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Patriotic mesh & ribbon wreath

Materials

  • 1 unit 15" foam
  • 2 roll 10" burlap mesh
  • 2 rolls 2.5" ribbon
  • 1 pack pipe cleaners

Instructions

Prepping your base.

  • Start with a 15” wreath form.
  • Take 10” burlap mesh and cut 18 x 30” pieces in total.
  • Take a piece of your cut mesh, roll your ends in slightly and pinch the middle and walk the ends together to make a cruffle.
  • Add them into a twist tie horizontally.
  • Repeat the same process until all your ties have a cruffle.

Make and add your ribbon tails

  • Take two 2.5” different ribbons and cut 18 x 14” pieces of each color.
  • Dovetail the ends.
  • Layer the ribbons tails ontop of eachother and attach it to a twist tie in the middle. Fluff out the tails.
  • Repeat the same process until all your twist ties have tails.
  • Take a different ribbon, cut 26” pieces, dovetail the ends. Fold it in half and make 1 loop with the tail hanging down.
  • Attach this “funky bow” into every second twist tie. Repeat this until every second tie has a bow.

Make and add your bow.

  • Take a ribbon and make a bow with 10” tails and 2 x 7” loops.
  • Take a strip of ribbon and add it in to make extra tails.
  • Take another ribbon, make a bow with 6.5” loops and add it on top of your previous one.
  • Repeat this process with your last ribbon making 5” loops.
  • Secure your bows together with a pipe cleaner.
  • Attach your bow onto your wreath, securing it with pipe cleaners. Dovetail your ends.