2011 Pinterest Challenge: Fall Edition REVEAL!
And I’m back with my fabric pom pom reveal!
As I mentioned before, my inspiration came from these lovelies.
My supplies and method–mostly to avoid a massive amount of hot glue mess–differed slightly from the original tutorial, but the results were just about perfect:
Here’s how it went down:
Supplies:
- Fabric
- Straight pins (instead of hot glue)
- Fabric scissors
- Pen or marker
- Something circular to trace
- Styrofoam balls (instead of paper lanters)
{ Step 1: Trace circles onto fabric. }
{ Step 2: Cut out circles. By far, this is the most time consuming step in the process. }
{ Step 3: Take one circle, fold it in half…}
{ …and then in half again. Yes, this is very similar to this method. }
{ Step 4: Using a straight pin, secure folded piece of fabric to styrofoam ball. Burlap proved to be a little tricky since it has so many holes. I had to find a spot where the threads overlapped. Even still, it’s quite delicate! }
{ Step 5: Continue folding a pinning pieces of fabric. I chose to do mine in groups of 4 all over the styrofoam ball. }
I chose to do two more to create a group of three like my inspiration photo. Most things look better in groups of three anyway, right? The two other pom poms were made from a men’s XL dress shirt. Each ball took an entire shirt. The ivory one was originally white, but I dyed the fabric with tea bags first.
Thank you to Sherri, Katie, Ana and Erin for motivating me to get this project done.
Nice job! They look lovely.
I found your post from the Pinterest Challenge :) These look incredible! I really want to do something with burlap this fall so I will definitely keep this in mind! Very nice!
Oh wow! I’ve always ordered how to make these, and you make it look so easy! :)
Hello Gorgeous nuetral texture. I LOVE them.