Trading posts - Fall wreaths

After a long break over the summer, Amie (Kitty Cats and Airplanes) finally met again for a long overdue crafty afternoon. On the menu: Fall wreaths. Amie had bought a great wreath at one of our Goodwill expeditions but somehow it stayed at her place so the first thing we did was to run to Home Depot to grab a couple of pieces of pipe insulation to make a low-cost support. Not perfect but it does the job.

Amie helped me to turn out fabric tube after fabric tube so that I could get started on my project.

 Sewing a length of yarn inside each long tube  made the job way easier

Amie loved learning a new trick ... and making silly faces for the camera.

 Then she went to work on her wreath ... twisting gazillion yards of yarn.

 That's a LOT of yarn

 and this is what I did with my fabric tubes. Yes it's braided around the wreath support. Since I'm stashbusting, I couldn't buy ribbon but the fabric tubes worked out great.

And for the final touch, a few felt rosettes

 We had a great time as usual and finished the day sharing a pizza and ice cream with the hubbies and Bug of course.