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Fabric Scrap Wreath

And now for the super simple crafty holiday idea I promised to share (just pretend it’s Friday!).

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Ladies and gentleman, introducing The Colorful Scrap Wreath. I found a wire wreath frame (it looks like this, with 4 concentric, slightly raised wire circles) at Joann’s and it jumped into my shopping bag because a) I’d never seen a non straw/grapevine/styrofoam one before and b) it was $2 or so. Here’s how to make the wreath: cut your fabric scraps into pieces about 1- 1 1/2″ wide by 5″ long. Tie them around the form. Repeat 200+ times. Trim the scrap ends and fluff up the wreath as desired. Sew adornments on to front of wreath (I happen to have a bag of crochet swatches from a big project I was working on, so I used some of them. Bows, flowers, birdies, and rickrack would also suffice). If I had it to do again, I might try to stick to all green scraps, but it’s fun to look at all those fabrics from my scrap bin….

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plus it kind of goes with my thread rainbow, so I’ll probably keep it up all year.

*This post was edited to delete info about my Hope For Jasenn etsy shop.

  • Mofarmmom
    Love this!  Will be using up my fabric scraps soon with this great idea!
  • Carisensei
    Yahoo! So cute and good bye to all those little quilting scraps I can't bear to throw away!
  • Guest
    I love it! Thanks for the awesome idea.
  • Annie
    Wow - I have seen links to this gorgeous wreath all over the internet, most recently on casasugar. I want to try to make several with Christmas fabrics. Linda, you have soooo much talent, I love to look at your things. The colors and textures are delicious food for the eyes!
  • jody
    I LOVE your wreath! I have bags and bags of scraps and strips - thank you sooooo much for this idea which I will pirate as soon as I get home from work!
    Thank you for sharing-
    best wishes to you and your family,
    Jody
  • Wow, this looks fantastic...well done...
  • I love this, thanks for sharing!!!
  • Love it! I'm going to have to give this a try!
  • This is so cute! I love it! Thanks for sharing :)
  • What a great wreath. It would be a real shame just to bring it out at Christmas. Really colourful and vibrant.
  • Kim
    A friend made something similar years ago - she used a Styrofoam wreath form, small squares of fabric, and podgie glue.

    Simply wrap/fold the the fabric scrap on the sharp end of a pencil or screwdriver (not too tight to poke through), dip the fabric point lightly into glue and poke into foam wreath (punch a hole with the pencil). Continue until the wreath is filled to your liking.
  • This project has been around for a few years, I made some as gifts last Christmas using this free tutorial. but they are really easy.

    Great Colors in yours !!!
  • BZ
    I just made 20 of these for our Santa Shop at school, and we made them by cutting a wire hanger in half and then forming it into a circle, tying the fabric around then fluffing. I remember my mom making these in the 70's with tissue paper for the holidays. We sprayed glitter spray on them to make them very festive. Each one took about 15 minutes to tie about 75 pc. of fabric. I am glad to see that this is not an outdated craft. Wish I had thought to make several rows! This is gorgeous!!
  • Love your wreath, believe it or not, I had the same idea in mind to make, but just don't have the time right now do to it!!!! Not only do you create lovely things, but you have telepathy too!!! (lol)
  • This is gorgeous!
  • Diane
    The wreath is fabulous, retro and modern at the same time.
  • mindboggld
    My sister and I just made wreaths that are very similar this past weekend for Christmas gifts! Apparently we were both riding the same creative brain wave... LOL :)
  • I LOVE the wreath! It looks great! I might need to add that to my list of "projects to do in the future".
  • Oh, so pretty, Linda!
  • Oh how beautiful! I love the colors...I'll be linking!
  • I'm honored to take a place beside such fabulous and talented artists!
    Thank you.

    I'm telling everyone I know about the new shop! I told all of my coworkers, too. They know you best as the beloved Sewing Machine Lady. :)
  • terriaw
    I love how pretty that fabric wreath looks, and it sounds quite easy. Thanks for sharing the idea!

    Great goodies in the shop for fundraising. I hope you are able to surpass your goal and more!
  • I adore it! Gorgeous wreath!
  • Great wreath! I'll have to look for one of those forms at Joann's tomorrow... =)
  • I love the wreath! And I owe you some button pictures. I just took them this morning. Hope I'm not too late. I'm off to email them right now.
  • the wreath is GORGEOUS!!! if i had time i'd love to make a similar one. brilliant idea!
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