DIY: How to Make a Felt Mountain Garland

You know what these felt mountains aren’t? Dog toys.

Can you guess what Sherman and Bartlett think these are?

Dog toys.

There are four things that you only have to THINK about going to get, and Barty and Shermy know what you are up to and are right there next to you waiting: peanut butter, baby carrots, french fries, and a felt mountain. I’ve made many other felt shapes for garlands, and they couldn’t care less. They are strange dogs, though. All their top favorite foods are fruits and veggies, including kale, and are always trying to drink my coffee.

Yes, I am raising Seattle hipster dogs.

You know what is great about making a felt mountain garland, besides the fact that it is entirely adorable and awesome? IT HAS TWO LEVELS OF LAZY. That’s what we call the lazy customization factor. That I just came up with. About two seconds ago. You can either glue the felt together with a strong fabric glue, or hand sew them. I chose to sew them because I can do that while watching tv or Andrew playing The Witcher instead of using that saved time to do something more important, like learn some new skills or clean Leo’s litter box.

There is one key, though, use quality felt! Not that gross stuff you find for like 50 cents in stacks at large craft stores, because they will end up looking like you used gross 50 cents felt that you find in stacks at large craft stores. I used wool from CraftyWoolFelt on Etsy. You can buy small rolls of like, a bazillion different colors! Multiple times a week I’m tempted to request an order of one roll of everything, but Andrew would give me that look that is like, “Did you REALLY need all the felt?” To which I would reply, “OF COURSE I DO! HOW COULD YOU EVEN ASK THAT?” while trying to find a place to store 136 rolls of felt and casually (but not sneakily) suggesting that there are a couple of jackets he hasn’t worn in a couple of years, and maybe it’s time to donate them, to you know, make more room for your clothes and totally not all this felt I just bought, while giving him a smile very similar to the one Barty has in that picture.

Barty and I only make the prettiest of faces.

Okay, to make a felt mountain you are going to need the following super precise directions:

Cut out some shapes that look like that and if you are going to want to turn this into a felt mountain garland, you will need some bakers twine. The sparkly kind is preferable, but you do you.

SUPPLIES FOR FELT MOUNTAIN GARLAND

• Felt
• Embroidery thread (or glue)
• Glue
• Polyfil

DIRECTIONS FOR A FELT MOUNTAIN

1. Take one of your gray triangles and glue your snowcap to the top, but be careful not to go all the way to the edges if you are going to sew them together. Let dry.
2. Stich or glue the two gray triangles with the wrong sides together, leaving a one-inch space in the middle of one of the sides. If you are sewing, you can see in the photo that I didn’t go through the snow layer, which is why you don’t want to glue all the way to the edges. You could also sew the snow on with some white embroidery thread before putting it together.
3. Stuff your mountains with polyfil, and close up the gap.

DIRECTIONS FOR GARLAND

1. Make more felt mountains.
2. String them together.
3. Hang it somewhere.

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