I’ve been a rubbish blogger lately, I know. My new year resolution is to do better. But I have been making things, and to prove it, here’s the Christmas wreath I started a while ago.
I’m incredibly pleased with it! And with the rattan circle I picked up from Hobbycraft (we now have one in York!) instead of the polystyrene circle I was thinking of.
Before I glued the centre buttons in place, I threaded a length of florists’ wire through the shank, then bent it in half, and just pushed it into the wreath. The flowers are a bit liable to fall off if roughly handled, but it’s safely on the wall (I’m not risking it on the front door!) so they’re not going anywhere. I just need to find a suitable sized box to store it in.
There are 25 flowers in total, with between five and ten petals each, so including the centres that’s over 200 circles of fabric I cut out. All by hand. I think I’m circled out for the time being! But I can see that a less Christmassy one would be pretty too, perhaps on a heart shaped base if I can find one.
And that’s it from me for tonight. Have a lovely Christmas, may your stockings be full of wonderful crafty things (and if they aren’t, well, that’s the perfect excuse to treat yourself…!)
That’s lovely! And Merry Christmas, Helen!
Very nice! I haven’t seen these in the states yet. We’ll probably start seeing classes announced this Spring. What a great way to use up scraps as well as create something unique. I also love the flowered chinzty ones you made at the class.
Your wreath is beautiful! Merry Christmas!!
Happy Christmas to you Helen! I have been admiring your Kate Davies hoodie on Ravelry, it is stunning!
Gorgeous, what a great idea!
Merry Christmas! I hope you and your family (and the mogs) had a splendid holiday.