thread, I spooled some yard around them. I then glue gunned these to the tree.
I had some large buttons from Blumenthal Lansing that made cute decorations.
Bobbins added some sparkle.
And my tree topper was a pin cushion and pins sticking out like a starburst. It’s very midcentury, no?
Very cool, and a really neat idea!!
This is absolutely fantastic. I am definitely going to try one of my own. Thank you so much for sharing this idea.
I love the sewing tree I would love to put it up
Thanks Sharon!
Love it! I’m going to make one for my mom and her friends this year to enjoy when we get together for our holiday party. My mom also collects buttons. I think I’ll add those in along with some lights. Nice job on your tree!