Thanks for Giving - Rachel from Family Ever After - Thanksgiving Advent Calendar

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I involve to tell give cheers yous inwards advance to the few bloggers helping me out this calendar week past times invitee posting. Getting busy preparing for the Believe Boutique thence these ladies are saving me!
Each of them volition last doing a fun Thanksgiving-related post.
So , I'm calling this mini-series:
Thanks for Giving
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Hello in addition to Happy Fall! I'm sooo excited to last invitee posting on 1 of my favorite blogs today. Lil satelite is such a fun in addition to beautiful place. I absolutely adore Kristyn- she has been thence overnice in addition to helpful to me , peculiarly when I outset started my blog. My weblog is called Family Ever After , in addition to I promise to run across yous at that spot sometime!

Today , I am showing yous the Thanksgiving Advent Tree that I simply made for our identify unit of measurement countdown to Thanksgiving! I'll tell yous hoe I made it too. The sentiment is to convey 1 leafage autumn every 24-hour interval , until Thanksgiving. I convey a trivial bag on the dorsum of each leafage that holds a slice of newspaper , thence nosotros tin flame exercise Thanksgiving related activities together , or write things we're grateful for.

TUTORIAL

Supplies:

burlap- whatever size yous desire

brown flannel

felt- golden , orangish , ruby , brownish , dark-green , etc.

ribbon

sewing motorcar in addition to notions

Step 1: Cut your burlap to the size yous want. Mine inwards pretty large , in addition to its non perfectly shaped , which I truly like. Then , freehand depict a tree. Cut it out , in addition to plough it over thence yous can't run across your pen marks.

Step 2: Iron interfacing to your tree. Use a press cloth betwixt the atomic release 26 in addition to your stuff to avoid glutinous balance on your iron. Cut out.

Step 3: Pin your tree to the burlap. Zig zag stitch the whole thing!

Step 4: Make your leaves. This twelvemonth yous exclusively involve 24 , but makes extras because Thanksgiving is on a unlike 24-hour interval each year. I drew a cast on a slice of newspaper , in addition to used it every bit my leafage template. I sewed decorative stitching downwards the middle of each leafage , in addition to designed each leafage a trivial different. Mine are 2 layers , because I wanted to last able to role them every bit a bag to concur a slice of paper. So , exercise your decorative stitch to the hand layer , thence sew together the 2 layers together on the edge of each leaf.

Then I free-hand cutting out these letters in addition to sewed them to a slice of felt. Nothing also fancy for this projection , but that's how I similar it!

Last , sew together ribbon or attach it to a dowel thence yous tin flame hang it on the wall.

That's pretty much it! You simply convey to figure out how to adhere the leaves to the burlap. I simply used scotch record for straightaway , but I'm nonetheless scheming a amend way. If yous convey whatever ideas , I'd dear to withdraw heed them inwards a comment!  xo , Rach H at Family Ever After

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Thank yous thence much for beingness hither , Rachel!!
Isn't she thence fun?
And what a slap-up idea!
Be certain to larn on over to Family Ever After in addition to exhibit Rachel the love. :)