Halloween wreath from up cycled leggings

It’s September 2nd, so no matter what the weather outside says (it says 92 degrees), I’m considering it Fall!  This is the first of many projects in the weeks to come, as I have come to LOVE the colors of Fall and the décor that comes with it.



This wreath started out as a pair of Halloween leggings that my daughter had outgrown.  The matching shirt was long gone, and these were in the Goodwill bag.  Until… I realized that these were the perfect colors for a wreath. 

I used a straw wreath form, floral pins, and the material from the leggings to create the base for this wreath.
I forgot to take a a picture until after I started cutting the pants apart.  But you get the idea…


After I cut the pants apart, I wrapped the fabric around the wreath form and pinned the fabric with floral pins.  You may be able to use hot glue or some other form of securing the fabric, but these pins hold so well that I always use them for wreath making.



For the Itsy Bitsy Spider, I used an old black t-shirt that was also headed for Goodwill.  I cut the t-shirt into 1/2 inch strips to make a pompom using this tutorial.  Mine didn’t turn out nearly as cute or as full as hers, but for a spider, which most of us ladies are usually happy to squish, it turned out fine… I added some felt eyes and pipe-cleaner legs, and there you have it!



I made fabric rosettes out of some orange fabric that I had left over from my Easter carrots project.  There are so many tutorials out there on how to make fabric rosettes, that I used a combination of several that I have read.  Linda at Craftaholics Anonymous just posted a video tutorial this week that shows you how to make them.

I made two small and one larger rosette for my pumpkins.  I didn’t really have anything on hand that I thought would work for a stem, but I made do with what I had in my stash. 

 

Don’t look too closely, or you can see my shiny dried hot glue : )



 

I rounded up some brown ribbon and green twine.  I rolled the ribbon around itself and hot glued it to form a “stem”, and then I roughed it up by snipping the top with scissors.  The green twine was tied around the stem in a bow.

I added a bow using wide black satin ribbon and used that same ribbon to hang my wreath. 



I love how it turned out, and it cost nearly nothing!  Frugal and Fun!

Have a safe and happy Labor Day weekend.

Kim


*Updated to participate in the CSI project's Fall Wreath Challenge*



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