Thursday, December 13, 2012

Tutorial. Turn a Skirt into a Shabby-Chic Heart Wreath

Upcycle a skirt into a wreath.
 
From this
 

To This
 

And this
 
to this
 


Turn a pretty skirt into a shabby-chic heart wreath.
 
These 2 skirts I found at a charity shop.
The fabrics were too nice to leave behind, and
are perfect for this project.
 
You need.
 
A skirt or large shirt could be used too.
Cut apart and all bits saved.
 
 
 
a wire coathanger
Strips of wadding
a long necklace (upcycled of course)
 
Firstly. Push,pull,bend and generally manipulate the wire coathanger into a heart shape. Try to find the lighter metal ones.
And a pair of pliers is very handy to help.


 
Then using strips of wadding, wrap the heart.
Ive been upcycling the inner from a duvet.A new one that I rescued second-hand.
 


If the strips arn't long enough then just stab stitch
thru all the layers with needle n thread when adding a new strip. Same when we get to the fabric wrapping.
 
The Beige skirt is a lacey fabric, so I wrapped the wreath with the lining fabric first and then the lacey fabric,
For the blue wreath, the one layer was fine.
 
The cat just HAD to help.:)
 
Righto,
next wrap with the top layer of fabric.
 

Next I've wrapped the flowery ruffle from the skirt.

And then added bunches of rolled roses and a bow.
The roses are from strips of the skirt and the bow
is plaited from the offcuts of all the seams.
 



Pearly beads were stitched here n there.
On the blue wreath I wrapped a long vintage blue -glass necklace and tacked into place.
 
 
 I hope you have fun with this project too :)
 
Lots of Happy Shabby Stitching
 
Phillipa