DIY Cozy Winter Sweater Wreath

DIY Cozy Winter Sweater Wreath

create a cozy winter wreath using items from your closet!

Is anyone else trying to get their closets organized for the new year?

I just started last weekend in our master bedroom, but I’ve got a LONG way to go! And that doesn’t even include three other closets that are in desperate need of some MAJOR de-cluttering and organization!

Let’s just say decluttering produced quite a few items I totally forgot I had. And others that I seriously have no clue why they are in our closet in the first place!

Like a bag full of scrap material and two armless sweaters that I found WAY in the back behind dozens of shoes and a box full of old jeans, I had planned on donating pre-pandemic.

Since I’m not one to let anything go to waste, and I needed a wreath for our front door anyway, I decided that maybe I could use what was left of one of the sweaters and other scraps to create a cozy winter wreath.

what you’ll need to make a winter sweater wreath

To start with you’ll need:

• 12″ wreath form ( I used a straw wreath)  But you could also use foam or wire as well.
• Sweater ( The more texture the better!)

TIP: My straw wreath has been repurposed MANY times throughout the years. Wear and tear can cause the plastic to rip and the nasty mess of straw EVERYWHERE! To prevent this, I cover any bare spots with good-quality plastic wrap.

OTHER MATERIALS:

• Scissors
• Glue Gun
• Glue
•  Faux Fur
• Buttons (Mine were on the sweater)

how to make a winter sweater wreath

 

1. Cut your sweater into strips. I did this in sections. The main body of the sweater. The trim on the top and bottom and finally the front section had a pattern.
2. Wrap strips around the wreath form and glue in place

A. I started with the strips from the main body of the sweater. I used four for one section. (This will depend on how thick your strips are)

B. Next I wrapped and glued three strips from the trim on the sweater. (Pictured here with the faux fur.) As you can see it has more of a ‘ribbed’ texture to it instead of the knitted. I loved the look of the contrasting sweater textures but then came that faux fur.

Maybe it’s the craziness and insecurity this pandemic has brought on.  Whatever it is I’m absolutely OBSESSED with all things furry and fluffy when it comes to fabric these days. And this faux fur I found stashed in my scrap bag had me just oohing and awwing. It reminded me of one of my favorite cozy throws and I couldn’t resist adding some of it to this cozy winter wreath.

C. Cut faux fur fabric into strips. Then wrap and glue the next section with strips of fur. I used a total of three. (Again all based on the thickness of strips.

D. Begin a new section using strips of trim fabric. (I used three more)

E. Wrap and glue the next section with strips from the main body. (I used 4)

F. End at the top by wrapping and gluing the final section with strips of faux fur.

3. Attach buttons with glue to the top of the wreath on either side of the fur section.

This step is totally optional but there really is a method to my madness. AKA-Sweater-buttons-no waste. Meaning the sweater I used had buttons, why not incorporate them into the wreath so there isn’t any waste!

But once I attached them something just didn’t look right to me. So…..

I went through the strips that I’d cut from the front section and found two of them that still had the buttonhole in tack. PERFECT! A buttonhole should have a button right? So I wrapped each section around the area with the button, pushed the button through the hole, and glued it into place. Ta-Da! Now it makes sense! And because I had two buttons left I did the exact same thing on the bottom of the wreath.

4.  I took the remaining strips (2) from the front panel of the sweater and wrapped them around each side to add another layer of texture.

To hang, I just looped some cream-colored yarn around the top of the wreath and tucked it under the faux fur.

And that my friends is it!

A DIY Cozy Winter Sweater Wreath that cost this gal $0!

Don’t you just LOVE all that texture?!! I do! I REALLY, REALLY do!

But what I love even more is how winter cozy it looks!

Like wrapping yourself up in your favorite sweater or soft throw kind of cozy!

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I hope today’s post inspires you to look at the ‘stuff’ in your closet a wee bit differently. Maybe that old-outdated sweater or (fill in the blank) doesn’t need to go in the trash or donation pile. Maybe-just maybe you can give it a new purpose!

 

Here’s another winter wreath you might enjoy!

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