Who doesn't love a cute little wreath for under $10? Plus rosettes are hot this season and easy to make!
You'll need :
A small styrofoam wreath form
3/4 yard of wool felt
needle and thread
scissors
1/3 yard red ticking fabric
and a hot glue gun (HGG) baby...
Cut your fabric strips depending on how big you want your rosettes. My largest rosettes were 2 inch by 18inch strips. My smallest ones were 1 inch by 8 inch strips.
To make a rosette; start by twisting your felt strip and then folding the first twist back on itself. Sew it as you go along, twisting and folding it, following the curve around doing an over hand stitch.It does not have to be pretty. When it's as big as you want it;
snip the excess off and sew the loose end down.
When you have all of your rosettes made, wrap 2 inch strips of felt around your wreath form, gluing or sewing them together as you go. To get teh bumpy texture mine has, give the felt an occasional "twist" on each go around. Sew or glue the last piece down.
Make sure you play with your rosette pattern before you charge up the HGG
to make sure you know where you want to place them.
Hot glue the rosettes onto the wrapped felt piece, add your ripped strip of ticking and viola! You're done for under $10!
Let the Christmas crafting begin!!!!
Jen
Super cute, Jen! Your crafting bag-0f-tricks seems endless! I think the wreath is fabulous. Not sure if I have enough talent to make those rosettes...but I might have to give it a try and see. ~mary~
ReplyDeleteLove the wreath,I'm with Mary not sure if I could pull that off. May give it a try.
ReplyDeleteSweet Jen.
ReplyDeletethanks for the How To.
blessings
barbara jean
So cool! Thanks so much for the great idea and simple tutorial.
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Donna
so. in. love. However, I want to buy one from you .... seriously. Can I commission one from you? with white rosettes? It is FABULOUS!!! Love your crafting brain! xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteLOVE it Jen!! I've been a little addicted to making rosettes myself - linen and ticking rosettes! So fun!
ReplyDeleteLove it oh la la!!!
ReplyDeleteNow.... where is my felt??
I'm loving it! But, I doubt that my little rosettes would look as lovely.
ReplyDeleteLove it! So cute!!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Adding it to my idea file. :-) Kim
ReplyDeleteWow this is sooo great I love it! I would love one in cream!
ReplyDeleteI love that! How pretty.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, thanks for popping over the check on me. I am all consumed with graduate school! I have 2 papers and a presentation tomorrow and then a month of freedom! I think of ideas but really don't have any time for projects, much less blog about them. However, I read everyday still!
ReplyDeleteNext, LOVE the wreath! Maybe that should be a project for me in my time off!
Seriously...you make that sounds so easy!! I might have to try this, looks sooo pretty!!
ReplyDeleteHow NEAT...love this idea...thanks soooo much for showing us how to make it! I'm going to follow you along so I can see more NEAT ideas.
ReplyDeleteHope you have a FUN week!
Blessings,
Linda
Oh I love this wreath, and the rosette idea. Thank you for the instructions. I'm amazed at the number of wonderful creations you come up with so often. How do you do that?
ReplyDeleteLee Ann
This is lovely!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic idea - I totally love this!
ReplyDeleteOooh, so cute. Love that green felt. I'll admit, though, I got a little scared when you mentioned "needle and thread." :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute wreath! I really like that colour of green. It's not the traditional Christmas green.
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