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Beautiful Burlap & Denim Ruffled Patriotic Wreath

You will love the stately beauty that is this DIY Beautiful Burlap & Denim Ruffled Patriotic Wreath!

beautiful 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!

In fact, I think this Beautiful Burlap & Denim Ruffled Patriotic Wreath is my favorite wreath to date!

I have to confess that I woke up at 3 am in the 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.

 

Beautiful Burlap & Denim Ruffled Patriotic Wreath Video

I’ve got a super quick video that shows you all the steps to making this darling wreath.

Check it out for a quick visual rundown.

Then check out the full tutorial as you scroll down.

burlap and denim ruffled patriotic wreath supplies
Burlap & Denim Ruffled Patriotic Wreath Directions:

I started with a straw wreath form, some red satin ribbon, and my trusty Beacon’s 3-in-1 adhesive (affiliate link).

burlap and denim ruffled patriotic wreath ribbon wrapping
I wrapped the wreath form with the ribbon because I wasn’t sure how well the burlap would cover the wreath as far as being able to see the base.

Luckily it would not end up being a problem…

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

burlap and denim ruffled patriotic wreath gathering fabric for ruffles
Burlap & Denim Ruffled Patriotic Wreath Fabrics

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.

It is still perfectly flexible and feels like burlap.

Love it when that works out!

cutting fabric for burlap and denim ruffled patriotic wreath
Burlap & Denim Ruffled Patriotic Wreath Ruffles

I cut my new red burlap and more of the white burlap into 2″ strips.

Then I hand-stitched crochet thread through the top of each strip to make ruffles.

Crochet thread is thicker and manipulates the burlap better than regular embroidery thread would.

Burlap & Denim Ruffled Patriotic Wreath NOTE:

I get a lot of questions about the length of the strips I cut.

All of the fabric I used are remnants so the length varies.

This doesn’t really affect the overall project.

Once you run out of 1 strip, move on to the next.

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

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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.

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

burlap and denim ruffled patriotic wreath
I’m loving all of those ruffles!

But something is missing on that denim area…

burlap and denim ruffled patriotic wreath button stars
Burlap & Denim Ruffled Patriotic Wreath Stars

I need some “stars” for my denim.

Buttons seemed like the perfect accessories to be stars AND I have a lot of them.

So it’s time to break out the button stash!

burlap and denim ruffled patriotic wreath
I glued various sized buttons randomly to the denim ruffles.

I love the eclectic assortment of buttons!

burlap and denim ruffled patriotic wreath
Now this patriotic wreath is complete!

The rustic look is really appealing to me.

And you cannot even tell the red burlap is spray painted.

I just keep wanting to go stand on my front porch and stare at my new beautiful burlap & denim ruffled patriotic wreath!

 

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!

 

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>> See where I party! <<

 

This post was originally shared June, 2018.

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Camilla

Saturday 24th of June 2023

Nice project! I think my granddaughter and I can work on it together. May have to make two, one indoors to admire and one on the front. Thank you!

gary

Saturday 30th of March 2019

This is so creative. Loved it :)

Joanna @DIY Project

Monday 9th of July 2018

Beyond cute. Going to give it a try. Thanks for sharing such awesome wreath DIY project.

Jenny

Saturday 26th of May 2018

I love your patriotic summer wreath. I will be featuring it in my Summer Wreaths at Merry Monday on Sunday at 6pm pst. Hope to see you at the party.

Theresa

Friday 25th of May 2018

Thanks for sharing your patriotic wreath at the Inspiration Spotlight party @DearCreatives See you again soon. Pinnned & sharing.

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