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Gather Wreath

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I love wreaths, but holy cow they are expensive. This is an easy DIY wreath that cost me nothing to make (because I hoard craft materials,) but you could buy all the materials for less than $10. Scraps, scraps, scraps. I have a huge drawer full of scraps and leftover craft materials that I dig into constantly, and that's what I used to make my Gather Wreath. Lefterover sweater scraps from pillows I made, and a cheap chalkboard sign. Time: 1 hour for wreath            30 minutes for me to write the word gather on the chalkboard 😝 Materials: Twig Wreath Leftover sweater scraps twine chalkboard sign & chalk plaid fabric scraps Tools: scissors hot glue Plain twig branch Write Gather (or whatever you want) on your chalkboard.  (This took several tries and tweaks until I liked how it looked.)  I always look through fonts on Dafont.com for inspiration because my handwriting is terrible. They have ...

refashioned turtleneck

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After I 💗 gray sweatshirts, but this one did not look flattering on me. Refashion time!! A friend of mine cleaned out her closets and gifted me a ton of clothes to use for crafts and refashions. My goal was to make the giant turtleneck smaller and sportier. I love how it turned out, and it was fairly easy to alter. Refashion time: 60 min Tools: Brother Sewing Machine buttonhole foot Serger a shoelace fusible interfacing thread seam ripper scissors before After! Layout shirt Remove turtleneck with a seam ripper (this takes forever.) Move on to scissors. Mark where you want to cut or eyeball it. 😳 Cut about 4-5 inches off the width at the back seam, and cut  2ish inches off the bottom following the original shape. Open up new turtleneck. Mark where buttonholes will be on the wrong side of fabric. On the wrong side of fabric, iron interfacing just where buttonholes will be. Mark buttonhole size, again. Doh....