Don’t buy a felt ball garland for your Christmas tree or mantel when they are SO easy to make! Use felt balls and embroidery floss and you'll have one in minutes.
Arrange your felt balls in the order you will string them. You can string out the colors any way you like; I spaced them approximately 1" apart.
Open the embroidery floss. The floss should be about 8 - 9 yards long, and you'll cut in half.
Tie a knot at one end, leaving a 9" tail or so. String a needle onto the other end of the floss.
String a felt ball onto the floss using the tapestry needle. Push the needle through the center of the ball and to the knot.
Continue stringing felt balls onto the floss, doing several at a time. Every so often, add a polka dot ball or a felt candy cane piece.
Once you have several balls on the garland, space them out about 1" apart. Continue stringing balls onto the garland until you get it to the length you want (mine is 8 feet long).
Once you get to the last ball, tie off the end in a knot and trim with the scissors. Your garland is ready to hang.
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Notes
I used 48 felt balls, .78" width. Also note that estimated completion times above are for pre-made balls.If you want to put felt candy canes and polka dot balls throughout your garland, just do it every 6 - 8 balls. The polka dot balls and the candy cane felt pieces are more expensive than the solid color ones, so the garland will get really expensive if you use too many.
