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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Thrifty Art Thursday: Making a Fall wreath from Sweater Scraps

Hi again! I'm so pleased to be doing Thrifty Art Thursday features again. This summer was filled with kids, and gardening and vacations, so I'm not really complaining. But it is fun to share the little projects that I do.

As the cold settles in a little more deeply, I've been pulling out my sweaters and hats and thinking warm cozy thoughts. I came across a bunch of lovely fall colored sweater scraps and was inspired to make this wreath:

This is what I started with:

Then I started out by taking rectangles of sweater scraps and wrapping them around the wreath and stitching them in place. It doesn't matter if the scrap doesn't completely wrap around the wreath, as long as it covers the fronts and sides.


And here's a little video showing how I make the embellishments for the wreath, both the leaves and the roses:



I could totally see doing this for winter with blues and whites and snowflakes, or christmas with red and green and holly leaves. It gives a great warm fuzzy feeling everytime I walk into my house now. Thanks for reading, and I hope it was helpful!

10 comments:

  1. This looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for the tutorial!

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  2. This is so cool, and I like your suggestion of other color combinations.

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  3. This was so much fun to make and thanks for the AWEsome tutorial!

    Dena (Everything But The Oink-Facebook)

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  4. I love this! And I just happen to have a stash of sweaters...I will have to whip one up. Thank you for the great tutorial. :)

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  5. Love this! Have done the flowers on the wreath, will def. try the sweaters on the wreath now!
    Blessings,
    Carol @ patchworkinthedesert.blogspot.com

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  6. Thanks for the tutorial! I just made my first felt rose! Blessings from Bama!

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