Sweet decoration for a simple room!

Upcyle fabric scraps into blooming flower garland!

What a fabulous way to upcycle fabric scraps! If you're not the crafty type who has scraps of all colors and textures lying around - peruse your local fabric and decorator shops, who will sell you remnant fabric on the cheap. Or be an even craftier recycler and cut up the clothes and scarves that you don't wear anymore to make your sweet little blooms!

This is a great way to decorate for a party, a wedding or for no reason but to make you smile when you wake up or walk into a room. You could also string the blooms on heavier duty quilting thread or embroidery floss and wrap it around a gift box several times in lieu of wrapping paper. And if you must use paper... think about recycling a brown paper grocery bag. There are so many other fun ways to dress up brown bag gift wrapping...hmmm... I smell another blog!

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For a quick tutorial on making the flowers, check out this blog http://bit.ly/ctcDVW but get creative... don't make all your flowers the same... vary the textures, colors, and edges. Think pinking shears (the ones that cut saw-shaped edges) as well as rough, edged fabrics like silk and chiffon.