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Upcycled Embroidery Hoop Wreath

February 16, 2016 by Julie 3 Comments

Upcycled Embroidery Hoop Wreath

Wear it until it wears out could be described as my clothing mantra. You could say that I form sentimental attachments to my clothes. I remember special occasions when I’ve worn a particular item, and that means I have a few pieces that it’s been really hard for me to part with. This green argyle sweater is one of them. I wore it on Littlest’s first Halloween. And two years ago I wrote about mending this sweater rather than repurposing it. Up until a couple of weeks ago I was still wearing that sweater. Then it finally got a hole in it that I couldn’t mend without it being obvious. And I decided it was finally time to upcycle my beloved sweater. It’s not going too far away, I’m turning my favorite green sweater into an Upcycled Embroidery Hoop Wreath. 

sweater embroidery hoop art argyle

Supplies:
Old sweater
embroidery hoop
Crochet heart supplies (optional)

The first thing I did was to lay out my embroidery hoop over the sweater to see what part of the sweater I wanted to frame. I decided to put the light green diamond close to the center and then include some of the ribbed edging from my sweater as well. I cut out the part of the sweater I wanted to use and added in a couple inches around as well.

sweater embroidery hoop art upcycle

With that extra fabric I was able to take a needle and thread and cinch up the back.

sweater embroidery hoop art back

Ta-da! A favorite sweater upcyled into embroidery hoop art. Of course you could stop here. But I decided I wanted to add a handmade touch to my hoop art as well.

sweater embroidery hoop

I found a light green yarn that matched the green in my sweater and I crocheted a small heart. 

sweater embroidery hoop crochet heart

Upcycled Embroidery Hoop Wreath

I decided to center the green heart over the green diamond on the sweater. A few hand stitches to attach it and my hoop wreath is finished.

Upcycled Embroidery Hoop Wreath

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Filed Under: Craft, Holidays, Knit and Crochet Tagged With: Crochet, st patricks day

Comments

  1. Emmymom (@Emmymom2) says

    February 22, 2016 at 5:28 pm

    That is so cute! I think I would have cut it out more in the middle of the sweater and would have totally missed the cute edge that it has, so clever!! Thanks for linking up with the Best of the Blogosphere

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  2. Elle Spann says

    February 25, 2016 at 12:23 pm

    This is such a good craft!!
    elle
    Southern Elle Style

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  3. A Kitchen Hoor says

    February 26, 2016 at 6:02 pm

    This is so cute! I love that you used a green plaid sweater. Now, I’m off the my thrift shop to find one!

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