Fused Bag Christmas Decoration

There was an advent recycling competition in Ravelry, each person creating some kind of ornament from recycled materials during the advent period and putting it up on the allotted day. There was a really brilliant innovative response from everyone- some great uses of materials and ideas.
I made this out of left over fused plastic bags (see how to here), which were cut into chunky strips and then sewn together.

After fusing I cut the strips so that there was one small strip, then three pairs of strips that were progressively longer than the last pair.

Using a thimble I sewed them together at the top ordered large to small and then out to large again. I secured them with large, odd buttons.

Holding the bottom all together produced the curved shapes which were then all sewn together in a similar fashion.

I then added a string of beads made from broken necklaces/ bracelets and hung it up with a long loop and button on the end.