DIY Spring Wreath Tutorial

Spring has sprung here in the South, and what better way to welcome the new season than with a pretty wreath to dress up your front door?

For just a few bucks, you can create a custom spring wreath in under an hour. This wreath is embellished with fabric flowers and a mini-monogram letter, but dried or artificial flowers would work fine too.

Here's what you will need: Grapevine wreath ($4.99 at craft store), fabric, glue gun, scissors, small wooden letter (19 cents at craft store), small paint brush and acrylic paint.

Here's how to make it: 

First, paint your tiny wooden letter with the acrylic paint. It will dry quickly. While that dries, create your fabric flowers.

There are several types of fabric flowers you can make. Here is a helpful tutorial: Living Locurto. I used two different types for my wreath.

For the first type, I simply cut a long strip of fabric, approximately an inch wide and 12-15 inches long. Rip instead of cutting if you want it to have rough edges. (I did both.) Then fold the fabric in half, roll one end a little bit to create the center of the flower, and hot glue it so it stays rolled. Then start winding and twisting the fabric around itself until you've formed your flower, dotting glue periodically to keep it in place. Hot glue a circle of fabric onto the back to ensure that it stays together, and to create a surface to attach to your wreath.

For the second type of flower on my wreath (The black and white ones at the top and bottom), I used a different method. I cut several circles of fabric, all the same size. I used a circle of felt as the base, and then simply folded a circle in half, and then in half again, and glued it down. I did this with several fabric circles until my flower was formed.

Once you've made your flowers, arrange them and hot glue them to your wreath. Glue your letter to one of the flowers, hang and you're done!

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