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STYLISH DIY CHRISTMAS BAUBLE - Super easy and quick to make
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Jan 15, 2025
In this video I will be showing you how to make a super simple pretty fabric bauble. You can make them any size so you can use them to hang on your tree, in your windows, from your bannisters, etc. You will need: A polystyrene or styrofoam ball Fabric Ribbon Glue Scissors Sharp knife These really do not take long to make and cost very little. Great to add to your decorations on a budget. If you are looking for more Christmas decorations to make then check out my other videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJDvtpQDF0PftYyvRR0ID_iVKyZ9k1FO5 If you want more detail on the tutorial shown in this video then check out my blog at https://christines-crafts.com/christmas-fabric-ornament/
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hi and welcome to christinescrafts.com
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today i'm going to show you how to make
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this really simple christmas bauble that
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can look
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really effective so please remember to
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assuming you like the video so without
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any further ado let's get on to what
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you're going to need to make this bauble
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you're going to need a polystyrene ball
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or a styrofoam ball
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depending what you call it any size you
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like depending what bauble size you want
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you're also going to need some string so
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you can mark up your bauble
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and a pen or a pencil so that you can
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mark it
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you're also going to need some ribbon
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it's going to cover some rough edges and
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make your hanger
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and you're going to need some knives
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you're going to need a sharp knife be it
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a craft knife or in my case a kitchen
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knife
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and some sort of blunt knife i'm going
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to use the back of an ordinary table
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knife
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you're going to need some hot melt glue
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to get that ribbon on
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and you're going to need some fabric i'm
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choosing to use two different fabrics
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you could use all the same fabric four
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different fabrics eight different
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fabrics you'll see how creative you can
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get as we move along
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so let's start by marking up the bauble
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you need to lay your string on the
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bauble all the way around
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and then draw along that string so
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you're basically marking
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halfway around your bauble turn your
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ball
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through 90 degrees and do the same again
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so you'll find what you're doing is
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splitting your ball up into quarters
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four equal parts
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and then we need to do is take those
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marks and put the knife in
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and do a small insertion all the way
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along
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so when i say small maybe a centimeter
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and just work your way along you're
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basically making a slot
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all the way around your polystyrene ball
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so once you get all the way around make
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sure those join up
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and if you're not happy with it you can
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just go around again and make it a bit
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deeper
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make it a bit more easy to access
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and then you're going to do the same
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with the other one that you marked
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so you really have split your bauble
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into four quarters
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now if you want you could do the same
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process again
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and split it into eighths eight equal
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parts
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just repeat the process you've just done
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so that you split it again
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but we're going to stay with quarters
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so now we've got our ball all marked up
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we're going to need some fabric
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so once you've selected some fabric
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you're going to mark it with the ball
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just roll it like that so you can see
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how long your piece of material needs to
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be
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and cut it you'll see throughout the
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whole tutorial i have a lot of trouble
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with that ball rolling away
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not surprisingly so you're going to cut
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it to length
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so that you know it wraps from the top
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to the bottom of your ball
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easily with some left over and now we're
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going to cut it so we have the right
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width
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so again don't be too too mean make sure
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it reaches
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and some you want some extra you don't
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want to just barely cover a quarter
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you want at least another two or three
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inches so you've got some spare
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and then that's the piece you're going
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to use so we're going to start now
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and we're going to fix that on to one
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quarter of our bauble
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so lay it on and you can see it covers
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one quarter
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and then you're going to get the knife
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that is not sharp
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and even then i'm going to use the back
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of it because i don't want to cut the
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fabric
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and i'm basically just going to push the
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fabric into the slot
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now you'll see here i've started at the
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top and i'm working my way around
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i actually decided it was better to
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start in the middle
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and then work up and down which is what
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i did with the other segments but you've
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got to get it in there so that it
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basically
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holds it in place and do it down both
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sides
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so you're going to end up with the
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fabric
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sitting comfortably on the ball very
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snugly
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so it's just held in place as if it were
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glued but please note there is no glue
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in there
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it's just being held in there because
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you've pushed it into the slot and it's
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being held by friction
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and that'll be fine that's all it needs
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and just hold it there
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you can keep smoothing it you can fold
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it you can make whatever effects you
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want
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just keep going and make sure it's
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securely in there
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once you're happy it's all secure you're
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going to get your scissors
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and you're going to trim off the excess
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fabric
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now if you watch you'll notice that i
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don't get it completely trimmed off in
