Upcycling

Our workshop today was to make flower cushions from felted sweaters we no longer needed, or from charity shop finds.

Once felted in the washing machine the sweaters were dissected and the fun began.

the task of cutting a front,backs and over 40 petals was thirsty work!

Then we'd to sew all those petals into 3 long garlands.

Next we pinned the first garland of petals in place and stitched them down.

This round was closely followed by a second round

and before we knew it the final round was in place and it was time to sew it all together.

The finished cushions were really lovely and it proved a great way to use an old sweater.