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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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some lovely little christmas trees from
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great for hanging from your christmas
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tree or anywhere else you fancy
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you can see some i've made here you can
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use any colors you like any buttons
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you've got hanging around
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or buy some specially to match your
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decor so all you're going to need is the
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three little ones that represent the pot
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so perhaps little brown ones
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and then a set of buttons getting
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smaller and smaller and smaller
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so that you can get that special
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you're going to need some thread and a
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needle just scissors to cut your thread
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i'm using a blue thread to go with my
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blue buttons but you could use a
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contrasting thread if you like
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i'm using embroidery silks because
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they're a nice thread to use they make a
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nice loop at the top to hang it on your
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so it really is the best option
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so to start with get yourself a nice
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it's going to go all the way through
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your tree twice and form the loop
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and thread up your needle
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now you'll notice i've laid all the
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buttons out in order so that there's no
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confusion and i don't get them on and
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then realize i've done something silly
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so that's what i recommend just lay them
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and then start at the top of your tree
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and poke your needle through and get
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that button onto your yarn
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third one down poke through and just
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keep going adding the buttons to your
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yarn one after the other
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now if you've got a button with four
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holes in it i recommend
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doing the diagonally opposite holes so
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that they sit nicely on your thread
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and will line up nicely with the other
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ones that may only have two holes in
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so you'll see i'm getting to the bottom
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oh bit stuck on that one it's going
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if you have any trouble it probably just
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means you need to use a narrower needle
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and then the three for the pot to go on
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once you get to the bottom you're going
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and go back the other way so pull them
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see what it looks like make sure you're
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happy with it if you don't think it's
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quite the right shape not quite the
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not quite the right colors you can
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simply slide them all off and start
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but assuming you like it you're going to
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and you're going to go back up through
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all the buttons in the opposite
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so again if you've got four holes on the
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bottom go up through one that's
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and just work your way through so that
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you're going to end up
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with the end of the yarn at the top of
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see if i have trouble with this tight
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a little bit not too bad
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keep working your way through
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and then when you get right to the top
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go through those last couple of buttons
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and then you're going to pull the thread
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through but keep hold of the other end
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you don't want your yarn to disappear
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so you need to be holding both ends all
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so pull that through hold both ends
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pull it tight you can take your needle
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make it a little bit safer you'll see i
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didn't but i will do in a moment
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once it's tight you're going to tie a
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little knot in the top to keep your tree
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so that it keeps that form and doesn't
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go wandering off up the yarn
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okay there goes my needle
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so i'm just going to do a little knot on
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just to hold it in place pull it tight
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make sure i'm happy with it
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get that knot completed
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and now i've just got to decide how long
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so that i can hang it on my tree a tree
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so i'm just going to form a loop
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pull the yarn through it and that'll
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make me a little knot
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decide on the length and then
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i'll cut off the spare thread at the top
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and there you go all finished so i've
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now got my little tree that i can hang
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i'll probably put mine on the christmas
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tree but you can hang them on twigs on
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windows whatever you fancy
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so there it is hanging against a piece
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of wood just so you can see how it
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so thank you for watching and enjoy
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making your christmas tree
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christmas button trees even please
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know how you get on or what you think of
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these trees and whether you're likely to
