This year I have been trying to make things using materials I have on hand.
In early Spring my granddaughter and I built a cold frame to grow lettuce and radishes. We built it from bricks and a window we already had. We're still enjoying the lettuce and pick almost every day.
COVID19 has me staying home and avoiding stores as much as possible.
We hosted a July 1st party last year, our first summer in this home, so I had a few things left over.
I used these scarves that I bought at the dollar store to tie around potted plants. I also used them as tiebacks for the curtains on the gazebo.
I washed them at the end of summer and put them away.
To make the wreath I used four of the scarves. Two red and two white.
I also used straight pins to secure the scarves to the wreath form and some florist's wire to form a looped hanger.
The elastics were used to hold the loops for the bow.
Starting with one end of a scarf I gathered it a bit and secured it to the wreath frame with straight pins.
Wrap the scarf around the wreath covering the pins.
Continue wrapping and add the second scarf using the pins to secure.
Tuck the ends of the scarf under an adjacent loop and secure with pins.
I looped the white scarves in my hand and held the loops in place with an elastic adding an additional elastic as needed.
I pinned the bow to the wreath. I then made a hanging loop of the wire and pushed it into the wreath form.
This wreath is super quick and easy.
If you don't have scarves use strips of fabric or ribbon.
Happy Canada Day
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What a clever idea -- both for your potted plants and now this wreath. I like that a lot -- love the bow, too! I did a Dollar Store wreath at Christmas a few years ago with scarves that were buffalo plaid. They were flannel or fleecy. The texture of yours is really nice and I love how the maple leaves look.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jeanie. Dollar store scarves are so easy to work with when making wreaths and they won't break the bank either. Did you post your wreath? I think I remember seeing it.
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