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While grandma and I were putting ornaments on Christmas tree, our toddler was eager to help, to the point she’d take off some ornaments already put on and hang it back over and over again.  Boy, was it so fun for her.  So I decided to make her a Christmas cone that she could play with, which she could also hang the ornaments she makes.  Now that kids are at home for a short holiday vacation, this would be a fun thing to make for them too, and for them to explore their creativity.  This stuff will keep them busy and happy, and you would love putting it as a cute decoration in their room or anywhere you’d like it to show off.

This one I made is 100% recycled.  Each time I sew, there are tiny cut fabrics and even battings seemingly unusable that I kept somewhere hoping one day I could think of something to use it.  The filler of this Christmas cone is from those tiny fabric scraps I saved.  You can use your old holiday fabrics to make this cone.

There are two parts in making this cone.  First is the cone body.  I designed this since my fillers are those tiny fabric scraps that are seemingly unusable. Hence, washing this may require longer time to dry.  So the intension is not to wash this cone body, but simply cover it with a cone covering, which will be explained in part 2 of the tutorial.  The advantage of this is that it will also be fun to change the look of your Christmas cone by putting on different covers on it.

Here are the steps:

1.  Cutting the pattern.  Make sure you attached triangle 1 to triangle 2 following the letters designated in the pattern you downloaded.  Lay the pattern over the fabric and pin its sides to the fabric.  Cut 1 circle for the base; four (4) triangles for the sides.

2.  Sew together each side of the triangle from corner bottom edge to top (wrong sides facing you) until you form a half of umbrella shape.  The tip above may not perfectly meet.  It will be okay.  Just cut the excess fabric.

Figure 1.  Triangles sewn together.

3. Sew together the ends from bottom to top (from red dot to green dot as shown in the illustration above – Figure 1).  This will give you a cone shape, wrong side out.

4. Pin the base (circle) on the edges of the bottom of the cone wrong side out, providing about 0.25” sewing allowance.  Sew together, living an opening of about 6” (or one bottom side of a triangle).  Turn right side out by pulling the inside towards you through the opening.

5. Fill the cone with polyester or cotton fillers (or in my case, tiny fabric scraps that are unusable).

6. Sew together the hole folding its ends inwards at 0.25”.  For a more uniform and firmer bottom, sew the edges all the way.  This is your finished cone body:

1. Repeat steps 1 to 3.

2. Invert it right side out.

3. In the bottom of your cone, fold the edges inwards at 1cm, and fold again at another 1cm.  Sew together.

This is your finished phase:

4. Sew on buttons at directions you desire.  Use buttons that have protruding hole (not flat) so the ornaments can be held more securely.

Beads can be a fun ornament for this stuff.  But if you can make or get tiny Christmas ornaments for this, that would be awesome!

Have fun sewing:)