Upcycled Scrap Fabric Wreath DIY

I have all of my daughter's baby clothes that I need to do something with.  I have sorted the ones I want to keep and donate, but I have been struggling what to do with the extra loved pieces, that are in too bad of shape to give to anyone.  I did not want to throw them out, so I found this little item that I thought would be fun to do.  I took all the clothes that had been really loved and I made this.......

I thought I would show you how to make one of these lovely upcycled wreaths.

Here's what you'll need:

Fabric
(I used old baby clothes as well as a few other scraps of fabric that I had around)
scissors
wire wreath ring

Instructions: 

Cut fabric into 2.5" by 6" or 7" strips 

I would not go any shorter than 6" because it will make it too hard to tie onto the ring.

You are going to need a lot so keep cutting.  I used fabrics that were all around the same shade but in different hues (colors).  But I also used a few darker and brighter fabrics to make it pop. 

I ended up using about 220 strips on the 14" wire wreath.

Once all your fabric is cut you are ready to start assembling your wreath. 

Side note: I organized my fabrics in order on how I was going to place them on the wreath.  I did not want any one color clumped together on the wreath.  This is purely a personal choice.  You can choose to do this or place them randomly on the wreath.

While this is an easy task it is time consuming.

Take a strip of fabric

Then fold it in half length wise. 

Take it and tie a knot around the wire wreath ring.

 I tied the cross bars first.

(I am going to number the rings starting with the very outside ring being 1 and the two middle rings are 2 & 3 with the inside ring being #4.) 

Tie scraps onto rings 2 & 3

I reversed my pattern that I did on ring 2 for ring 3 in each section.

Photo shows rings 2&3 with all scraps tied on and 1 & 4 are empty. 

Finally I tied on rings 1 &4

Here is what the back looks like

Here are a few images of the final product. 

Good luck in making your wreath.  Please post a comment if you have any tips on this project or any other project you would like to learn how to do.

I listed it on ETSY so if you don't feel like making your own....

Upcycled Scrap Wreath