DIY Burlap Flower Wreath

After acquiring a cheap grapevine wreath from a garage sale I did some looking around to find options for creating something new with it. There are wreaths galore on pinterest. I decided to use a fabric flower technique that I have used before when making hair clips. I wanted an outdoorsy/rustic look that would be versatile and could carry over from summer into fall.

Here is the finished wreath hanging on the pillar outside our home. 

I started by cutting many circles out of tan burlap. They were about three 2.5 inches in diameter. Each flower  needs 5-6 circles.

Take each circle and fold it in half.

Fold the circle in half again.

Next, on the side where two sides meet (look below my thumb in the picture above), fold each flap back on either side. This is a little hard to show in a picture, sorry! Looking at the picture below, this petal is half finished. The flap that is at the bottom would then be folded back up towards my ring finger. 

Now, thread a needle and tie the thread to a button. The button will not show, so it can be any size/shape. This is so your thread won't slip through the burlap. Pull the needle through the burlap where a point has formed (like a tiny slice of pizza).

I find that it is easier to stack a few of these little "pizza slices" and thread them at the same time. You will want to keep all the pieces stacked so that they do not spring apart in all directions before you have them all on the thread. Next, let go of the pieces and pull the thread tight. Then tie the needle side of the thread onto the button.

This is what the bottom of your burlap flower should look like. Clip any loose threads. 

Here are a few of the flowers.

Burlap sheds like crazy when you cut it. I sprayed my flowers with cheap hairspray which works great to keep the flowers together and stops the shedding. 

I had some green burlap on hand and decided to make a few flowers out of that as well. I then hot glued the flowers to the lower right hand side of the wreath.

Finally, I sprayed the finished wreath with more hairspray. A lot of hairspray actually! This wreath was going outside and I didn't want it to be affected by wind and rain. I can vouch for the fact that this wreath has been up for a couple of months and looks the same as it did when I put it up. Yay!

Here is the finished product. The only thing that I would change would be the color of the burlap. The tan color is a little too close to the grapevine color. It looks very nice close up, but far away, it is a bit hard to see the tan burlap. Luckily, burlap comes in many colors and this could easily be done in colors to compliment your home or for holidays (red/green, black/orange, etc...). So go make your own burlap wreath!! It was easy, fun, and I love the end result. I hope you will too!