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one go
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it doesn't matter how many times you
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have to trim it
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just keep going back and keep trimming
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if at any time your material starts to
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come back out of the slot
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just get your knife push it back in
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you can just keep repeating that
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trimming pushing it in
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until you're happy with it and then
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we've got to start thinking about the
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next segment
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so you'll see i've sped this up a lot
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because all i'm doing is repeating the
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process
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so this time i'm going next to the one
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i've already done
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and i'm going to do the same thing again
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you will find
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that when you're trying to push it in
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the slot that's already got fabric in
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it's quite tricky so take time
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don't worry about it it is difficult
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when there's already fabric in there
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don't be tempted to rush and damage your
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polystyrene
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if you're having a lot of trouble you
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can always take the other bit of fabric
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out and then put it back in
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but once you've got that one smooth trim
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that one off
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and you can start to see how the
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bauble's going to look
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i can see i just keep trimming keep
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trimming till i'm happy
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pushing those in because i think they've
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come out a little bit
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and then i'm going to go again with the
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third segment
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exactly the same thing again i'm
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starting in the middle of the segment
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and working my way to either end
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very tricky way you've already got
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fabric in the slot but just keep going
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you'll really start to feel how your
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bauble's going to end up looking
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it grows very quickly this craft
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in real time this whole bauble probably
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took me about half an hour
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you'll see it's a lot quicker on here
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when i can just speed the film up
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so once you've got three segments done
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obviously the final segment is the
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hardest
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all the slots are full of fabric already
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so you've just got to keep pushing it in
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i'm also going to point out that if
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you've got a fabric with a right and the
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wrong way up like i have with my uh
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stags i think they are on there just
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make sure you get them the same way up
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on both pieces so you'll see i'm having
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a lot of trouble here particularly the
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top and the bottom
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just because there's a lot of fabric in
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there already but persevere
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yeah it keeps wanting to jump out
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and you'll have all four segments done
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just go round
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push any bits of fabric in tidy any bits
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up trim them off as you need to
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until you're happy with how it looks
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remember that you
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are going to cover these rough edges up
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so don't worry too much they don't need
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to be
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absolutely perfect
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so now it's time to add some ribbon so
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starting at the top of your ball
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add a bit of hot melt glue stick your
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piece of ribbon on
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so that it's ready to run down along one
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of the joins between your pieces of
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fabric
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and you're just going to work your way
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around add some glue stick the ribbon on
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add some more glue stick some more of
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the ribbon on
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and keep working your way all the way
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around
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until you get back up to the top and
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then just make sure you overlap your
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ribbon
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so that it's a complete loop and you'll
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see that those rough edges
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have disappeared
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trim off your ribbon
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and then do the same on the other way
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at 90 degrees so yeah put
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some glue on stick from the top again
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just keep smoothing it down making sure
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it's
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it's lying nice and flat and you're
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getting a good finish
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you can use a wide ribbon for this it's
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a lot easier to cover your
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your ends up and your your raw edges but
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i've used quite a fine ribbon and it's
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worked absolutely fine
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keep working round
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till you get back to the top and once
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again
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cut it off so now you've got your bauble
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all ready
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it's just going to need a hanger
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so cut yourself a piece of ribbon twice
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as long as the length of the hanger you
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want
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and a little bit more to do a knot so
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you'll see i'm just going to cut mine
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off here
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and now i'm going to knot the two ends
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of my ribbon together
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just a simple knot it's just so i've got
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something nice and bulky
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i think it glues better to the bauble
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and then add some hot melt glue to the
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top of the bauble
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and push the knot of your ribbon into
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the glue
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and it's as simple as that that will
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hold absolutely fine
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and if like me you've got some raw end
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sticking out there and a little bit too
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long
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you see i just keep getting rid of the
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glue strings which you do get with hot
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melt glue
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just cut off the extra length of ribbon
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that you don't want
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and it'll make a nice tidy finish
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and that's it well done you've got your
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christmas bauble
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to hang wherever you want to hang it
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depending what size bauble you made
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they look great on the tree or indeed
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hanging in a window if you've made a
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larger one
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so good luck with your christmas bauble
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thank you for watching
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