Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Patriotic Yarn Wreath

I have seen a few of these yarn wreaths around the internet and decided to do my own take on one. Here is what I came up with.


To make the wreath, I started out with a foam wreath form from the Dollar Store and some red, white and blue yarn.

I used the hot glue gun to glue the beginning and end of the yarn as I wrapped it around the form.  I looped the red and white 20 times for each section of the stripes.

When it was fully wrapped, I used the Simply Charmed cartridge to cut three stars out for the side.  I added faux stitching lines around the outside.  I used the Don Juan Cricut cartridge to cut the USA out of blue glitter paper for the center of the stars.  The stars were attached with hot glue.
I am entering this into the following challenges:
My Sheri Crafts: Independence Day: http://myshericrafts.blogspot.com/
My Craft Spot: Seeing Stars: http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com/
Fantabulous Cricut: Red, White and Blue: http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/

9 comments:

Joy said...

Oh this is too neat!!! It turned out great! Thanks for joining us at My Craft Spot this week!
Joy

Angi Barrs said...

Love this. You come up with the best ideas. :)

Audrey Frelx said...

Jean, I love this!!! I haven't seen it but your take on it has got to be the best one I've seen so far... lol!!! Great job!

My 3 E Scrapbooking said...

Great job! It is such a fun project! Thanks for sharing it at My Craft Spot!
Amber

Bernadet Rodakowski said...

Simple, inexpensive, and looks great - just my kind of project! TFS!
P.S.
I saw your project on the FCCB site.
Bernadet

Sentimental Scrapper said...

Great project!! What a clever idea! Thanks for joining the fun at My Craft Spot!

Kimberly

Kate said...

What a super wreath, Jean! That must have taken ages but the finished look is well worth your effort!
Thanks so much for playing along with us at My Craft Spot!
Kate
Small Bits of Paper

Evanna said...

This is GREAT!! Thanks for sharing it with us at FCCB this week!!

Amy C said...

Such a great project!! I love the stripes of red and white.....very patriotic!! Thanks for playing along at My Craft Spot this week!!

Hugs,
Amy
Scrapping Mommy