How To Make A Gorgeous Denim Wreath With Felt Roses

You don’t need much to create your stunning door wreath. This denim wreath was made by upcycling old clothes such as jeans and sweaters.

One of the things I have discovered since blogging is that door wreaths aren’t just for Christmas. I know this is not a life-changing discovery, but as a Brit, it was a revelation to me!

Now I make door wreaths regardless of the season or my British neighbours’ thoughts. My latest creation is an upcycled sweater and denim wreath.

Recycle Sweater Scraps and Jeans into a Denim Wreath

I hate waste; that is why I’m such a fan of upcycling. The other week when I made a patchwork recycled sweater blanket, I kept all the felt and denim scraps, knowing that I would eventually think of something to do with them.

It didn’t take long for that lightbulb moment to happen. I realised I could use the scraps to make a gorgeous wreath for my door. I used denim seams for the base of the wreath and made felt roses from the felt scraps.

My recycled floral denim wreath is a lovely door decoration. I think that it is a wreath for all seasons. I have two other door wreaths, but these are just for fall, an upcycled map leaf wreath and a felted acorn wreath.

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What I used to make a floral denim wreath

• Felted sweater scraps – If you don’t have any to hand, you can use standard bits of felt
• Recycled jeans seams
• Wire floral wreath frame
• Floristry Wire
• Floristry tape
• Fabric Mod Podge
• Hot glue gun

How to make an upcycled sweater denim wreath

Making the felt flowers

Step 1: Making fabric roses is the first thing you need to do. They are made the same way as my beautiful map roses and denim flower bouquet. Use the same petal template as with the map roses.

However, as felt is thicker than paper, you won’t need to make as many petals for the felt roses. Each flower is made with approximately ten petals.

Use fabric Mod Podge to glue the first petal to the central stem and each subsequent petal.

Step 2: Next, make a simple leaf out of green felt. Fold a small square of felt into quarters and cut out a basic leaf shape.

Also, nick a small hole in the corner and then thread the stem through it. Keep the leaf in place with a dab of Mod Podge.

Step 3: Make felt roses in different colours until you have at least seven finished roses.

How to make the denim wreath

The good bit about making the denim base for this wreath is that it is no-sew jeans upcycle that repurposes the jeans’ seams.

Step 4: The denim wreath base is so simple to make. Just wrap the recycled jeans seams around the wire wreath frame, securing it with a hot glue gun as you go around.

Once the whole frame is covered in denim, add the felt roses by wrapping their wire stems around it.

I’m chuffed with how this denim wreath turned out, especially as it was made from the scraps of other upcycled projects. I like the felt sweater roses, and I will make some more to have as decoration.

I’ve made other upcycled flowers out of old clothes that would also look great on a wreath like this. There are gorgeous denim pom-pom flowers or denim DIY sunflowers if you want to go for a double denim look with the wreath. However, if you want to stick to felt flowers on the wreath, check out my tutorials for felt succulents.

I have another colourful wreath made from repurposed yarn and fabric scraps.