Hope you all had a lovely weekend! We’ve been pretty darn lazy these past two weekends. Not productive at all but to be honest, we needed the rest. I shared this wreath over at How to Nest for Less last month but since Valentine’s Day (and my birthday!) is right around the corner, I wanted to share it here too.
I made the white fabric wreath with the intention of making it simple enough that I could repurpose it for different holidays. Here is what it looks like now, all ready for Valentine’s Day.
And this is what is looked like for the baby shower I hosted.
I used a bleached muslin I purchased on sale a while ago to make these. Besides the fabric and the wreath form, I used quilting pins, my rotary cutter and a plastic measuring guide for cutting my fabric.
I used the guide and the rotary cutter to cut 3 inch squares out. It doesn’t have to be perfect and I actually liked the fraying that happened from cutting the fabric haphazardly.
Once you cut out your mountain of squares, you want to pinch and fold them so the bottom becomes a point and the tops look something like this. Again, this doesn’t have to be perfect. You’ll like the visual variety it gives if not all of them are absolutely identical.
Once you have your square folded up, use a quilting pin to get ready to attach it to the foam wreath form.
Here is a close up with the arrow pointing to the quilting pin on the wreath. Just start arranging them close together to fill up your form. I found it easier to fill in sections little by little until I reached the desired fullness. I used about 250 pins/squares of fabric for a 10 inch wreath form to get the look I have in mine.
Don’t think you need to completely cover the foam either. You’ll notice in the picture on the right below, there is foam showing but when you fluff up the fabric on the left, no one will ever know.
You can use anything you want to decorate the wreath. I bought some adorable felt hearts with button and embroidery embellishments. I simply pinned them around the wreath for an easy switch. If I cared more about Valentine’s Day, I might have made these hearts myself but I don’t so buying something was perfect.
Have you purchased a present for your Valentine yet?
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i love those sweet felt hearts! they would make great hair clips, too! 🙂
This is adorable!!! Very creative!
How clever to change it up for different events – love that!
I have purchased nothing and my daughter’s birthday is the day before V-day! Better get on that.
Very cute!
We skip the v-day gifts so I guess that makes me done. 😛
Hi Anna-
That’s a cute idea for a wreath. I love how you made it to work for different seasons. I think it would be wonderful in different colors too. Really like it with those hearts. Just for something you’re going to switch, I would have just purchased the hearts too.
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How very cute!