The circle garlands from the graduation shoot were super easy to make and created a nice pop of color and fun to the backdrop. They did require the use of a sewing machine–but I promise that I only have rudimentary sewing skills and by no means can I do much more than sew a straight line. Sometimes not even that. (It’s made me pretty handy with a seam ripper!)
Supplies:
- Colored card stock. I liked the effect using several shades of the same color together created.
- Circle puncher : in these photos, a 2 inch and 1 inch was used
- Sewing machine loaded with complimentary colored thread
To Make:
1. Punch your circles.
2. Fire up your sewing machine! This part is easy, I promise. Stick the paper circle under the foot and hit the gas, stitching through the circle.
As soon as the paper clears the foot, stick the next one in. I think this garland looks best perfectly imperfect, so I in no way tried to create even spacing. Which makes it even easier to make.
3. Repeat until garland is the desired length.
I used a repeating pattern (for the most part) of two big circles to three small circles. To create the backdrop in the graduation table, I made six separate strings of garland and hung them. Easy peasy! Hope it helps add a little extra easy festive to your next party!
Sweet:) What a fabulous idea!!! I might have to borrow this idea:)
Happy Mothers Day Paula:) hope you had a wonderful day
hugs
xoxo
Manni
How easy and fast, but creates a HUGE impact! Love it!
Love how much it adds to the back drop!
! Just picked up new, simpler sewing machine for Shauna….this will have to be one of our projects. Would look great as room decor, too!
Just darling! Thanks for sharing!!!
I was searching for decorations to make for my daughter’s polka dot party and this is definitely it! Thanks so much! I can’t wait to make them
Love this! Simple but so effective! (and it helps that it’s in my favourite colour.)
Oh, I love this idea. It is so much fun and I could definitely see this in a teenager’s room. Love it.
Aww thank you for this! They look so cute and blue
What a great idea! I always have tons of left over paper pieces from crafts and this is a wonderful way of utilizing them. Thanks for sharing!
What kind of card stock do you use for this ? The heavy kind ( Sorry I am not real familiar w/ card stock .lol)
Thanks
Mindy
I used scrapbook paper; you’ll need something with some thickness to it to stand up to the sewing machine needle!
OK i had started to cut out some card stock I got in the scrap book section at Michaels , the ones’ that come in the big packs, but i think i’ll need the thicker kind ? I’ll get some tomorrow and use these for something else. Thanks !
Thanks for the wonderful tutorial! They made my daughters grad party look wonderful!
did you use any special kind of thread / thickness?