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Our huge thanks to Cyndy at the Creativity Exchange for her inspiring fabric covered cone trees.  The style of her collection is varied and each one a beautiful treasure.  With her basic cone tree idea in mind we made some minor changes in the way our cone is constructed.  But the final product looks very much the same.  Our tree is 18” tall when sitting on a flat surface.  With the candle holder base it measures an impressive 23” high.  Using our instructions, it’s hard to not end up with a beautiful holiday decoration.  Although we set our satin covered tree on a candle holder, you can use a myriad of items for the base as Cyndy suggests and illustrates on her page.  In place of the fabric you can also use wallpaper, wrapping paper, textured papers and more.  If you like our tree you must see Cyndy’s.

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What You’ll Need

1. •one sheet of poster paper
   

2. • wire cutters for stems
   

3. • holiday stems
   

4. • 20” x 26” piece of satin fabric
   

5. • 16” square of fleece or felt
   

6. • rubber bands
   

7. • painters tape
   

8. • Fabri-Tac adhesive
   

9. • repostionable stencil adhesive
   

10. • hot glue gun
    

11. • pin
    

12. • yard stick
    

13. • sharp edge ruler
    

14. • pen or maker
    

15. • scissors, rotary cutter, or craft knife
    

Above items available at JoAnn’s.

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DIRECTIONS: 

1. 1.Cut 2” off the long edge of a sheet of poster paper.  These sheets generally measure 18” x 24”.
   

2. 2.Draw a line down the center of the 2” strip and cut the ends into a point. 
   

3. 3.Put a pin, nail, or tack into one of the points and pierce it through the top corner of the poster paper.  We put a piece of styrofoam under the pin to hold it in place and allow the strip to easily slide across the paper.
   

4. 4.Using the strip as your guide for creating the cone’s bottom curve on the paper, place dots at the bottom point, sliding the strip from one edge of paper to the other.
   

5. 5.When you run out of paper, align a yardstick with the last dot and the pin hole at the top of the paper. 
   

6. 6.Draw a straight line from one to the other.  This will be the center back of the cone.
   

7. 7.Draw another parallel line 1/2” away and cut on that line.
   

8. 8.Place a metal ruler, or anything with a long sharp edge up against the half inch margin and fold the paper against it to create a soft crease.
   

9. 9.Connect the dots you made for the bottom curve.  A French curve tool is handy for creating a smooth line.  Cut on that line.
   

10. 10.Spray the opposite side of the paper with repositonable adhesive stencil spray and lay the paper flat on the fabric.
    

11. 11.Turn the bonded piece over and adjust any bubbles or wrinkles in the fabric if there are any.  The repositionable adhesive allows you to lift the fabric to make corrections.
    

12. 12.When the fabric is perfectly smooth, cut  it 1/2” away from the paper’s bottom and side edge ( the side without the fold).  Apply Fabaric-Tac adhesive to the paper on these two edges.
    

13. 13.Press the fabric onto the glue to give a clean hemmed finish to the bottom and side edge.  Let dry.
    

14. 14.Roll the cone from the bottom to the top.  Use rubber bands to hold it together while you work.  Align the long hemmed edge against the fold line. ( In the finished cone, the 1/2” fold will flatten and be tucked under the wrong side of the hemmed edge and secured with Fabric-Tac applied to the folded fabric edge.)
    

15. 15.Once the entire seam is lined up, hold it in place with a few pieces of painters tape.  Apply adhesive to the 1/2” fold in between the pieces of tape.  Let set and remove tape. 
    

16. 16.Finish applying adhesive to open areas in the back seam until the entire seam is closed.
    

17. 17.Decorate your cone.  We used a hot glue gun to attach a combination of holiday stems with fruit, gold balls and leaves. 
    

18. 18.Set your cone on a tall object like a candle holder with candle, vase, lamp, or other items you may have around the house.  

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