an autumn garland

After posting about other people’s buntings and garlands on Saturday evening, I sat down with a few supplies and made a little garland of my own. This autumn garland was the first one I’ve ever made, but it was incredibly easy.

I grabbed three sheets of cardstock (green, yellow, and orange) and used a 1-1/2″ circle punch to cut out about 35 circles from each piece of paper. The cardstock is some I’ve had on hand for a very long time, and the colors seemed fitting for autumn.

Next I used my sewing machine to stitch across two circles at a time, joining them all together. I stacked the colored circles as follows: orange/green, green/yellow, yellow/orange, repeat. I left a small gap of thread in between each pair of paper circles.

When all of the paper circles had been sewn together, I liked the results so much that I almost would have been happy to leave them flat… but I had a better plan in mind.

The next step was to simply fold each circle in half, using the stitching line as a folding line. So easy.

Here is the completed garland, draped across our tile fireplace that we wish were a stone fireplace instead. Maybe someday it will be. Meanwhile, I’m enjoying the festive burst of autumn colors, and I love that this sweet little decoration was so simple and inexpensive!