Free Christmas Tree Bunting Sewing Pattern

plaid green Christmas tree bunting sewing pattern on a white table

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You will love how fast this Christmas Tree bunting comes together! Using only a few simple materials, you can make your own rustic garland to hang over the hearth, a doorway, or the window in no time!

Now that I have made one of these farmhouse style Christmas tree garlands, I might have to make several more! I’m dreaming of a canvas colored one, and a red one too… maybe burlap??!

This project only took me about 30 minutes and was a great way to use up scraps. It is also jelly-roll friendly!

Make sure you take a look at my other cute and rustic Christmas sewing projects!

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About The Christmas Tree Bunting Garland

This is a beginner tutorial, it is very straight forward since the trees are sewn with raw, exposed, frayed edges. This is the same method I use on my pumpkin doorknob hangers, and it makes a very farmhouse/rustic look. If you want to clean it up a bit, you can use pinking shears as well to reduce fraying.

There is no pattern for this tutorial, just cutting measurements.

The seam allowance is 1/4th inch or so. Big emphasis on “or so”!

Christmas tree bunting hanging over bricks

Supplies Needed

  • Sewing Machine
  • Sewing Scissors
  • Sewing Pins
  • Rotary Cutter, Acrylic Ruler, & Mat (Optional but recommended)
  • Pinking Shears (If you want to reduce fraying, adds a fun touch. I did not use them for this project.)

Materials Needed

  • 1 fat quarter of Christmas colored fabric, or enough scraps or 2-3 jelly roll strips to make 20 triangles 2.5″x3.5″ each.
  • Quilt batting about 8″x18″ (enough to make 10 triangles 2.5″x3.5″ each)
  • 10 pieces of leather or brown felt cut to be 1.5″x.5″ each
  • 66 inch length of string
  • Sewing Thread
christmas tree bunting sewing pattern garland on table

How To Make A Christmas Tree Bunting/Garland

1. Cut Out The Christmas Trees

Cut out one rectangle 2.5″3.5″ in size.

plaid green fabric rectangle

Fold the rectangle in half hot dog style.

folded piece of green plaid fabric

Use an acrylic ruler to line up from one corner to the opposite diagonal corner, then cut across the line with a rotary cutter.

rotary cutter lining up on fabric

Unfold the fabric, and you now have a triangle!

Fabric Triangle cut from green plaid

Use this triangle as a pattern to cut out 19 more (total of 20.)

stack of fabric triangles on table

Also use it to cut out 10 pieces of the quilt batting the same size.

quilt batting cut into a triangle

2. Cut Out The Tree Trunks

If you haven’t already, cut out the leather or brown felt into 10 strips 1.5″x.5″ in size.

felt tree trunks

3. Sew The Christmas Trees Together

Layer the trees by stacking one piece of the fabric right side facing down, then a quilt batting triangle, then another tree with the right side facing up.

Also insert a tree trunk into the bottom and leave half of it sticking out. Pin your tree together so it doesn’t shift while you sew.

layering the fabric trees

Sew around the edges of the tree with about a 1/4 inch seam allowance.

sew around edges of trees

After you have sewn the tree, you can trim the edges with your scissors a bit if it needs to be cleaned up.

sewn fabric christmas tree

Now sew together the rest of the trees! SO cute!

4. Sew The Trees To The String

The trees will be spaced every 6 inches on the string. You can mark the string with a marker every 6 inches to make it easier, or just measure it as you go.

To attach the trees to the string, fold down the top layer only of the tip of the tree. Insert the string, then “close” the layer back up, and sew a line straight down to hold it.

folding down top layer of tree
sewn line on fabric christmas tree

Sew all the trees to the string like this, until all 10 are sewn on!

Then, you are done!

fabric christmas tree garland bunting hanging on wall

There are a lot of ways to customize this project

Here are some variations and customization ideas I had for future versions of this Christmas tree bunting sewing pattern!

  • You can make bigger or smaller trees
  • make more trees to have a much larger garland
  • sew bows on the tops
  • sew buttons on the tops to be the “stars”
  • Use multiple colors of trees on one garland
rustic farmhouse plaid green christmas tree bunting

I don’t have a hearth or mantle at my house, so I will have to hang it in a window or on the wall. Where will you hang yours?

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Be sure to check out my post full of free and cheap Christmas Gift Sewing Patterns for ideas this year!


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