Make It Do Monday - Felt Flower Wreath

Monday, November 07, 2011

I've wanted to make a wreath for our door for ages. In the spirit of Make It Do, I hoped to make a wreath that I could change with the seasons and one that would use up some of my extras. And this one does just that!  
I wrapped strips of linen scraps I had laying around the styrofoam wreath form (which I salvaged from my mom's craft project reject pile).  Then, using my beloved Accuquilt cutter, I made a bunch of felt flowers. I chose black for Halloween but my plan is to change them out (and use up all my scraps!) for each holiday and season.  Just imagine red + silver for Christmas and yellow + gray + turquoise for spring.  Working on changing it out for Thanksgiving now - the Go!Baby fabric cutter makes it super easy.....
...plus Jack loves using the machine to crank them out!

 I used the Funky Flower die cut to make about 20 flowers. I pinched each flower, adding dimension and then pinned in place.  The pins make it easy to move the flowers around and eventually change out when I'm ready for something new! 

3 comments :

Unknown said...

This looks amazing, Alissa. :) I love the simplicity of it!

Dotty said...

It is beautiful. I feel inspired as I've been meaning to make a wreath for a few years. I love that you can change it with the seasons

Live a Colorful Life said...

I think I might need to get that die for my Go Baby.