This Fall leaf garland is the THE easiest sewing project you can possibly embark upon.
A sewn garland is the perfect project for a beginner seamster and even children. The process is sew easy and fast, and the results are so sew cute! I just can’t help myself with the sewing puns…we do it all day long in my workroom. Sew…
I’ve sewn paper garlands for so many occasions. I made bats for Halloween last year, and you can see that <here> . I’ve made raindrops for baby showers, snowflakes for a frozen party, Stars for a homecoming, etc. etc. …the sky’s the limit. 
My mother-in-law told me when she took Home Economics in high school she learned to sew straight lines by sewing through sheets of loose leaf paper. It was cheaper than using fabric. Did you even know you could sew paper??! 
I picked up a pack of beautiful fall colored paper at JOANN, but the exact set is also available on Amazon <here>.
I printed an oak leaf pattern from the internet and traced it a bunch of times to fill up the entire sheet of paper. You can use any type of leaf obviously, maples are a beautiful leaf and would look great in all yellows, oranges, red, and brown colors.
Last year I made a similar garland and used Dollar Tree construction paper. The advantage of regular construction paper is that the color is on both sides. 
I stacked up all my colors and cut them all out at once. You need pretty sharp scissors for this.
You can also use your Cricut for this part, if you have one, and can set it up quickly. I have a lovely Cricut, but I’m not yet an expert and therefore it takes me some time to figure it out and get it working. Not to mention taking it out and setting it up. (hence the need to have things out and set up at all times in order to get thing done …right???)
On to the sewing. Start by pulling out a long tail of thread so you have a way to hang the garland. Then just sew through the leaves in any pattern and direction you like. I kept mine going in one direction and stacked my leaves pretty close together.
Pro Tip…If you plan to hang your garland in a swag, then it’s a good idea to sew the leaves in a curved shape. So as your leaves are coming out of your sewing machine curve them over to the left to make a gentle arch. It will make the garland hang a lot easier and nicer.
You could also use this as a table runner for your fall or thanksgiving table and then you can sew the leaves any which way and it’ll be beautiful.
Then once your garland is all sewn together you can style it. I curled my leaves a bit by rolling some around a wood dowel. And I bent some of the leaves so my garland would have some dimension. I had to hang mine in two swags with the middle fastened to my mantle because we have an adolescent cat who likes to play with everything. She’ll surely have this garland ripped to shreds by Halloween. You can get a glimpse of her helping with the sewing of this garland in my video below.
