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DIY: Christmas Wreath

Posted on by joeygolata

Hi everyone and welcome back to my blog! Today I am going to do another DIY!

For this DIY Christmas wreath you will only need 5 things that you possibly have lying around your house!

Supplies:

  1. Fabric (I used green and red fabric and got a yard of each at Joann’s)
  2. Scissors ( fabric scissors work best but aren’t mandatory)
  3. Wire wreath frame (or you can use a hanger and bend it into a circle)
  4. Hot glue gun
  5. Any extra pieces of fabric for a bow or other accessories!

Process:

  1. Cut the fabric! I cut my fabric into strips to be about 8 inches long and 1 inch wide. When I cut the fabric I wasn’t too careful about it because I didn’t want everything to look perfect or pristine. I was leaning towards it looking messy but classy.
  2. Tie! After I cut some fabric I started tying the fabric to the wire frame. Once I finished knotting the fabric I would go back and cut some more and repeat this process until I filled my frame with knotted fabric. After I finished I decided I wanted it to have more volume so I added even more fabric to the frame and scrunched it with my hands to look particularly fluffy.
  3. Make the bow! Once I tied all the fabric to my wreath I decided to make a bow. I used a chevron pattern to make the bow. I cut out two strips of the fabric in the same length (probably about 9 inches each). I then took each strip of fabric and stapled each one into a circle. I then cut out a longer piece of fabric (2 feet)  to use for the tail of the bow. I then cut out a small piece of fabric (4 inches) to be used later. After I had everything cut out I took both  my circles and accordion folded them and placed them next to each other. I then look the long piece of fabric and put it behind the two scrunched circled and stapled them all together. After that I took my smallest piece of fabric and placed it in the center of the bow and stapled it in the back so all the previous staples will go unseen. I then took my scissors and cut the tail of the bow to the length I liked and made one end of the tail slightly shorter than the other.
  4. Finishing it up! Once I made my bow to my liking I hot glued my bow to my wreath and then I was done!photo

Thank you for reading! I hope you liked it and if you have any questions just let me know! Of course you can use any colors or accessories you would like to make it your own!

P.S. 11 days till Christmas!