Sunday posts are not common around here. Sunday mornings are spent at the beach and afternoons outside too. But I just had to share the tutorial I have been promising (and the only thing I have completed on my to-do list in the past week).

This gorgeous and super easy wreath took me well under an hour to whip up (because I had a lot of felted scraps left from the last few years of making anything and everything into felt).

The first thing you need to know is how to make the felt. It is beyond easy. Throw two woollen sweaters into the washing machine. Make the hot and the rince cold. You will probably need to wash them a few times until all the stitches have merged with each other to make a material that you can cut without it all falling apart. I usually throw in a few pairs of jeans also to create more friction in the wash….

When you have felted two sweaters you will have enough to make this wreath…

Materials
Machine Felted Sweaters
Dressmaking Scissors
50cm/20″ length of 16 gauge wire
Wire Cutters
Pliers
Ribbon
Tiger Tail or String

Step 1
Cut your pieces of felt into squares about 5cm/2″ x 5cm”/2″. They don’t need to be completely perfect.

Step 2
Cut your length of wire (I cut about 50cm)
Take your felt squares and poke them onto the wire

I poked the felt squares onto both ends of the wire to make the pattern a little more uniform. You could also do it randomly.

Step 3
When you are nearing the end of the wire, take the pliers, bunch up the felt and bend each end into a U shape.

And everywhere I am… Sweet Calvin is there. Unfortunately he has an eating disorder and tries to eat anything I am working with – ribbons, wire, fabric, wool, he’s not fussy.

Step 4
Take the two u-shape wire ends and link them together. Take the pliers and push the ends down so they won’t come apart.

Step 5
Tie a bow onto the place where the wire is joined.

Step 6
Tie a length of Tiger Tail or String onto the top of the wreath to hang it from.

A Finished Wreath.

Enjoy!
Mia
xxx

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