Christmas/winter wreath

About a month ago I went to Goodwill and I found the perfect sweater to use for a Christmas wreath. It is soft and had the right colors that I was looking for. For only $2.99 this pretty little thing was mine.

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I needed a straw wreath so I went to Michaels and found one for 40% off. I rushed home and started working on the wreath even though it was still a little too early to put it out.

I cut up the sweater into big pieces. I cut along the seams and along the neck line. The neck line was thicker material that I wouldn't need.


I took my pieces and started hot gluing them around the wreath. Make sure you leave the plastic on the wreath. Because this material is so forgiving and the seams do not show through I didn't have to worry about everything looking perfect.


This is what the wreath looked like when I was finished gluing everything on. You can't tell where each piece is.


I knew I wanted a pretty bow to go on the wreath but I had no clue how to tie a bow or make them. Thanks to youtube and a video that wasn't in English I made my first bow! Pretty darn good for my first time! I already had the white berries and I added those after I had tied the bow.


This is the finished wreath on our door. We really need to paint our front door and I hate despise the screen door the previous owners installed. But that's a different story. For now I enjoy my pretty wreath. It's perfect for Christmas and to leave hanging during winter too.



My total time spent on the wreath was about 30 minutes plus the youtube watching time. It really is super easy to make. I love the end result!

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