ruffle wreath {a tutorial}

I spent yesterday with my friend Rae while our husbands were doing important things like putting out fires and rescuing kittens from trees {by the way, do you know that fire fighters don’t really do that? Ryan gets slightly annoyed at the mention of it}. Anyway, we let the seven children of ours run wild while we did a little bit of Autumn crafting.  She needed a new fall wreath for her front door and so we created this little beauty:

How about a tutorial?

Here’s what you’ll need:

:: styrofoam wreath

:: burlap

:: scissors

:: needle & thread

:: straight pins {not shown – oops}

:: hot glue gun {also not shown, but definitely necessary}

STEP ONE: cut three long strips of burlap {4″ x 70″}

STEP TWO: wrap the wreath with one burlap strip

secure the start and end with straight pins

STEP THREE: gather the burlap strips into ruffles

Because of the loose weave, tie your thread to the fabric to hold in place. Then start stitching.

Now pull your thread to gather the burlap

STEP FOUR: attach the ruffle to the wreath

attach the first ruffle to the back of the wreath, pinning in to hold with straight pins.

then add hot glue to secure.

Flip over and this is your first layer.

STEP FIVE: attach second ruffle

Starting from the inside of the wreath, pin down the second layer.

And you’ll have this:

We added some seasonal embellishments {a bunched up fabric flower, a satin flower, some feathers, a glitter bird and tag}

Love it!

Here is her front door before {wearing a spring wreath}:

And now:

Perfectly Autumn-ish.