Burlap & Denim Ruffled Patriotic Wreath

Wow! That blog title is a mouthful! But it is what it is... And this is a

Burlap & Denim Ruffled Patriotic Wreath!

I've been wanting to make a red, white, and blue wreath for a while and finally decided to make the time for it. The final version is not what I originally imagined, but it is so much better!

I have to confess that I woke up at 3 am the other morning for no reason in particular. Could NOT fall back to sleep to save my life. So what's a girl to do? Run through design scenarios for my next craft project: the patriotic wreath! That's how the ruffles came to be.

I started with a wreath form, some red satin ribbon, and my trusty Beacon's 3-in-1 adhesive.

I wrapped the wreath form with the ribbon because I wasn't sure how well the burlap would cover the wreath. Luckily it would not end up being a problem...

Because I ran out of ribbon thus the gap in the above picture.

Next step: Gather my fabrics!

I could have sworn I owned some red burlap. But apparently I imagined that!

So I spray painted some white burlap I had on hand, and it worked like a dream.

Love it when that works out!

I cut my new red burlap and more of the white burlap into strips. Then I hand-stitched crochet thread through the top of each strip to make ruffles.

I glued the ruffles to the back of the wreath, layering the white and red.

Then I started wrapping the ruffles around the wreath. When I would get to the end of a strip of ruffles I would glue on another one. I wrapped about 3/4 of the wreath this way. I think I ended up using 5 strips of red and 6 of white.

I repeated the ruffling technique with the denim material and proceeded to wrap the rest of the wreath.

I'm loving all of those ruffles! But something is missing...

I need some "stars" for my denim so it's time to break out the button stash!

I glued various sized buttons randomly to the denim ruffles. 

Now its complete!

The rustic look is really appealing to me. I just keep wanting to go stand on my front porch and stare at it!

:)

So the lesson here is: If you wake up in the middle of the night and can't go back to sleep, ponder you next craft project. You may just perfect it!

Linking up to the burlap fabric giveaway at Domestically Speaking.