Friday, January 29, 2010

Yellow Ruffles N Rosette Felt Wreath

Lately I've seen these gorgeous felt valentines wreaths all over blog land and as most of my family and friends know I looove making wreaths but this one just seemed really time consuming and quite honestly I was a little afraid to try this project!  I started working up the nerve to try it after seeing Maryanna's beautiful red heart shaped one over on her blog http://maggiepinkcheeks.blogspot.com/.   I then found the instructions on Domestifluff.com and finally decided to visit the Hancock fabric store near our house.  Well it turns out that they had no red felt left so I guess everyone else is Alexandria VA is making a red felt ruffle rosette wreath!  I made an executive decision right then and there and decided to use yellow felt, it made perfect sense since yellow roses are my favorite color of rose and this way I could leave it up well past Valentines Day:)  It took me two days to complete and about six hours worth of work but if you have an entire day to yourself you could easily crank it out in a day.   The Domestifluff  site says they used 2 1/2 yards of fabric which is what I ended up buying although I only ended up using about a yard and a quarter of it, it just depends on how large your wreath form is and how tight you want your rosettes/ruffles to look.  This is what I used:

1 1/4 yards of yellow felt
1 10 1/2 inch styrofoam wreath form

straight pins (maybe 200?)
scissors
a 3 inch circle template - I used a pillar holder from my dining room table as a template
a pencil to trace your template onto the cloth
ribbon for hanging

Domestifluff has really good directions and since I'm not so good with that sort of thing I'm going to post the link to her tutorial, check it out here - http://www.domestifluff.com/2009/11/how-to-make-a-ruffly-felt-rosette-wreath/

Here is the final wreath in all it's yellow glory! I love it and may make another for my bathroom since I have all this left over yellow felt... 

16 comments:

  1. Your wreath is absolutely gorgeous! You can even leave this one up all year around. :) Great color choice! The options are endless!

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  2. oh, kelly! i LOVE it!!! and the yellow will be great to transition into easter and spring decor. makes me want to make a nice happy aqua one for my house..... hmmmm.... i see a project in the works! thanks for sharing- it turned out beautifully!

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  3. Thanks Maryanna and Cassie! It was so much fun to see it coming together I may just make one for each of my family:) and Cassie I love the idea to make an aqua wreath, please post it if you do!

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  4. OMG, that is absolutely beautiful. Yellow was the perfect color choice!

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  5. Kelly~ it turned out beautiful, great job! thanks for your sweet visits too! Love the butterfly art you did as well way to go!

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  6. Kelly it is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! I love the look of your page!!

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  7. Thanks for swinging by... you do know that one of those twins in the pic is me? LOL... Don;t be a stranger

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  8. I am totally going to make one! It looks fantastic. I love the bright yellow too, very Spring. Thanks for sharing.

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  9. Also wanted to add that I'm passing on the Happy 101 Award to you. Details can be found at http://sunshineandwine.blogspot.com/2010/02/happy-101-award.html

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  10. Oh I like it in yellow! Beautiful! I love those woven chairs in your last post. Want some, but won't ever be able to get them:( You had some great Christmas projects. I wish I would have seen them in December. I would have featured at least one of your posts!

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  11. Adore it...cheerful...and I can just see a few red cherries with an occasional green leaf to match my decor.......Thanks for sharing!
    Darly
    Redneck Junkers

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  12. I am in love with your wreath!!
    That yellow is calling my name...literally.
    It is fantabulous!!!!

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  13. thanks again ladies for all your wonderful comments! it really makes my heart happy:)

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  14. LOVE it! I so want to do this. The yellow makes me smile! : )

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  15. This is beautiful.I love it.Thank you for great post. Shed Plans

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  16. Seriusly how gorgeous is this! You did such a great job! I am dying to try this now : )

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