I am in a little sewing group that meets once a week. One of our ladies brought these in as a project for us all to make. It is a half circle of two sided fabric. When folded it becomes a Christmas tree. Used as a napkin for Christmas.. I am thinking of a way to embroider on them...

Thankyou! What a novel idea. Its on page 4 of Embroidery Library projects - Christmas

I helped my 4th graders make paper trees like this, and we used them as Christmas Cards. Instead of rick rack, we cut scallop designs. I forgot to take my decorative scissors or we would have trimmed the edges with them. They turned out so cute.

I helped my 4th graders make paper trees like this, and we used them as Christmas Cards. Instead of rick rack, we cut scallop designs. I forgot to take my decorative scissors or we would have trimmed the edges with them. They turned out so cute.

Embroidery Library has something about these in their project area. I've been meaning to make some. They are so nice!

I love this it is so cute. Who would have thought a half circle could make a Christmas tree. Flowers for you and everyone. Thanks for sharing with us.

Clever idea but have not seen any double side fabric. Will add this idea to my list of "Things to make"

Clever idea but have not seen any double side fabric. Will add this idea to my list of "Things to make"

What size is the circle?

Thanks for posting. I was at a party tonight, and my friend was trying to explain these napkins to me. Now I see what she meant. Beautiful

Way to cute! Thanks for sharing

I thought you had used you stitches from your machine to make the one side. Sure is pretty. Wish we had some place to buy pretty material like that. I know buy it over the internet. But I like to feel my material first. :)

they are beautiful there is patterns for embroidery on the tree on emblibrary.com

Lovely just lovely!!!!

Hello I like them, would you mind emailing the pattern to me.

Thank You
LEA

What a great idea. well done

A very cleaver idea!! You must show us the finished embroidered project!!

http://www.emblibrary.com/EL/elpr...;CS_Category=Christmas&CS_Catalog=Elprojects

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by bevintex 02 Dec 2009

go to projects at emblibrary, click on christmas page 2 and you will see step by step directions for the trees.

Looks great, *4u

Beautiful work!

Can we get the size and some instruction on folding this please. thank you..
MB

This is so cute. I would love to make some for gifts and myself. Would you be so kind as to email me the pattern. thank you. med72@verizon.net
I tried the other side but couldn't get it to work.

This is so cute. I would love to make some for gifts and myself. Would you be so kind as to email me the pattern. thank you. med72@verizon.net
I tried the other side but couldn't get it to work.

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by shirlener88 02 Dec 2009

ddoersch said on 16 Nov 2008:
Get a compass and make a circle 18" across, Cut the paper in half and you have the pattern. Cut two different color fabrics from the pattern and sew them together right sides together, leave 3-4" unsewed to turn. Put the rickrack around the rounded edge...A link to another site that has a similiar project is below...

by juanitadenney 14 Dec 2010

Thank you Shirlene for giving us the pattern.

Thank you for showing your Christmas napkin and also for the directions. I'll be making some of these for next Christmas.

Nice idea . I'm sure you can come up with something Maybe something small ?

real nice idea, I will do some too< thanks for sharing*****

great design - will be doing some of these for nxt years presents - a great way to use up left over material. Jo

as everyone else has said. These are very nice. I would love to try them for next year. Thanks for the information you shared with us all.

belissimo!!!!!!!!!!!

How cute is this!!!! How big is the circle? I see you used Rick-rack on the curved edge.

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by mops 29 Dec 2008

That question is answered further down the page.

what a fun idea!!

They look great! I love these ones.

Really nice dd

WOW ;) *2U

Well done this looks lovely

wow, what a great idea for a napkin.

If anyone needs to know where to buy it, I got it from this website for only $5, plus a couple dollars to ship! It is so fun & a great gift!
They don't have a picture, but it is the same pattern...
http://www.thequiltingcupboard.co...

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by bevintex 02 Dec 2009

dont buy it. Its free at emblibrary, under projects click on christmas page 2. free step by step directions with pitures.

by akhelen 02 Dec 2009

cannot find these instructions
email - helen4christ@acsalaska.net

Thanks for all your kind comments.. We have 8 members in our little sewing group. We are all going to make 8 and trade with one another, so we will all go home with 8 different napkins...

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by shirlener88 24 Dec 2008

Great idea.

This is so nice. Would you mind emailing the pattern to me? I was at a quilting retreat this weekend and one of the lady's showed a set of these. I tried to catch up to her to get a pattern but missed her.

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by ddoersch 16 Nov 2008

Get a compass and make a circle 18" across, Cut the paper in half and you have the pattern. Cut two different color fabrics from the pattern and sew them together right sides together, leave 3-4" unsewed to turn. Put the rickrack around the rounded edge...A link to another site that has a similiar project is below...

by clawton 17 Nov 2008

Thank you so much for including this.

by cadillac 30 Sep 2009

how do you fold the half circle to look like the xmas tree shown is there a pattern with diagram. thanks. helen

by 60Bonnie 13 Mar 2012

I'M HAVING THE SAME,PROMBLE. I USED TO FABRICS, NOT SUR IF I SEWED THEM RIGHT, NOT SUR HOW TO FOLD / CAN YOU HELP

These are nice. Thanks for sharing them.

I like! What a cute idea! Think I'll make a couple up for my Mom and Dad. They look quick and easy. Thanks for the instructions.

Lovely napkin! Thanks for sharing the picture and instructions!

what a lovely napkin, thanks for sharing the idea!

I like the idea - I had don the circles with my serger, and then folded to look like a tree. We did embroidery around edge, but had to fold just perfectly, or it did not look right. So - just did the cirles, and used metalic threads. Great idea.

Fantastic! What a cool idea. SO the trick is all in how it's folded I gather?

I love these I made some several years ago and they looked so nice at Christmas time.
thanks for sharing with us.

Very creative and super cute. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks, I'm going to try it.

Babsie

Very nice. Good job

Please e mail me the pattern PLEASE barric6@yahoo.com

Wow, very simple and VERY GOOD idea, thank you for sharing.

Very simple, but great idea! That gold trim is very effective. Nice way to use up a number of my fat quarters - oh dear - I mean the fat quarters of Christmas prints that are in my stash!

Very beautiful, dd! It's a great idea too!!

This is a lovely project. Looks very pretty. Thank you for sharing. *4U

Beautiful - I saw these several years back and have had them in my mind to do this year - but didn't have a picture or instructions - now I do.

What a great idea. It looks great!!!!

That is so neat! I would love to try making some of these! *

Beautiful!!!! I made some of these a few years ago but not in the same manner....Yours definately look much nicer...I now have a use for all that christmas fabric I purchased at 90 percent off last year. The ones I made were done with a single cut circle, then serged with wooly nylon with a narrow rolled hem then folded it into the tree shape shape...Thanks for sharing...Looks like I have my next project planned now! :) *4u

This is absolutely darling. What a great project. I hope you do not mind if I copy you and make some of these. Thanks so very much for sharing these with us. *4U & all Sue

that is so adorable..wish I had a group to go to once a week, I bet you have lots of fun and great ideas...*4u

Nice....

Thanks for showing us this it is a navel idea would like to make some myself any chance of some measurements..you have done a great job

Very pretty! How big is the half circle? *4U

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by ddoersch 15 Nov 2008

the straight edge (diameter is about 18")
We cut two semi-circles, put them right sides together and sewed the ric-rac on the curved edge, left a small turn hole turned right side out and viola'

Here is a link for a similiar one with a template, but she only used one layer of fabric and serged the edges.
http://home.att.net/~sewandsew/ch...

by ezzemml 16 Nov 2008

Thanks for the info. Muchly appriciated.