Instructions on how to make my Daisy Heart Wreath

12" Daisy Heart Wreath

Hello Everyone,

My Name is Penny and I have been making wreaths for a while now. I have several people ask me how I make them. I am going to give it a shot. I am not going to lie to you I first started with the Idea from Pintrest. Since then I have been making alot of special orders for friends and open a Etsy.com account to sell some of them. Right now I consider it a hobby it takes a lot of time to make one.

To start out you will need a wire frame. Keep on mind the bigger the frame the more material it will take to make it.

12" heart wire frame

Material list (I guess at how much):

Approx:  2 yards pink fabric

             2 yards red fabric

             20 ft. red ribbon

             20 ft. pink ribbon

             20 ft of sparkly ribbon

             1 yard pink lace

             a big pink flower

             a Valentine pick (the red hearts)

             a lace doily

             strand of pearls

             florist wire

             white florist tape

Step 1:

Iron fabric and cut into 1 1/2" x 5 1/2" strips (for the larger wreaths I cut them longer according to size). I use a round cutter, mat and a straight shape cutter.

The lace I cut 2" x 6 1/2"

Step 2:

   

Cut all the ribbon 7 1/2" long

3: After everything is cut, I count how many sections I have on the metal frame. On the 12" heart frame I have 4 big sections and 2 small ones. (I consider it 5 sections). I take and count out even amounts of each kind of fabric, lace and ribbon into 5 piles. This is to help keep the materials evenly spaced.

4: Then I randomly pick pieces one at a time and tie them on the frame. I only single tie them on every wire and pack them together tight so they will not twist around.

5: you do this all the way around the frame. Tie them tightly.

6: When its done. I then trim off some of the extra length on the ribbons and lace. I cut them to points all different lengths to add texture.

6: at this point you can just add a ribbon and hang it as it is. Or you can add decorations.

8: I use floral tape and wrap the flower and the pick together. Trim the extra wire off. Then I add long piece of floral wire to it and wrap that to it. In order to wire the flowers to the frame. Then I wired the doily on and the pearls. This takes a little more talent, and I'm not the best at it either.

This took me about 6 hours. Have fun and you may want to stretch it into 2 days. It's worth it the are beautiful.

Happy Crafting,

Pens Precious Treasures

You can find this one at:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/PensPreciousTreasure