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Burlap Wreath

So here it is!  I really liked making this one...  Dealing with the burlap is messy, but worth it!

First you need your materials:

• Scissors
• Burlap (any colors you like)  I got a yard of each but used maybe half of it..  I found the fabric at hobby lobby and you will have extra so you can make one for a friend, or just get less....)  I also got 3 colors but decided to only use 2
• Wreath base (I got one for $1, but you can pretty much use anything round)
• Hot glue if you are planning to add any embellishments (I added my flower and ribbon)
• Ribbon, or anything else you want to add!

So now the fun part!  You will need to cut strips of the fabric.  About 1 inch wide or so and about 16 inches long.  Beware, this will get messy..  Put on your apron so you don't get it all over you...

Now, you just tie single or double knots all around your wreath  base with the fabric strips in any order you want.  Finish it up by fluffing it and adding whatever you would like to it!  Pretty simple huh...  Enjoy and good crafting!!

Here is mine!!



Pumpkin Wreaths

What You'll Need: 16" Styrofoam wreath form, cardboard, scissors, hot-glue gun, cotton batting, orange burlap, black adhesive-backed craft foam, green ribbon, fishing line Make It: Cut a cardboard circle to cover the back of wreath form; attach with hot glue. Place on flat surface, cardboard side down, and fill center with cotton batting until top of mound sits about 2" higher than the wreath form. Cut 15 to 20 3"x20" strips of orange burlap for wreath covering. Glue on end of each strip to center of cardboard back, then stretch all the way around the wreath and secure other end with glue. Repeat for each strip, working in a circular motion until form is completely covered with burlap. Cut out facial features from craft foam and adhere to rounded side of wreath with hot glue. Loop a 20" piece of green ribbon through the top strip of the wreath and know consecutively to create the pumpkin's stem. Hang with fishing line. Pumpkin Wreaths

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Squash Softies

 

Total Time Needed:

1-2 Hours

These warm and fuzzy fabric pumpkins will keep year after year. Try mixing textures and colors to create a mismatched patch of them.

Materials

• Fake fur, fleece, or other fabric (maybe some old fall sweaters??..!)
• Scissors
• Needle

• Dental floss
• Plastic shopping bag
• Short stick

 

Instructions

1. For each pumpkin, cut a circle from a piece of fake fur, fleece, or other fabric (ours were roughly 8 inches in diameter).
2. Thread a needle with dental floss and make a knot several inches from the end (you'll use this tail to tie the floss together). Make wide stitches around the circle as shown, about a half-inch from the outer edge. Pull the floss to gather the edges, and stuff the resulting pouch with a plastic shopping bag.
3. Place a short stick into the hole for a stem, then pull and knot the floss so that the fabric is cinched around the stick.

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 ⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7