You're familiar with the SAL (Stitch a Long) in embroidery, which means "let's stitch together" ; The aim is to stitch a joint project whose steps are revealed little by little.
Well, I'm proposing a "cartonnons ensemble", the idea being to prepare ornaments for Easter.
Here's how to access the free cartonnage tutorials:
Twice a week I'll show you the steps to make an ornament on Instagram and a link to the website and the PDF patterns (in french and english).
These cartonnage tutorials will be free and open to all. There'll be a bit of cartonnage, some felt, and a bit of super-easy stitching, to ultimately decorate (or not) an Easter tree.
What's that? Just a few branches in a vase, to which you hang ornaments.
You can already visit the "free" page where I've put some information on the supplies and techniques used.
If you're up for it, see you in a few days on Instagram.
Origins:
This tradition comes from Germany and can be found it also in eastern France. In the past, empty, painted eggs were hung on a tree, but more recently, other ornamentss representing Easter or spring have been added.
One of the most popular tree was in Saalfeld, Germany. For 50 years, Volker Kraft added eggs to it every year, and in 2015 it contained 10,000 eggs, all hand-decorated by Kraft and his family. It would appear, however, that the tree no longer exists.
In Pomerode, a town with German roots in Brazil's Santa Catarina state, lies the most incredible. In the Guinness Book of Records, in 2017, a pecan tree became the world's largest Easter tree, with 82,404 painted eggs!
Want to beat the record?