Off to HobLob I went. When I got there, I saw that they had already put out fall stuff. (Confession: I got a little excited. Now that I live in Alabama, and we actually kind of have a fall, I really love it!) I turned the corner of the aisle...and saw it....CHRISTMAS!! Yep, almost threw up! So not ready for Christmas!! Back to my Fourth plans: I started with 3 pieces of fabric, 1/4 yard each. (Of course, it was on sale!) I already had some thick jute twine. Pinwheels are so popular right now...so they were a great place to start! I found a box that was the size square I wanted to use and cut 18 squares out of the fabric. Then, I glued two pieces together using liquid stitch. (Glue wrong sides together; you could easily use tacky glue, fabric glue, or even hot glue.)
I let the squares dry and trimmed them. Then I cut the squares starting at the corners towards the center. You want to make 4 triangular flaps, but leave a small square uncut in the center. Then, I took a corner brought it to the center and put a dot of hot glue. I continued doing that with the other 3 corners, then glued a button in the center.
After the 9 pinwheels were glued, I then hot glued them to the jute twine. It still needed something, so I took the scraps from the squares and cut them into strips. Then I tied the strips between the pinwheels. I think the whole process took less than an hour, and I had a cute custom garland!
Here is the final product.....
It's just a start...but it's looking a little bit like the Fourth to me!!!
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