autumn leaves garland

To take a break from sewing pillows this weekend, I decided to make an autumn leaf garland.  I found a tutorial on A Beautiful Mess and thought it would be something cute, simple, and inexpensive that I could whip up and include with any orders from my shop.  I think I am in denial about a lot of my crafting abilities (or lack thereof).  Ever since I was a child, anything involving the use of scissors has ended up a disaster.  I am just not a good cutter.  You will see no childhood handmade crafts hanging on the refrigerator in my parents' house.

I made a leaf template out of some cardboard that I had lying around, and even that didn't work very well.  I ended up with 10 misshapen felt leaves, but at this point, I was still feeling a little optimistic.  Sure, I am lousy at cutting things out, but leaves are all different shapes and sizes, right?  Right?

I had purchased a skein of yarn and two tapestry needles that had big enough eyes to slip the yarn through.  Unfortunately, the needles themselves were not quite sharp enough to actually pierce through the felt, so I had to sit there with a mechanical pencil and poke holes through each leaf.  It was about this time that I decided that perhaps this particular craft was not going to be for me.  I'm fairly certain a second grader could have done a better job at this.

I hung it up in my apartment anyway, not wanting all that time and effort to go to waste.