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St. Patty's Day Wreath

Posted on the 28 February 2012 by Vixenmade @vixenMade
Well, in a few days it's officially March.
Winter has passed us by and I am so glad for that.  It was a great winter, mild and warmer than usual, but I am a spring and summer kinda gal.
With spring around the corner comes St. Patrick's day!
So today I thought I'd share with you a cute and festive St. Patty's Day wreath.  I'm not Irish, but I do consider myself lucky!
Here's what we're making:

St. Patty's Day Wreath

What you'll need:  
wreath form (I found mine for $1 as Christmas clearance)
fabric scraps (lots of green colored fabric)
hot glue gun
felt scraps, ribbon, any other embellishments you wish to use


St. Patty's Day Wreath
St. Patty's Day Wreath
Take your green scraps and rip or cut 2 inch strips.  
St. Patty's Day Wreath
Hot glue the end of one strip and start wrapping your wreath.  
St. Patty's Day Wreath
Add hot glue every so often and continue to wrap your wreath until it's all covered.
St. Patty's Day Wreath
St. Patty's Day Wreath
Using a knit jersey like fabric (it doesn't have to be, just as long as it's a light and flowy fabric), an old t-shirt works great, cut out 3 inch circles.
St. Patty's Day Wreath
I'm not sure how many I used, but I'm guessing about 15-20.  Also, your circles don't have to be perfect since it won't matter.
St. Patty's Day Wreath
With each circle piece, add a dab of glue in the center.
St. Patty's Day Wreath
Then bunch the fabric at the center point with your fingers.
St. Patty's Day Wreath
This will make small gathered pieces like this.
St. Patty's Day Wreath
Start gluing them onto the bottom corner of your wreath, keeping them fairly close together.
St. Patty's Day Wreath
St. Patty's Day Wreath
You can make your ruffled bunch as big or as small as you like.  This is what you'll create.
St. Patty's Day Wreath
Now get to your small scraps.
St. Patty's Day Wreath
Cut small triangle pieces out of a few different fabrics and cut a piece of thin ribbon about 12 inches in length (also depends on the width of your wreath).
St. Patty's Day Wreath
Glue along the top of the back of your triangle.
St. Patty's Day Wreath
Attach the ribbon along the top.
St. Patty's Day Wreath
Keep attaching your traingle pieces along the piece of your ribbon.  You should only need about 5 or 6 triangles on your mini bunting.
St. Patty's Day Wreath
Hot glue the two ends of the bunting onto the wreath.  Then trim your ribbon ends.
St. Patty's Day Wreath
St. Patty's Day Wreath
Using your felt scraps and a template of a shamrock (I used my kiddo's foam stickers, but here's a good template), trace and cut them out.
St. Patty's Day Wreath
St. Patty's Day Wreath
I did a smaller size out of the white felt as well.
St. Patty's Day Wreath
Now hot glue each shamrock to the ends of the bunting.
St. Patty's Day Wreath
Then glue the white ones on top.
St. Patty's Day Wreath
And that's it!
St. Patty's Day Wreath
St. Patty's Day Wreath
Now you have yourself a St. Patty's Day wreath!
St. Patty's Day Wreath
  
Hope you all have a wonderful day!
And remember to enter my giveaway if you haven't done it already!!

St. Patty's Day Wreath


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