Follow the instructions found for Day 1 Here
Download the pattern for Day 4 Not-a-Flower Christmas 4 Template HERE
Follow the instructions found for Day 1 Here
Download the pattern for Day 2 Not-a-Flower Christmas 2 Template HERE
As a side note, my eight year-old daughter was playing with this Countdown to Christmas project today and decided she’d like to see me put numbers (dates) on each not-a-flower, so we’d know which ones go to which day of the month. She definitely has some of her mother in her 😉
Also, it was suggested by the lovely Pat Sloan that a child and parent could make this with construction paper, cardstock or even construction paper and craft (popsicle) sticks – especially if you are making it with children.
Today, we begin the Quilt Therapy Countdown to Christmas Not-a-Flower Pot Arrangement!
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First, take your flower pot and cover it with fabric. You can use glue or tape or whatever suits your fancy to make it fit around your flower pot:
Next, put floral foam (snug) inside your pot:
Now, fill the spaces between the pot and the floral foam with garland, and drape it around and around until it completely covers the top of the flower pot:
Wrap your craft sticks in the floral tape, leaving about an inch uncovered so you can hot glue it to the back of your completed not-a-flower sewn templates.
Download the pattern for Day 1 Not-a-Flower Christmas Template HERE
Once you have cut out your fabric and fusible Peltex or Temtex and pressed them together, use a zig-zag or your favorite stitch around the edges. You can embellish the finished candy cane, if you so desire.
Finally, attach the “stem” to your “not-a-flower” on the back and stick it into the floral foam!
We’ll make one “not-a-flower” template each day for the remaining 24 days until Christmas! Come back for more and I hope you enjoy this Quilt Therapy Countdown to Christmas project!