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Spring and Summer Scrapbag Wreath
Project by Elizabeth Holcombe Fedorko


This little wreath is a perfect way to use up all of your fabric scraps and to give a nice bright touch to your warm weather décor!



Supplies:

6 inch flat Styrofoam wreath

-seam binding ribbon or any ¼ to ½ inch wide ribbon

-2-3 inch fabric scraps in your favorite colors (I used shades of pink and yellow)

thin fusible interfacing

buttons

needle

2 straight pins

embroidery thread or pearlized cotton

pinking shears (zigzag and/or scalloped)

scraps of three colors of rick rack

glue (I use Scotch quick dry adhesive)

STEP 1:

Lay out fabric scraps on ironing board or towel. Run iron over scraps to flatten them and remove wrinkles.

STEP 2:

Place fusible interfacing over the back side of fabric scraps and iron to fuse interfacing to scraps.


STEP 3:


Flip interfacing and cut out around the squares.

STEP 4:




Trace circles of three different sizes on the back of the interfaced scraps. I used a small juice glass for the larger circle, a big wooden spool for the medium circle, and a smaller wooden spool for the smallest circle. Don’t worry if you only get two circles instead of three from your scrap. Trace as many circles as you can—you’ll want to have enough to mix and match!

STEP 5:

Cut out your circles with your pinking shears. Since I used two different styles of pinking shears (zigzag and scalloped) is varied the amount of circles I cut out with zigzag or scalloped edges. I cut out about 50 circles of the three different sizes. It was more than I needed but it was nice to have extras!

STEP 6:



Make 8 stacks of three circles, from largest to smallest. Then make 8 stacks of two circles using the medium and smallest circle. Sew a button x-stitch style in the center of each of your 16 stacks.

Step 7:

Wrap your wreath with the seam binding ribbon or other ribbon of your choice until it is completely covered. Tack the end into place at the front of the wreath with a dot of glue. Then take the larger circle stacks and glue them to the wreath letting the edges touch or overlap slightly.

Step 8:

Continue gluing the circles until the wreath is covered.

Then take the two circle stacks and glue them between the larger circles already glued to the wreath. Glue the smaller circles near the outer edge of the wreath.

Step 9:

This is the wreath after all of the fabric/button circle stacks have been glued on. Allow your wreath to dry completely, overnight. Admire your work! But you need to make one more thing...

Step 10:

Layer three different colors (coordinating with your fabric scraps) of rickrack (approx. 9 inches long) and sew/tack the ends together by hand or with the machine.

Step 11:

Insert straight pins at an angle through the rickrack near the top of the wreath (see picture for placement suggestion).

STEP 12: Hang your lovely wreath!