Mar
25

Spring Yarn Wreath with Rag Braid Flowers

 

I absolutely LOVE all of the spring yarn wreaths that have been popping up on Pinterest.  They are all so beautiful!  Here are some of my favorites:

 

Beautiful Yarn Wreaths

 

  1. Love of Family and Home
  2. Pinkie for Pink
  3. Polkadot Afternoon (Etsy Shop)
  4. Almost Exactly
  5. Life on Lake Shore Drive

 

They are all so welcoming and cheery, I decided I wanted one for my front door, too!  At first I wasn’t sure what colors to go with, or what kind of flowers I’d make…so I bought gray yarn and various colors felt, came home, and started wrapping the wreath.

 

Wrapping yarn to make a yarn wreath | unOriginalMom.com

 

This was by far the most tedious and least fun part of the project!  My method was to wrap the yarn loosely around the wreath about 10 times, then go back and pull it tight, putting about 2 layers of yarn over the wreath so none of the straw showed through.  This took an hour or two, spaced out over two evenings while wrapping and half-watching TV.

 

If I had to do it again, I’d spend the extra few bucks for a Styrofoam wreath, just because it would be easier to wrap.  But I do like the texture the straw wreath has now that it’s covered.

 

Next was making the flowers.  I found some felt flower tutorials and started making some of those…but then I found some scraps of flannel fabric from my half-finished baby rag quilt (someday I will finish it and post about it!), and thought those colors would look great on the wreath.  So I improvised a little bit and tried to use up my scraps.

 

Flower from braided fabric scraps - so easy! | unOriginalMom.com

 

I had a bunch of long, skinny strips of fabric, and had the idea to braid them together and see what kind of “flowers” they would make.

 

It couldn’t have been any easier.  All I did was braid them together (being careful to turn the scraps so the right side of the fabric was always facing up, so the finished braid had a “right” and “wrong” side).  Then I rolled up the braid with the right side out, hot gluing as I rolled.  I think they worked out really well!

 

Flower from braided fabric scraps - so easy! | unOriginalMom.com

 

I also had some wider scraps of fabric, ranging from about 4 to 6″ wide.  I found this fabric flower tutorial from Pinkie for Pink to make these flowers!  I did ruffle them a lot more than I think I was supposed too…but I like how they turned out.

 

Spring Yarn Wreath | unOriginalMom.com

 

 

The white and teal felt flowers were on clearance at Michael’s, 2 for 99 cents.  But here’s a tutorial (also from Pinkie for Pink) on how to make similar felt flowers.

 

Spring Yarn Wreath | unOriginalMom.com

 

The hardest part was arranging the flowers together on the wreath…there were so many possibilities, it was like fitting together a jigsaw puzzle with no right or wrong way to do it!  I used straight pins to hold the flowers on the wreath as I was arranging so I could move them around, then when I was happy with it, I hot glued them on.

 

I added some colored lace for a little something extra, found some fun ribbon to hang it with, and voila!  A cheery, fun, spring wreath for our door!

 

Spring Yarn Wreath | unOriginalMom.com

 

 

Now if someone could only remind the central PA weather that it is supposed to be spring…

 

snow

(that’s the view from our front porch as I was taking pictures of the wreath.  *sigh.*)

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61 Responses to Spring Yarn Wreath with Rag Braid Flowers

  2. Love this!! Especially the braided flowers – so easy and so cute! You are totally inspiring me on this snowy day :)

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    • Thanks Kristina! The door was that color when we moved in, and it needs a touch-up, but I’m afraid to try to re-paint it because I love the shade that it is now and don’t want to mess it up!

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  4. so cute! I love the braided rose :o) Thanks for linking up to Tasteful Tuesdays!! love it! Really appreciate you stopping by my blog! I’m trying to keep in better touch with my linkers/readers… If you already follow me, please let me know I will find your blog on Bloglovin (I’m transferring my follows there)if you don’t follow in any way, would you consider following via GFC or other method?
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  10. Talk about inspiration. You have totally kicked me into gear to make a beautiful yarn spring wreath. Now to find the time to make one. Thanks so much for sharing! I love #3 the best and yours is lovely too!

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    • Glad to hear it Leslie! It took me about a week of working a little bit every day to get this one done, but if I had really wanted to (and not been limited to only working during naptimes!) I probably could have finished it in about 2 hours.

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    • Oh man, at least in PA we’re used to winter hanging around longer than it should, but you’d think Kentucky would be safe from snow at this point!

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    • Thanks Megan! I couldn’t believe it when I found those flowers on clearance at Michael’s in the perfect colors, it was meant to be :-)

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  16. These are some beautiful wreaths. I have never created a wreath myself, but I think I may even be able to pull this off :) I know our readers would love this, too. We have a weekly link up party going on now (Thursdays), and we would love to see this post and/or any others you would like to share at allthingswithpurpose.com. Hope to see you soon!

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  20. Very pretty! You did a fantastic job! Love all the different flowers you created. And I hear ya on the weather… so tired of snow!
    Thanks for linking up to this week’s Catch a Glimpse party. I’ll be featuring this tomorrow! Happy Easter!

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  22. Meredith. The wreath is absolutely beautiful and the flowers are amazing. I need to make one. thanks for sharing and so glad I saw you on Pin Me.
    Leslie

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  34. This is beautiful! I just love the colors and the flowers. Thanks so much for sharing at Clean and Scentsible. I’ll be featuring this tomorrow. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
    Jenn :)

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    • Thanks so much, Randi! I was sad to put it away last fall…and excited to bring it out again this spring! I think it’s one of my favorite projects!!

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  41. This is so very lovely! You should come join us at the Inspire Us Thursdays: Sew Needle Stitch Hook link party on The Inspired Wren.

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    • Thanks, Amy! I love making those rag braid flowers, they look great and are pretty much impossible to mess up, haha. Glad you like it!

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  46. I was forced to use a straw wreath (I live in a rural area) for my daughters’ Valentines day wreath; I was going to use grey yarn so I wrapped the wreath with grey duct tape, then the yarn. It turned out beautiful. I’m planning to make one using white yarn for spring so I bought white duct tape. Straw wreaths are way cheaper than styrofoam anyway. If you don’t like the straw, you can also cut a pool noodle from the dollar store. Cut it to preferred size, then tape the ends together securely. Voila. Also great for large wreaths.

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