Fall Burlap Wreath Tutorial

I finally finished my fall wreath that I have been planning to do for weeks now.  I bought a roll of burlap back in the summer with intentions of getting a head start on my fall decorating, but that didn't happen.  I have seen so many beautiful burlap wreaths on Pinterest, and I wanted to add one to my fall decor.  

Here is the roll of burlap that I purchased at Michael's.  

I planned to use a metal wreath frame, but wasn't loving the way the burlap looked on it.  I still had 2 pool noodles that I had also purchased during the summer.  So I decided to use that.  I taped the noodle together and wrapped it with brown tissue paper, because I didn't want the blue to show through.

The next step was wrap with burlap.  After wrapping with burlap, it was smaller than I wanted it.  I decided to go with a puffy wreath to make it larger.

I cut strips of burlap about about the width of the inside of the wreath.

.  Next, I folded the ends together and wrapped with floral wire. 

I didn't take a picture of the next step, but I simply wrapped heavy floral wire twice around the end of each piece.  I left about 2 inches sticking out and stuck it in the foam.  You can see from the photo below, how much larger it made the wreath.  I also stuck a piece of ribbon in there to see if I liked it.  :)

The photo below is kind of scary looking, but I wanted to make sure I had my burlap flowers evenly placed around the wreath.  Sorry the photos were taken inside, but I had to finish this last night.  

Once I had the burlap "flowers" placed on the way I liked them, I filled in the outside edges with burlap.  The photo below shows the outside filled in.  I also took a few straight pins and pinned down the rough edges of the burlap to give it a smoother look.  

Here's a quick little tip.....if you are trying to decide if you want to use rosettes or flowers, toilet tissue makes super fast, beautiful rosettes!  :)  I quickly made these and stuck them on the wreath to see if I wanted to use rosettes.  I do love the white flowers with the burlap, so when spring rolls around all I have to do is change the flowers.  Well, make real fabric rosettes that is! 

Here is the wreath after I decided to use fall flowers instead of rosettes.  This morning I took this photo, but decided it still needed some color.  

Here is the finished wreath.  I weaved some dark red ribbon through the wreath and stuck a few pieces of fall ribbon in the wreath.  I also moved my berry spray to the top.  

This was a super easy wreath to make, but this burlap is sure rough on the fingers.  It would be better to spread it over a few days instead of one night.  I just pinned my flowers on the wreath, so it can be changed seasonally.

I thank you so much for stopping by for a visit.  I always love hearing from you!  Happy Fall, y'all!!

                                                                           Kathy
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