Supplies Needed:
~ Styrofoam Wreath {can be found at any craft store}
~ DMC floss, various colors
~ Burlap or any fabric, cut into strips roughly 2” wide
~ Felt, various fall colors
~ Fabric flowers {mine are made of felt and silk}
~ Needle
~ Pins
Cut burlap into strips, roughly 2” wide. My strips were about two feet long, so
I needed roughly four strips of burlap.
Then take the strips of burlap and wrap them around the
wreath, overlapping as I went along.
I used pins to make sure the ends of each piece stayed in place.
Next step, and the most time consuming part, making the
leaves. Cut leaves from the
various colors of felt. Depending
on how many leaves you want on your wreath will determine how many you’ll need
to cut. I used about 20 on my
wreath.
Take your first color of DMC embroidery floss and cut a
piece {I cut about 15 inches}, thread it into your needle, then tie a knot at
the non-threaded end. Starting
from the backside and bottom of one leaf, push the needle and thread
through. Put the needle back
through the felt leaf roughly ½ centimeter up the side of the leaf. Continue this process all the way around
the leaf. Tie a knot at the end,
cut the remaining thread, and start the process all over again on the next
leaf.
Making the fabric flowers {you can skip this and leave the
flowers off the wreath to save more time}. HERE is a fabulous tutorial on how to make fabric flowers by
Tatortots and Jello.
Once you have ‘decorated’ all your leaves and created your
flowers, you’re ready to finish the wreath!
This is the fun part {but also the part that took me the
longest- cause I couldn’t make up my mind!} Take the felt leaves you made and lay them around the wreath
however you like. Place the fabric
flowers on top of the leaves. I put the majority of mine on one half,
and three on the opposite side. Once you have the leaves and flowers where you’d
like, you can use pins {or glue, or whatever you’d like} and stick the leaves and
flowers in place.
And… done! You
have a fun and festive wreath for fall and the Thanksgiving season!
What do you think of this wreath? I'd love to hear your thoughts!
