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RED HEART® "Soft Yarn™": 1 Ball each No. 4412 Grass Green, No. 4420 Guacamole, and No. 5142 Cherry Red.
MODA DEA® "Zing™": 1 Ball No. 1316 Pearl.

SUSAN BATES® Crystalites Pom Pom Tool by Pattie Wack™, Art. 14111.
2 Red or green 9" x 12" felt pieces.
1 Felt piece in a contrasting color for 6 small circles.
Pinking shears.
Batting.
Craft glue.
Sewing machine or sewing needle and thread.
Scissors.
3/4" x 12" Wooden dowel rod painted red or green.
2" x 4" x 1/2" Wooden plaque painted red or green.
Drill with 3/4" bit.

instructions

 
POM POMS
1. Wind yarn onto the pompom tool at the 1" step, and wind 25 times.
2. Tie the center of the pompom tightly with an 8" length of yarn.
3. Cut the pompom away from the tool. Trim into a ball shape.
4. Make 6 pompoms each of Grass Green, Guacamole, and Cherry Red.
5. Make 4 pompoms from Pearl. Set pompoms aside.

TREE
1. Cut out 2 tree shapes from the red or green felt pieces according to the pattern, using pinking shears.
2. Cut out 2 large circles, using pinking shears.
3. Cut out 6 small circles with scissors.
4. Sew the tree shapes together with a narrow (1/4") seam, leaving the bottom open to insert batting.
5. Stuff tree with batting.
6. Insert dowel rod into the tree. Glue in place, closing the bottom of the tree with glue.
7. Glue the two large circles to the top of tree, back to back.
8. Glue pompoms and small circles to the front of the tree, using photo as a guide.
9. Drill a 3/4" hole into the center of the wooden plaque.
10. Glue tree into the hole to complete.

close-up of WR1064 Felt Christmas Tree with Pom Poms

 
     
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