More Sweater Hearts

Recently I was at a thrift shop and bought a couple of old sweaters to use for making some crafts. I should have taken a photo of the sweater so you could see where I started, but here are some of the hearts that I managed to get from the pretty designs in the sweater.

I like to make the sweater hearts to be used as bowl fillers for a centerpiece or to set on shelves.  They made cute decor items and are fun and easy to make.  

I added some vintage buttons to some of them to give them some interest.  They can also be used to hang on a small tree with the addition of a sewn in thread hanger.

The sweaters have a nice give to them and make it easy to work with them for turning and stuffing.  What do you think? 

Have you ever used sweaters for decor or ornaments?

 

Stocking Ornaments from Sweaters

This time of the year I am always busy making things - gifts, crafts, decorations, etc, some to keep and some to give away for Christmas gifts.  Although I've made this stocking ornament a few years ago for my Ornament Exchange party, I saw more of these unfinished stockings cut out in my craft room stored in a bag (shoved in a box in the closet).   

Sadly, my craft room has lots of unfinished projects in it.  It's like the Island of Misfit Toys from the Rudolph movie, only instead of toys, they're craft projects that for some reason never got finished!  

So amidst all of the things that I am working on to get finished for Christmas, I put those things aside and took out the bag of unfinished stocking ornaments to work on!  

The stockings were cut from old sweaters using a Sizzix stocking die.  The top of the stockings are sweater waistbands and cuffs, removed from sweaters.  I did the embroidery, sewed the stockings and added the buttons and yarn to finish them!  I LOVE making things from used sweaters.  Whenever I'm out thrifting, I am always looking for sweaters to cut up. 

I put them in my Vintage shop to use and sell for the holidays.  

Well, at least I've finished one project.  

 

Making Buffalo Checked and Rustic Ornaments

This Christmas my daughter decorated with Buffalo checked decor.  It's pretty popular this year and the colors make everything look cozy and warm.  

To decorate her tree, I made some ornaments to go along with her theme.  I love the little Buffalo checked trees the best.  (And yes, I want to make more of these!)  I used a triangle ruler to cut out the shape and sewed them up, leaving a small hole at the bottom for turning and stuffing.  Then I inserted a stick and glued it in using a glue gun.  The bows are glued on and lastly I sewed some red jute to the top to hang them.

You can also see in the photo that I stamped a couple of rustic log slices also.  We made these a few years ago and I still had some log slices left over.  

I used the Snowman stamp from Snowman Season and placed him in the Snow Globe shaker dome for this ornament.  Then I added a Buffalo checked scarf from a thin piece of the fabric!  I had some checked ribbon so I added that to the bottoms.  Doesn't he look so warm and cozy in his checked scarf?

I remembered that I had some sweaters that I cut up to make projects with that were Christmas colors. I cut them out into heart shapes.  They're easy to make because the sweater material holds the stuffing nicely and you can keep shaping them as you fill them.  There's a small hole in the side for turning and stuffing.  I stitched that up, added the bows and some twine to the tops for hanging.  I definitely want to make more of these! I love anything made from receycled sweaters!

I found a nice box at Joann's to give to her to store the ornaments in and to complete the look.  She loved her handmade Christmas Tree Ornament Box!