Good afternoon, friends!
I have a pretty quick, easy and painless DIY Burlap Rag Wreath to show you today!
Let me back up a little bit…I’m new to the wreath world. I’ve only hung a wreath on my front door for Christmas. (remember, I come from a place with sub-zero temps through Fall and Winter…and Spring) I avoided the outdoors during the Winter like the plague…even if it was just to open the front door to hang a wreath! Brrr…I get shivers just thinking about it. Well, here in Texas, almost every front door is dressed with a wreath…or so it seems! It looks so lovely and is so welcoming. I have had some extra burlap hanging around that I needed to use up from the burlap and lace table runner I made a few weeks back and while looking for inspiration, I came across several Rag Wreath tutorials made with fabric scraps. I like making “rag” anything, it’s so simple and you don’t have to fret over it being perfect, and so my idea was born!
This is how I did it:
Gathered my supplies, I used 1 yard of the light and dark brown burlap and 1/2 yard of the rusty color.
I Cut 2.5″ strips. *no need for perfection here….that’s the beauty of “rag” anything*
I then cut them into 18″ strips.
Then, I tied the strips around my wreath form.
On most of the fabric rag wreath tutorials I read, they would tie each piece around each wire(to get a fuller look)…but burlap is a lot stiffer and harder to tie in little knots…and truth be told, I was just too lazy to take the time. So I tied the burlap in a knot around the whole thing! I had more of the brown burlaps and so I tied all of them on first and then placed the rust color in between to add a little pop of color here and there. (I knew I was going to attach sunflowers beforehand and so I put most of the rust color behind the sunflower to give them a little pop.)
Now, you can accessorize it anyway you’d like. Like I said, I used sunflowers from a bundle I already had. I used hot glue to secure them.
And then I had this idea. I’m really big into words. I also like labels. So, I combined the two.
And made wood labels with some scrap 1/4 inch plywood. They measure about 8″long by 3″wide.
I then used the Silhouette to make a stencil and dry brushed the words on!
I am so pleased with how my wreath turned out! I have it hanging on my wall right now, because I want to look at it! If it’s on my front door I don’t get to see it as much 😉
-Megan
