How To Make Rag Christmas Trees

To get the festive curls.

How to make rag christmas trees. Use an old curling iron. With a glue gun start gluing from the bottom and work all the way. Attach wooden dowel with wood glue. Instructions drill hole in the middle of wood pillar base 1 2 deep.

Can t really tell you how many you just have to make that judgment yourself. Cover the tip with a piece of ribbon. Screw a stick or dowel onto a piece of scrap wood. Feb 28 2016 explore barbara feldner s board rag trees followed by 182 people on pinterest.

Cut wooden dowel approximately 12 tall. Tie fabric on dowel. Cut or like me rip around 3 inches wide and around 10 inches long strips of material. It all depends how full you like you rag christmas tree to be.

Made with raggedy scraps of cotton linen or burlap these trees look just tough enough. Attach metal star to top with 3 in 1 glue. Cut three different size strips of ribbon according to the height of your stick. Start from the bottom and loosely tie each strip of material alternating in colors.