I was feeling crafty today and like taking a break from searching for pattern ideas for the next quilt project for Christmas.

I’ve been taking a simple approach to the Christmas decor in our house this year, which basically means only a few of the decorations are making it out, as opposed to the somewhat cluttered feel I can tend to give the house during Christmas time.

One of the Christmas items I took out is our Christmas wreath.  As soon as it was out, I felt the urge to give it a makeover.  Perhaps you’ll agree it needed one:

Sure, it’s a classic look, but with all of the Pinterest-ing I’ve been doing lately, I felt like starting over.

I pulled all of the pieces apart.

Then, I took a bunch of my red fabric I’ve been working with lately, and just laid it out.

In my mind, I just wanted to have a simple wreath, with a simple decorative look.  To do that, I found strips of fabric long enough to make bows.  One bow was small, the other large.  I sewed the little bow onto the big bow and tied them to the wreath.

It looks better already!

I thought I was done, but I didn’t quite like the look.  I added one sprig with 3 pinecones and one sprig of berries.  To me, it finished the look.

I hung it on our door with another strip of red fabric, which brought everything together.

Hurray for simplification and makeovers!