It's been a minute since my last diy project and all I can say is that I have dearly missed being in touch with my creative side.
However, the idea to make a wall hanging came to mind and I decided to hop on it. I currently have a wall hanging decoration in my room but I thought it's high time I replaced it with something more intriguing.
I would also like to add that this project was made entirely from waste materials. This just makes it even more special–turning waste to something beautiful.
After gathering all the necessary items I would need to make this project, I started by drawing out a heart shape on the old office flat files.
After drawing out the hearts, I went ahead to carve the shapes out. After carving out the bigger shape, I went ahead to carve out the inner heart; giving me a hollow heart shape
After I finished carving out the shapes, I started going around the shape with my scrap yarn. This yarn remained from one crochet project I made a few months ago and I always wondered what I was going to use the scrap yarn for. I guess I finally got my answer.
Going around a heart shape with yarn takes precision and time. The more complex the shape is, the harder it gets to go round it.
It took me approximately 30 minutes to go round each heart shape. After 2 hours, I finally finished with the four heart shapes and it was time to make other parts of the project.
The next part I made was the ruffle hangers. To make them, I went around a credit card twenty times with the yarn. After that, I tied the tip to secure, went round the top with a yarn before tying and cutting off. Finally, I opened up the other end and trimmed it to ensure that all the yarns were in the same line.
After this, I added strings which I would attach to the heart shapes
The next thing I made was the flower. For the flower, I wound the wool fifteen times round my index and middle fingers. I went ahead to fasten the end. This gave me a mini puff
After making five puffs, I put a string through all the puffs and pulled them together. With the same string, I added a button to the centre of the puff flower and fastened off.
The final phase was the coupling phase. I placed the hollow hearts properly, attached the ruffle hangers, placed the flower at the centre and ensured they remained there with the help of the glue.
The final result looks amazing and is going up on my room wall first thing tomorrow morning. I left this project on a table to ensure that the glue dries off properly to prevent any mishaps.
With that, I came to the end of this adventure. What do you think of the wall hanging made of waste materials?
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