I found a coil Christmas tree topper at a garage sale that was the perfect size for me to transform into a hooked rug star tree topper. If you are looking for a tree topper to make over, choose one that has a top that is the same size as you want your hooked rug finished top to be. This will ensure that the coil wire will be sized properly.
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Making the Hooked Rug Tree Topper:
My tree topper had a bead star. I removed the beads and most of the wire using my wire cutters until I had just enough left that I could easily attach my hooked rug star. I also spray painted the coil, but that is purely a preference thing.
Next, I drew a star with rounded tips to hook that was about the same size as the original tree topper.
I hooked the star on monks cloth using #4 cut gold wool worms.
After hooking the star and steam pressing it, I trimmed around the star, leaving about 1/2″ seam allowance and I clipped the inside corners. I then applied some fray check to all of the edges to keep the foundation fabric from raveling.
The fray check does take a while to dry, so I let it set overnight before continuing.
After it was dry, I steam pressed the empty monks cloth to the back of the project – being careful not to get any of the fray check on my iron or on my pressing mat.
Finishing the Hooked Rug Tree Topper:
For the backing, I cut a piece of felted wool just slightly bigger than the finished project. I also cut a piece of thin cardboard a little bit smaller than the hooked rug.
I then clipped the backing and the hooked rug together with the wrong sides facing and the cardboard sandwiched in between the layers.
Using a thread that matched the backing, I whipstitched the piece together, leaving an opening for inserting the coil tree topper in the bottom. When stitching, you want to catch the folded over edge of monks cloth and the wool backing. As you stitch, the edge of the wool will fold over and cover up the monks cloth.
Finally, I slipped in the coil tree topper base and finished stitching the opening closed.
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