How to make a Burlap, Lace and Muslin Wreath

This is the third grapevine wreath I have made so far. I really love these. They're so rustic, yet elegant once they've been decorated. This one made of burlap, muslin and lace is going to be my summer wreath.  These are not only beautiful, but they're rather cheap to make. The wreath cost about $5, the fabric was another $4, and the lace and pearls were scraps from other projects.

Materials:
Grapevine Wreath
Twine or Sisal Rope
1/2 yard Muslin
1/2 yard Burlap
1/2 yard Lace
Pearl Beads
Hot Glue Gun
Hot Glue Sticks
Scissors
Pins





Start by cutting the fabrics into strips about 1" wide, going in the direction of the shorter side of the fabric. You can vary the widths to vary the sizes of the flowers. Save a few inches at the end to make the leaves.

Start by making the muslin flowers, since it's easier and it will give you practice to be able to make the burlap ones. Grab one corner of the strip of fabric and pinch it with your finger and thumb.

Start winding it around the center twist it as you go.

Try to twist it once about every third of the way around the flower, increasing the number of twists as you move outward.

Once you finish a flower stick a pin through it to hold it together.

For the burlap flowers, do the same thing but twist it less often. For the burlap and lace flowers, hold the strip of lace on top of the burlap. As you twist it, try to keep the lace on the top of the burlap.

Once you're done twisting all the strips into flowers, heat up your glue gun and cut circles of muslin and burlap the size of your flowers. Add hot glue in the spiral of the flower on the bottom side to hold it all together.

Stick the circle on the bottom of the flower while the glue is hot.

Once they've cooled a little, remove the pin and add a drop of hot glue in to the end of the strip of fabric to hold it in place.

Arrange the flowers the way you want them on the wreath. At this point, you can cut out leaves from the burlap to mix in with the flowers.

I ended up wrapping twine around the area where I wanted my flowers to go so that they had more to hold on to.

Pickup each flower and add a spiral of hot glue around the back of it. Then put in in place and hold it very for a few seconds.

Glue the pearls into the center of the flowers. Try to match the sizes; larger pearls on larger flower, smaller pearls on smaller flowers. You can also do clusters of pearls if you wish.

Hang and enjoy!