{Burlap Wreath Tutorial}

After sorting through old photos I found these and I was super pumped!  I had totally forgotten that I had taken pictures while making my wreath!  Lots have asked for the steps so here they are!

The finished product!

Cutting your circles--this is the most time consuming of course because burlap is no fun to cut!  Cut out tons--probably like 30 of 2 different sizes.  I didn't use a template, I just started cutting.  But if I had to guess I would say like 2 inch circles and 2 1/2 inch circles would be correct.  After cutting go ahead and grab a hand full and glue them together layering the smaller on top of the larger.  These will be your plain circles to fill in with at the end.

Fabric.  I literally just cut some out here.  I chose fun bright colors and none of them made much sense.  I just worked with what was in my material tub.  I think not matching them made the wreath look more "fun".

Ribbon-I also chose different ribbon that I had--again, nothing matched it was totally random.  I just cut tons of little strips--probably 1 inch long.

I added these embellishments--I can't remember what they are called (my mind is blank) but they are little metal circles that you have to use your alligator punch (in the picture above this, it is pink) and punch through 2 circles to make them stick together.

Get out that hot glue gun and start randomly gluing.  I did make sure to space out between the ones that had ribbon and the ones that had material.  I put all my colored circles (ones with ribbon and material) on first and then went back and filled in with the plain circles.

Layered

And you are done!

{burlap banner}

 I {LOVE} burlap.  These are some pics of some banners I made for a photographer to use.  For the tutorial on how I made them check out my creating a burlap banner post.

{Creating a Burlap Banner}

Super cute and soooo super easy!  Here is an example of my Easter Banner I made.  

Supplies:

Burlap

Stencil (I used a 4 inch stencil, but go with the size you want your overall banner to be)

paint (any color)

scissors

twine/jute

pins

ribbon of your choice

First start with making a template of how big to cut your burlap.  I swear this was the most time consuming thing of the entire project! I have seen banners made with squares instead of flags and that would probably be easier than the flags--go with the style you want.  I traced a letter onto a lid of a shoe box and then drew a triangle around it using a ruler.  Super easy.

With a foam brush I simply used white craft paint and filled in the stencil

Burlap Wreath

I made this wreath almost a year ago and never posted it--it has been used for so many showers and parties.  I can't rave about it enough.  Sometimes we hang a name in the middle or even a monogram by fishing line.  Fabulous!

I cut out lots of circles (not measuring by any means because burlap is so hard to cut perfectly) and then I glued and glued them together with hot glue adding ribbon and random fabric I had in my fabric tub. I bought the wreath for $2.99 at AC Moore on sale.  It is a simple grapevine wreath.

My next goal is to make seasonal ones when I find the time.  I bought the fabric for a Christmas wreath, but it never got made.