Two Kids & A Husband: Burlap Wreath

I've tried to be very crafty lately and wanted to surprise my husband when he got home after a trip. I also wanted to make my home a little more inviting. I found many different wreaths that looked cute and easy to make but I decided, like I usually do, to take the ones I liked and make them my own.

Here is my finished product.

I love how the yellow flowers pop and how the stark white Fleur De Lis looks.

I didn't get all the pictures I wanted during the process because my phone died.

I'll post the ones I did get.

What you will need:
2 burlap rolls - brown - approx. 10yards
1 roll colored burlap (I couldn't find any rolls so I bought 1 yard of yellow burlap)
green metal wreath (mine is about 18 inches)
Ribbon or patterned burlap (mine is a Damask Canvas ribbon)
Fleur De Lis wodden icon - 12"
1 pkg pipe cleaners to match burlap color
scissors
Hot Glue & gun
paint (acrylic paint of your color choice)
paint brush

not pictured: hot glue sticks/gun, scissors, paint, & paintbrush

First!!!

Paint Fleur De Lis and allow to dry

Wreath making:

First I cut a bunch of the pipe cleaners in half.

Next you take one of the rolls of burlap and secure an edge to a crossbar at the top of the wreath.

Then you take the burlap from the back of the wreath and pull about 6 inches through.

Do this through all 3 openings in the wreath form.

I went from left to right and once I was at the bottom I went middle, top, middle bottom.

Each time you get to a cross bar, attach the section with a piece of pipe cleaner.

Once you have gone all the way around. Fluff and adjust your sections to make them nice and full.

Now, take the ribbon and from the front of the wreath, find a starting point

and attach it to a piece of the wire form with your pipe cleaners.

Move the ribbon around the wreath attaching at intervals to your liking.

(My ribbon was only 3 yards and did not make it all the way around the wreath.

I used this section to place my Fleur De Lis.)

For the flowers:

First you need to take and cut your burlap into strips. As you can see I couldn't find a tape measurer so I used a large candy bar I had in my office as the guide. It is about 3 inches wide.

For the small flowers I cut the burlap in half (making it go from about 36 inches in length to 18)

For bigger flowers leave burlap longer.

Now for the hard part. Fold burlap lengthwise. Take one edge of it and place a small amout of hot glue.

Roll this up tight so that the end stays together. Continue to roll two or three more times.

It should look like this:

Now, you should continue to move the fabric around the bud/center you just made. But instead of pulling it tight around the middle, let it be looser and gather it together around the bottom.

I glued as I went so it stayed together.