Burberry Wreath

 Last week, while vacationing near

Seaside Beach Florida, I stumbled across this

"Burberry" sweater.

You would have thought I struck gold.

 

 

 

I knew I could put it to good use.

It was way too small for me to wear,

but for my up-cycled sweater wreaths,

it was perfect.

 

 

It was made from cotton and acrylic.

Had some beautiful cabling,

and was a nice neutral.

 

 

 

I went to the Burberry site hoping for some

inspiration on how to proceed.

In the end I went with the

traditional.

 

Back in the day

when I was a Victoria's Secret

store manager, I won a contest

and the prize was a "Burberry" umbrella

from Harrods.

The umbrella has been since lost or stolen

(I'm not sure which, just one day I realized it was gone)

but I did still have the iconic plaid

umbrella sleeve.

 

I went to work this morning

crafting and creating.

Covered a sixteen inch wreath frame with the sleeves,

created a few flowers.

I used some of the fabric for the centers and then

made a simple bow.

 

I used a couple of other cotton sweaters

to make some contrasting black and white flowers.

 

Reattached the shell buttons

and of course the label.

 I hope someone will see it and love it.

You can find this and many more

unique wreaths at

Nanniepannie

on etsy.