Easy Green Tartan Christmas Garland
Dollar tree Christmas balls 3-inch circumference. A long thin strip of fabric as long as you want it to be. One package of 10 Dollar Tree Christmas ball ornaments makes a garland 2-3 feet long.
How to Make a Fabric Christmas Tree Garland
This fabric Christmas tree garland is easy to make, and you can sew or glue it together. I sewed mine. It’s an effortless way to add coordinating fabric to your Christmas tree, you can use scrap fabric if you like, or even Dollar Tree fabric bundles.
For a six-foot garland, you will need.
- Cut the fabric strips 7 1/2 inches wide, and the entire length of your fabric.
- 1-yard fabric ( 2 by 3 feet piece)
- 30 small Dollar Tree Christmas balls or styrofoam balls
- 1 small jar ring
- Small clear elastics
- Sewing machine or hot glue gun
Step One – Make Long Fabric Strips
Cut the fabric 7.5 inches across, then rip it the entire width of your fabric. I used 5 strips on my garland. Once ripped place the fabric strips right side together, and sew a quarter-inch seam. Add the next piece of fabric the same way, until you have one long strip.
Step Two -Sew a Long Tube
Fold the strip of fabric right sides together and sew a 1/4 inch seam the entire length forming a tube. You can choose to pin the fabric in place first but I didn’t. Instead, I started by sewing the top and then aligning the sides every foot or so, holding it in place before placing it through the sewing machine.
If you don’t want to sew the fabric you can use a glue gun, run a thin strip of hot glue along the open side, and press together.
Once you have the tube sewn, turn the fabric tube right side out. This was easy to do as the tub was wide enough for your fingers to fit inside and pull the fabric.
Step Three – Add the Christmas Balls
Tie a knot in one end of the fabric tube.
It’s optional to remove the Christmas ball caps or not. Simply insert the Christmas ball inside the tube, and slide it down the tube until it touches the other balls. The tube is large enough that the balls may twist around when inserting, don’t worry we will fix it later.
The smooth Christmas balls glide easily inside the tube, but I found the glitter-covered Christmas balls have a rough coating on the outside, so they needed to be pushed along the length of the tube.
Once you add ten balls to the fabric tube, straighten the orientation of the Christmas balls inside the tube so that the tab at the top of each Christmas ball fits between the next ball.
Step Four – Add Elastics
Use small elastics to hold each Christmas ball in place. I tried several methods but found the most practical way to wrap several small elastics around a mason jar ring first. Then feed the garland through the middle of the jar ring.
This hack helps you do several elastics along the entire length of the fabric tube simultaneously. Once you get to the space between the first two balls slip the elastic off the jar ring and into the space between the first two balls. You may need to fiddle and adjust the placement before adding the elastic.
Repeat this process until you have an elastic between each Christmas ball. Then add the next round of Christmas balls. Work until your garland is the length you like. Tie a knot in the fabric at the end.
Christmas Garland Video Tutorial
I created a simple and quick craft video showing how I made my Christmas garlands.
