A Wife and her Carpenter: Git R Done: A Summer Wreath

Do you remember this post?

Well, at the end of it, I asked y'all to vote on which wreath I should make.

Drum roll please.....

and you picked....

number two!

Well, it's almost two months later, and this is my first "git-r-done" challenge in our new house! I think I have put off making this pretty wreath, for long enough. I found this beauty via Pinterest and followed the link to this website. It was great to see how she put the wreath together, but, unfortunately, there wasn't any description of how to make the felt flowers.

So I did some good ol' google searching and came across this website. She outlines five different ways to make flowers. So armed with step-by-step directions I set to work.

First, I took a piece of pipe insulation and made it into a circle and taped the two ends together. I didn't take a picture myself, but here is an example from first home dreams. It is a really inexpensive, easy way to make a wreath.

Then, I wrapped it in fabric. I used two of those pre-cut quilt squares that you can pick up for a dollar at Joann Fabrics, Walmart, etc.

Then I spent a few hours and made flowers out of felt. To give you an idea, I purchased about twelve sheets of felt and was able to get at least three flowers out of each, depending on which ones I made. I also had four flowers that I didn't end up using on the wreath.

I then started attaching them. For this part I used hot glue and some straight pins when I needed them. I secured the first three flowers and was loving how it looked! I almost left it that way, but decided that if it looked good with three flowers...

...it would look even better with more!

Then it was time to hang it! I used some fishing line and used more straight pins and hot glue to secure it to the back. It was a bit too heavy on the flower side, so I took a bit of hot glue and secured it to the window. Because it is secured to glass, the glue should come off really easy.

Here is the finished project!