BUTTERFLY PLEAT TREE (page 13) (Vertical Pleat)
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BUTTERFLY PLEAT TREE (page 13) (Vertical Pleat)
You’ll need:
2½ yds. Wright’s Butterfly Pleat Ruffling 8736, gold 4 yds. Wright’s Metallic Lace 9946 (P508), gold 18″ square felt, red 12″ Styrofoam cone Styrofoam blocks for base: 3″ x 3″ and 2½″ x 2½″ Dowel stick, glue, pins
To make:
1. Cover cone with red felt. Pin ruffling in 6 vertical rows evenly spaced.
2. Pin row of lace between ruffling.
3. Pin ruffling around bottom of tree.
4. Make 2 “figure-8” loops each from 8″ lace and pin to tree top. Pin lace around tree base.
5. Join tree to base with dowel stick.