Fall Decor from recycled materials

As I was putting away my fall decorations, I looked at one of my favorite decorations and realized that it was entirely made from remnants of other projects. The fabric was leftover material from a muu muu I made. The stem was a small branch. The leaves from silk pansies I used for a party. The stuffing is dry beans. The curling tendril is a leftover plastic stem from flower that I had needed to be stemless. It was easy and cheap (it cost nothing). I think it is awfully cute, especially in combination with fall leaves or a scarecrow statue.

Another Fall Pillow

While I had all the stuff out and since I had another pillow from Walmart, I made another pillow and dare I say I like it better?



Did you see this little fellow? He contains the last of the fabric from my Deseret Industries Exchange find. I made a stuffed bird, a stuffed owl, and 4 of these little owls and remade the shirt for my granddaughter.



Here are the two pillows I made together.

Fall Pillow

What happens when you take this conglomeration of scraps,



and this pillow that was being clearanced at Walmart for $5,



and this tutorial?

You get this.



Do you see the owl that I highlighted in an earlier post and promised another craft using it? It is sitting on the branch.

I liked this sewing project and was able to do it from start to finish in about 3 hours.

Fall Wreath

Each year our Queen's Wreath vine takes over my chain link fence in the summer and fall season. As I prepare to plant my vegetable garden, I must cut this vine back to the ground so it doesn't interfere with the light needed for the garden. Most times I pull it back after it is dead, but last year I didn't and I realized that it might make a good base for a wreath. It was too late though, I already had tossed most of it by then. This year on Conference weekend, I pulled the still green vines away from the fence and formed them into 3 wreaths, not knowing if it would work or not. I let them dry. Here is one of the resulting wreaths.



I went to Michael's last night and found that their fall products were 80% off and I bought 2 vines for around $5 total. I wired one to the wreath and cut up the other and hot glued the leaves to the wreath. Voila! Instant cheap wreath! I am not a great arranger, but I think this turned out decently.