Last Autumn I made a tulle wreath and had SO much fun with it, I knew I’d have to make another wreath this year. I never did get to a tulle Christmas wreath and when I saw that our Dollar Store had wreath-making supplies (for $1.00! ;o) I knew I had to make one. I have plenty of tulle and fabric, so I didn’t buy any other supplies there, but I did buy two little paper mache owls that I LOVE.
Are you ready for a tutorial?
Let’s Get Started!
You’ll need…
- Sewing scissors
- Fabric scraps (if you don’t have any, fat quarters would be great)
- Wreath form (or wire, or an embroidery hoop, or anything that forms a circle like that)
- Hot glue gun (for your embellishments)
1. Take a square of fabric and make snips along one side about 1 1/2 inches apart. Then rip the fabric into strips. The length will depend on how much border you want.
(Little ones love to help with the ripping. I mean LOVE. Emma was really getting into all this legal destruction.)
2. Start tying the strips onto the wreath form. This can be tedious but if you turn on an audio book or a good movie you’ll be done in no time!
You can also use more fabric and cover the wreath form completely with the rag ends, but I like the fabric strip look. :) I also had considered winding one long, wide strip of fabric around the whole wreath so that it was completely covered in one fabric (with no rag ends), but this won out this time. I might do that next time, though.
3. After the entire wreath was covered, I glued the owl to the wreath with a hot glue gun and made a few fabric flower rosettes (here’s a video tutorial if you aren’t sure how to make them) as well.
Ta da! Finished. :)
This is such a great scrap-buster project. :) If anyone decides to make one, I’d love to see it!
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That turned out so cute! I love the owl too, so I’m going to see if our Dollar Tree has them. I made a yarn wreath last week, but I still haven’t added the embellishments..
Are you going to blog about your yarn wreath? I would love to see! :) And the dollar store is a great place for embellishments – they had some cute little birds that I loved, too. Hope you find them!
Very cute! Just pinned it!
that is beautiful!
Love this wreath…going to have to try it when our house is back to normal. Thanks for sharing it!
Pretty! I tried making one of these last year, but stupidly bought one of those wire wreaths and got tired of trying to fill it up! Though Soren also loved the ripping part. I think I’ll try again with a thicker wreath for like this one.
I’m pinning it on Pinterest for you!
Definitely try again! It didn’t take long at all with the thicker wreath. :) And thank you for the pin!
so cute! i’m sure i have plenty of fabric scraps to do this
This wreath is beautifully sweet :) You definitely made me want to make one!
Really beauriful! I love the owl!
Just darling! I will give it a try! -Your instructions are perfect and the pics are adorable! Thank you for sharing!
Wow Lindsey, this is so sweet ! I want to try it too with my kids… Keep on the good work and thanks!
I love this! It’s so bright and colorful! Love the rosettes and that owl is awesome!!
So pretty! Love the colors and the owl.
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that wreath turned out great! I am always afraid to make big decorative crafts but this makes me want to give it a try!
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That is adorable, love it!!
Looks great!! The cute owl was a nice touch!
sooo very cute! I homeschool my boys & we will try this for sure!!