I love yarn wreaths, they are so easy to make and so pretty. This is my Valentine wreath.
My original intention was to create an argyle design around the wreath but I didn’t like the way it turned out. For my second go round I made a bunch of felt flowers.
Then I hot glued them to my wreath. I really like the look of the stacked flowers.
If you’d like to learn how to make felt flowers there are a lot great tutorials online already, like this one or this one.
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That is gorgeous! I LOVE the flowers you made and the colors are so pretty! Awesome:)
Super cute! I just finished a pink/white yarn wreath. Now I just need to get some ribbon an dhang it. Loving yours!
I liked your wreath so much that I made one just like yours. However I my roses are not as perfect as yours. How did yoy get the pedals so defined and perfectly formed
Hi Carla! I used my sizzix big shot with the 3-D flowers die to cut out the felt for the flowers. There is no way I could cut that nicely with scissors!
Here is the link to the same die that I used:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003JMX7C4/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_3?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B0037CCC4K&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=178WR079QGDBJEKK9QJW