Holiday Wreaths from Quilt Fabric Scraps
November 8, 2007 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
Jen at Domestik Goddess has an interesting Christmas wreath project, Holiday Decorations from Recycled Sweather. She also includes some tree decorations and stockings.
As I read about this and saw the pictures on Jen’s blog, I wondered, “Why not make these from recycled quilting or fabric art projects?”
Fabric artists save fabric for years. (Cyndi at Layers Upon Layers, that the leaves for her September Morning art quilt came from fabric she’d obtained 12 years ago.) So why not take some from your fabric stash or scraps and whip up the wreath and other decorations Jen mentions at Domestik Goddess?
How have you created holiday decorations from fabric scraps? Do you use your original ideas from snippets or look to patterns in books and online? I’d love to have you share with us.
Fabric scraps left over from quilting projects would be perfect for those Victorian scrap gift balls that I mentioned in passing, too — do you know the thing I mean? Basically, it’s a ball of fabric strips, wound up the way you’d make a ball of yarn. At the center, you put a tiny gift, then wrap the strips around to cover it. As you keep winding, you can tuck in some more small surprises and cover each one with the fabric. It’s a lovely ornament when finished — cluster a few in a pretty basket, or fill a large glass vase — and when it comes time to unwrap the gifts, the recipient gets to unwrap and unwrap and unwrap, finding fun treasures along the way!