Hello Friends!
I’m Susan and I blog at
I repurpose old, outdated items and create
new, one of a kind treasures. I scour thrift stores
and garage sales to find cast-old offs I can paint or
completely tear apart. I rearrange the pieces
and create something new.
I’ve been an artisan all my life and at
I love sharing my creations with you.
Creating and thrifting go hand in hand in my world.
A while back I found a green boiled wool jacket
at the local thrift store.
The jacket was almost free so the price was right…
Since I’m not a boiled wool jacket kind of lady,
I got out my scissors and started cutting the jacket apart…
I cut enough triangles out of this jacket to fill a basket…
Cutting boiled wool is easy and it doesn’t ravel.
I sewed the triangles together around 2 sides
leaving the bottom open for stuffing.
a rusty bell at the top for a little junky bling….
Techniques for aging both can be found by clicking the links
back to my blog for instructions
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The little boiled wool tree ornaments are perfect tied
to a package or hanging from the Christmas tree.
This basket full of boiled wool Christmas trees
is headed to my local craft fair.
This project turned out to be a great repurpose project
for little or no money!
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Hi Susan! The sweater turned out fantastic as Christmas trees! I love how inexpensive this project is! Thanks for the tutorials! I’ll be checking more of your blog out! Blessings from Bama!
Thank you Susan for such a cute idea. What a lovely project and a super idea for using those woollens that have experienced that ‘oops’ moment in the laundry.
Toni xx
That is so smart and creative of you
they are adorable trees
talking to Susan LOL
Smart and cute! Love it
Oh my gosh, these trees are so cute. I love them!! Thanks for sharing this fun idea!
hugs,
Jann