DIY Fabric Scrap Wreath For Spring

I don’t sew or make fabric crafts so I had absolutely no need for a box full of fabric, even if some of them appeared to be some beautiful vintage patterns.

Of course I had already convinced myself that I would find some type of creative use for all that fabric because I really wanted the toy box.

For starters, I cut up the fabric in strips that were about 1 inch wide and 9 inches long.

You could measure this out to be very precise in the sizes but I just cut one then used it as a template to cut out many others. I found that I used about 2.5 yards of different fabrics for this fabric scrap wreath project.

At first I cut out 5 different colors and patterns of fabric as you can see in the first photo. The primary fabric being this adorable white one with colorful bugs on it, which is perfect for a Spring wreath. All of the fabrics I chose for this fabric scrap wreath were cotton fabrics.

However, when I started to put the wreath together, I loved how the two green colored fabrics really popped more with the bug colors in the white fabric so I left out the purple and yellow colors.

To attach the fabric scraps to the wreath was so easy. I tied each individual fabric strip in a small knot around two wires of the wreath frame. And then tied another one and another one and another one.

That is it. That is all it takes to create a rag wreath. If you can tie a knot you can easily make this wreath.

I had more fabric in the white with bugs than the green so instead of working on just one section of the wreath at a time, I tied the two green colors of fabric scraps all around the wire wreath form to make sure that the colors were distributed throughout the wreath.

Then I added in the white fabric strips around those.

I had to work on my version of a rag wreath this way because I couldn’t go out an purchase more of the green fabric if needed. Otherwise I would have just worked on one section at a time.

Just for a visual, this is how the back of the wreath looks when you are done.

The final step was to hang the wreath, fluff up the fabric strips and twist each one around as needed so that the decorative side is displayed.

Since this was the first rag wreath or fabric scrap wreath as it is also called, I wasn’t sure how I would like it. But I have to admit that I really like how colorful it is and especially how easy it was to make.

If anything I now have a great wreath project to use up a lot of the other fabrics that I inherited in the vintage toy box purchase.