Tutorial - Christmas Rag Wreath

Hello there. Today I'm going to try and get into the festive mood and use up some of my scrap fabric at the same time - I present - how to make yourself a Christmas Rag Wreath. This one's great for kids and adults a like as it's so simple!

You will need:

Wire (I used a coat hanger)
Scrap fabric - this depends on the size of your wire ring, I got through about 1.5m x .5m in 4 colours with my coat hanger.
Scissors
Decoration (optional)
Time. Indeed, this takes a while, but you can easily do this in an evening in front of the telly if you're careful!

Instructions:

Bend your wire into a circle, and put to one side.

Cut (or rip, depending on your fabric types) strips of fabric. Mine were about 3/4 of the diameter of the circle, by 1".

Get cutting!

After each batch, add them to your wire so you know how much more you need to cut. I tied mine with a knot, and in order, one of each colour.

Carry on going! I cannot stress how easy this is! After you've crammed as much as you can on, add any decorations you want, and ruffle up your wreath, making sure you can't see any of the knots.

You're finished! Told you it was easy. 

Next week I'm thinking present ideas - I know it's early, but these things take time...

Toni

The Room is Complete!

Hello folks. Sorry I've been a while. But my bedroom/sewing room is finally done, my bed is no longer heaped with a mixture of clothes and decorating equipment, dusty machines and old ironing board covers. There's still a lot of tidying to do, but it's almost done. (After three weeks, I know, I know!)

So glad to have my own space back again - going to take advantage of the few days I have off of both work and college this week, and I'm going to get back sewing!

Next week I'm getting into the xmas spirit, with another tutorial (hopefully slightly better executed than the last one...) you'll need lots of scrap fabric and a wire coat hanger, intrigued? I hope so!

Toni

No Sewing This Week...Again

The DIY ain't going so well, especially as I've been working all half term and doing my college stuff in the gaps in between.

I'm going to get cracking sanding all my polyfilled holes today, before the walls looked like it'd been attacked by a miniature machine gun. Once the dust has all gone, hopefully I'll be able to get down to some painting, after I've removed the mould off of the ceiling.