Easy To Make Gorgeous Denim Wreath – You’ll Want On Your Door

Craft a gorgeous denim wreath from old jeans seams and decorate it with handmade upcycled felt flowers. This eco-friendly DIY project is a stylish way to add charm and sustainability to your home decor.

Updated Aug 2024

You don’t need much to create your stunning door wreath. This denim wreath was made by upcycling old clothes such as jeans and sweaters.

One of the things I have discovered since blogging is that door wreaths aren’t just for Christmas. This is not a life-changing discovery but a revelation to me as a Brit!

Now, I make door wreaths regardless of the season or my British neighbours’ thoughts. My latest creation is an upcycled sweater and denim wreath.

Recycle Sweater Scraps and Jeans into a Denim Wreath

I hate waste, which is why I’m such a fan of upcycling. The other week, when I made a patchwork recycled sweater blanket, I kept all the felt and denim scraps, knowing that I would eventually think of something to do with them.

It didn’t take long for that lightbulb moment to happen. I realized I could use the scraps to make a gorgeous wreath for my door. I used denim seams for the wreath’s base and felt roses from the felt scraps.

My recycled floral denim wreath is a lovely door decoration. It is a wreath for all seasons. I have two other door wreaths, an upcycled map leaf wreath and a felted acorn wreath, but these are just for fall.

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What I used to make a floral denim wreath

• Felted sweater scraps – If you don’t have any to hand, you can use standard bits of felt
• Recycled jeans seams
• Wire floral wreath frame
• Floristry Wire
• Floristry tape
• Fabric Mod Podge
• Hot glue gun

How to make an upcycled sweater denim wreath

Making the felt flowers

Step 1: Making fabric roses is the first thing you must do. They are identical to my beautiful map roses and denim flower bouquet. Use the same petal template as with the map roses.

However, as felt is thicker than paper, you won’t need to make as many petals for the felt roses. Each flower is made with approximately ten petals.

Use fabric Mod Podge to glue the first petal to the central stem and each subsequent petal.

Step 2: Next, make a simple leaf out of green felt. Fold a small square of felt into quarters and cut out a basic leaf shape.

Also, nick a small hole in the corner and then thread the stem through it. Keep the leaf in place with a dab of Mod Podge.

Step 3: Make felt roses in different colours until you have at least seven finished roses.

How to make the denim wreath

The good bit about making the denim base for this wreath is that it is no-sew jeans upcycle that repurposes the jeans’ seams.

Step 4: The denim wreath base is so simple to make. Wrap the recycled jeans seams around the wire wreath frame, securing them with a hot glue gun as you go around.

Once the whole frame is covered in denim, add the felt roses by wrapping their wire stems around it.

If you want your wreath to be an all-denim affair, you could make these DIY denim daisies out of leftover seams and belt loops instead of felt roses.

I’m chuffed with how this denim wreath turned out, especially since it was made from scraps of other upcycled projects. I like the felt sweater roses, and I will make some more to decorate.

I’ve made other upcycled flowers from old clothes that look great on this wreath. There are gorgeous denim pom-pom flowers, DIY sunflowers and fabric Chrysanthemums if you want a double denim look with the wreath. However, if you stick to felt flowers on the wreath, check out my tutorials for felt succulents.

I have another colourful wreath made from repurposed yarn and fabric scraps.