Recently I saw a wreath project online that I really liked:
http://tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com/2010/01/2010-burlap-wreath-and-giveaway.html
When I came home from Hawaii last week it occurred to me that since Valentine’s Day was over I needed new wreaths for the doors. This weekend in a fit of spring fever I decided to make my version of the tatertots and Jello wreath. On a very rainy Friday afternoon, my daughter and I trooped over to the local crafts store to buy wreath forms. While wandering the isles I found a package of spring buttons. Now, of course I have about a million buttons, but that package was all sorted and inexpensive so I picked up the package of buttons and came home to start my project.
I have double front doors so needed to make 2 wreaths. I bought 14″ wreath forms. For the flowers, I cut circles approximately 2″ and 3″. I used 2 charm packs that I had laying around. For those of you who are not quilters, a charm pack is a package of 42 – 5″ squares. I found that if I was creative with my cutting, I could get either 4 – 2″ circles or 2 3″ circles out of each 5″ square. I cut about 100 – 2″ circles and 100 – 3″ circles out of burlap. Out of my other fabrics, I cut about 300 2″ circles and 300 3″ circles.
