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| My fall wreath |
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| Ben helping me out* |
So I made a wreath from my front door and posted a pic on Facebook. I got lots of sweet comments, and someone even asked if I used a tutorial to make it. Yes, I did use a tutorial - my mom standing across the table showing me what to do..... But that doesn't help my FB friends very much..... So, I thought I'd just write down what I did so you can make your own if you want to!
Materials:
18" wreath form
Pipe cleaners that match your large mesh ribbon
21" deco mesh ribbon
Burlap ribbon
Wire edged ribbon
Picks and silk flowers
Hot glue gun and fireproof fingers :)
How to do it:
1. I started by twisting 10 brown pipe cleaners to the inside ring of a wire wreath form - evenly space. I hot glue the back when I have them where I want them so they stay put.
2. Twist 10 more brown pipe cleaners to the outside ring of the wreath form, spacing them out so they are between the pipe cleaners on the inner ring. Glue in place.
3. Start with your wide mesh on the inner ring. Fold edge of mesh under an inch or 2 and secure doubled mesh with a pipe cleaner. Twist it tight, but leave room to twist more above it.
4. Using your hand to squish it all together, pull mesh out to the third pipe cleaner, then secure with the 2nd pipe cleaner, making a bump. Then pull it to #4 and secure to #3, etc. Continue until you have made the circle. Be sure to finish the inner ring by pulling the mesh to #2 and securing back to #1. (You can make your bumps bigger if you want - this is just how I measure.)
5. Continue with same mesh and jump over to the outer ring. (I don't like to cut it and start again, so I just keep on going with the strand attached to the inner ring.) You can make a little bump when you jump, but you don't have to..... Use the same method to secure your mesh around the outside - secure to 1, pull to 3, secure to 2, etc......
6. Finish the circle by clipping mesh just a little longer than your usual "bump" so you can fold it under like you did when you started; and attach to #1 on the outer ring.
7. Now you can "fluff" the mesh to your hearts content and see whatcha got! It might look thin at first, but you are gonna fill in holes with your other ribbon and any flowers/picks/bows that you are using.
8. After fluffing, I started going around again with the burlap ribbon, randomly attaching it to the inner and outer ring as I saw fit - not necessarily to each pipe cleaner. I like it to weave in and out, through the middle, around the outside of a bump, etc. so it looks flow-y and fills in the gaps. Reattach to the beginning.
9. On this wreath I used a second ribbon and did the same thing as the burlap and tried to tie it down in opposite places. I also tried crossing some under the burlap so it doesn't look so layered. I have done wreathes with only 1 ribbon, and they look good too.
10. Attach whatever flowers/picks/bows that you want either with the pipe cleaners, or by securing them to the wreath form. I didn't glue mine in place, but you could.....
11. Twist all the pipe cleaners to the back of your wreath to hide them.
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Look what an awesome wreath you made! Take a pic and post it on FB so
everyone will think you are amazing, even though they are pretty easy to
make, though a little time consuming!Let me know if something doesn't make sense! Happy Hallow-Thanks-Xmas- wreathing!
*I asked Ben to hold the storm door so I could take a pic - he though he had to hold it exactly where my hand had been..... just a little higher baby!! :)
