Back in the fall, I created this burlap wreath. It was nothing special, just burlap, wreath form and a wooden letter “L” that I wrapped in twine. I had big plans for this wreath as fall turned to winter. Well, that never happened and now I have been living with the boring wreath for over half of the year. It is time to change things up, since I am getting bored with it.
To make the burlap wreath, I took the spool of burlap, cut a long chunk, and loosely wrapped it in and out of the wreath form. I continued to cut chunks of burlap and wrap it in and out of the form until the wreath appeared full. I tucked the ends under bubbles that started to form as I pulled the burlap out of the wreath form.
Seeing as St. Patrick’s Day is almost here, I thought it would be fun to add some deco mesh to the burlap. Michael’s was having a sale on the deco mesh so I thought it’d be fun to do two different colors of green. I purchased two rolls of the deco mesh, one dark green and one neon green. This would make a fun and festive St. Patrick’s Day Wreath.
To make the curly pieces using the deco mesh, I used the entire width of the mesh, as that is already nicely bound together. I started to cut pieces about 10 inches in length (not exact but roughly 10”).
Once I cut six pieces of mesh, three of each color, I rolled the mesh up the length way, leaving the bound end pieces to make the curly parts. I tried to roll them up really tight but keeping them loose at then ends.
Taking a pipe cleaner, I wrapped that around the deco mesh pieces I rolled up. I wrapped the pipe cleaner around the tightly and gently fluffed the ends of the mesh.
Taking the pipe cleaner mesh curly piece I just made, I attached that to the back of the burlap wreath. I wrapped the pipe cleaner around the wreath form a few times, making sure it was tight and wouldn’t fly off. Then I repeated this to make a total of three curly pieces attached by the pipe cleaner.
Lastly, I changed the ribbon I had on the current wreath form. Since the deco mesh is green, I decided to change the purple ribbon to a dark green ribbon. Now I created some interest to my old burlap wreath.
If you wanted to make a wreath completely filled with deco mesh, just make sure to get more rolls of the mesh and lots of pipe cleaners, but the process is the same!
The wreath looks great. I too made some on my own. I still have some deco mesh left that I bought for wreaths creation from Papermart. I know deco mesh is a very versatile material that is excellent for a huge variety of projects. So may be I’ll use them for some other project too.
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