Jolly Holly Table Topper Begins The Christmas Cheer

Holly and Baubles For A Jolly Table Topper.

You’ll have fun making this holly and baubles table topper, with a solid white background and fabric scraps for the leaves and ornaments. Make up colorful a colorful display of Christmas ornaments and bind with any traditional festive color.

 

Baubles are made with strips cut from scraps. Go through scraps and choose the prettiest prints that go well together. The baubles are the feature of this topper and something like that pretty red with white snowflakes make the baubles ‘sparkle’! Simply sew three strips together and use any circular object such as a bowl, a cup or the lid of a canning jar. Use a mix of scraps for each ornament and play around with the colors and prints to come up with the prettiest baubles. Two sets the same look great.

Ornaments and leaves are easily fused to the background fabric using Pellon, and machine appliquéd with satin stitch. For the decorative top stitching, Karen Meyer suggests placing a 12 inch square of Pellon Stitch-N-Tear Lite beneath the fabric for stability. Stitch your pieces into place with your desired stitch, straight, satin or perhaps blanket stitch, or another decorative stitch of your choosing. Binding in red would also look great.

For this topper Karen Meyer from Sister of The Divide made the baubles by tracing the lid of a large mouth canning lid and mentions that any circular object will work that has the dimension you would like for your ornaments. Even for a complete beginner the instructions are clear and straight forward, you’re sure to have success with your Jolly Holly table topper.