Here's my new spring wreath! I was totally inspired by Traci @ Branchwayquilts and her wreath on Instagram. Let me show you how I made it: I started out with a 14" wire frame from Dollar Tree that looks like this: When cutting out a quilt, and I have just a bit of fabric leftover, I cut it into 2 1/2" strips that can be used for bindings or jelly roll quilt patterns. For this wreath, I dove into my drawer of strips and took out a bunch that were "jelly bean" colored. Next came a lot of pressing! Press the strip in half, then press the edges to the middle, and press it in half again, with the raw edges inside: My strips were all different lengths. I laid them out, one above the other, on my cutting mat and used my Stripology XL ruler to cut them a bunch at a time into 7" lengths. Here's a tip from Gudrun Erla, the designer of the Stripology XL ruler--the slots end at 20", but the outside edge is at 21", which worked perfect for my cutting, as I cut at 7", 14" and 21": Once I had a good pile of strips, I started tying them on. I worked in sections. Tying them on is as simple as tying the first part of your shoelaces. It helped to alternate which side I started tying from--right over left for one strip, then left over right for the next strip. That way they didn't nest together but fluffed out and made a fuller wreath. Here's my spring wreath by our front door: After I finished that wreath, I had a heart shaped wreath form and decided to keep on making! I used up all the rest of my pink and red strips on this one! A friend asked how I store my wreaths. There was an empty wall in our utility room, above the freezer, with some nails in it when we moved into this house. That's been a great place to store wreaths when they're not in use! Grace and peace!!! ~Nancy Linking up with Tips & Tutorials on the 22nd, DrEAMi, Monday Making, Design Wall Monday, Main Crush Monday, What I Made Monday, Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down.