felt rose wreath tutorial

Do you need a great Valentine’s Day wreath? But don’t want to spend a lot of money? Then this tutorial is for you! You only need to spend about $5 on this project and it will look like you have spent much more! A little warning: it is a little time consuming; however, it will be worth it! Ready? Here we go….

{what you need}

Pluming insulation tube {$1.28 at Home Depot}

Plastic bags {recycled}

Tape: masking tape or packaging tape

1 yard red felt {$4.99/yd with 40% off coupon = about $3 from Hancock Fabrics}

Glue: hot glue or craft glue

Fabric scraps

{what you do}

First thing you need to do cut your pluming insulation tube to your desired size. It comes 6 ft in length which would make a very large wreath. I cut off about 4 ft for this wreath.

This next step is VERY IMPORTANT!! You MUST stuff the tube with plastic bags otherwise your wreath will not maintain a circular shape! Why plastic bags? Well, I have a TON of them and they needed to be used for something, and they are soft and still let the tube to be flexible, and it was free!

I used a long dowel to really stuff them in there. Once the tube is stuffed connect the ends to make a circle and secure using tape.

This next step is optional

Wrap the wreath in fabric scraps. I used leftover white fabric that I had. You can use red too or a coordinating fabric. You won’t see the fabric when you hang up your wreath. I did it to make the back of the wreath look more complete/finished because I did not cover the whole wreath in flowers.

 Sorry, no pictures of just the fabric wrapped wreath.

View of back of finished wreath...

Now let’s make some flowers!

Using the felt, cut circles as shown… 4-5in in diameter. I made some large, medium, and small ones.

Then cut the circle into a spiral…

Starting from the outside of the spiral, roll the felt…

I like to fold over the felt in sections to create more dimensions…

Keep rolling…

Bottom

Use hot glue or craft glue on the bottom of the rose…

Secure the end of the spiral to the bottom of the flower…

Ta-da!

Now make about 200 more of them! :-D

This takes a while. I cut a bunch of spirals first and then glued them. All while watching TV/movies :)

Once the flowers are all made start gluing them onto your wreath, in no particular pattern/order. I used craft glue because I didn’t want to deal with all of those hot glue strings.

I did not put flowers on the back of the wreath. This way it takes less flowers {and time!} and the wreath lies flat when it is hung up.

To make a hanger I used an upholstery or yarn needle to sew a loop of yarn on the back, making sure you go thru the pluming insulation tube. Tie and secured with some hot glue.

A Command hook on the door and your wreath is ready to be hung!  

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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handmade valentine's day decor

Here is a little handmade Valentine’s Day décor round up. Every project here cost just a few dollars or pennies to make. Being creative and using what you have you can decorate for less! The most I spent on one project was about $5 for the wreath! I will show you how in an upcoming tutorial!

LOVE print : old frame from IKEA painted blue and LOVE wrapping paper from Target dollar section

Heart print : old frame from IKEA and old book page painted with a heart using ink and watercolors

LOVE letters: post: a little love

Origami heart bouquet

LOVE print: old frame from IKEA and LOVE wrapping paper from Target dollar section

Red, pink and purple circle garland using a circle punch and sewing them together

Felt rose wreath: tutorial to come!

 

Book page heart garland: post: valentine's decor

Now it is time to decorate with love!

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closet organization project: skirt hanger

Here’s a little closet organization project to cut down on hanging space.  When I hung up my skirts they just took up too much space….

So I came up with a solution…

A vertical skirt hanger.

Here’s how to make one…

{what you need}

2 strips of fabric 2 ½ in wide … length is your to your desire.. mine were about 2 ½ ft

Interfacing

Ribbon … 1 in wide

Snaps or Velcro

{what you do}

Iron interfacing onto your strips. I pieced together some scraps I had.

Sew the two strips together right sides together on 3 sides using a ¼ seam {the two long sides and one short side}…

Turn

Note: I usually don’t clip corners. I think it weakens them. I just take a mechanical pencil {without lead} and poke the corners. It works great to get them nice and square.

Press flat





This part is a little tricky…

At the top {the side not sewn} iron a section perpendicular to the rest of the strip. This will be the part that will wrap around a closet rod. Make sure you have enough fabric to wrap around your closet rod with extra to add the fastener. I measured and pinned the fabric to where I would iron. My closet rod is only about 1 ½ in in diameter and I ironed about 5-6in at the top.

Top stitch the top section only.

I hope these pictures will help me explain this next part. It is hard to put into words….

Below the top  section, sew across the strip like this… {follow along with the pictures}

Then sew each corner….

Again, sorry for the rough explanation. It is much easier to do than to explain! You’ll get it! {And I think following the pictures will be better than a confusing explination.}  

Cut your ribbon pieces into 4 in sections. Then finish the ends by melting them a little with a flame. I used 7 on each side for a total of 14 pieces of ribbon. Depending on the length you chose you may need more or less.

Fold the ribbons in half and pin them to the fabric strip, one on each side of the fabric. I evenly spaced them and pinned them 4in apart.



Sew across each set of ribbons.

Finish the open side then add your snaps or Velcro to the top section like so...

Hang in your closet.

Hang in your closet.

Enjoy your newly organized closet space.

I used this for skirts but it can also be used for any of your clothes. Pants and baby/kid clothes would work great!

Update {3.30.12}
The organizer is working great! The snaps are strong enough to hold all my skirts... it is pretty heavy. If you have any questions let me know or leave a comment! :)

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