Burlap & Denim Ruffled Patriotic Wreath

You will love the stately beauty that is this DIY 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 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.

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.

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

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 2″ strips.

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

Edit: 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.

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 my new burlap and 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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