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Rosette Wreath How-to | Atlanta Wedding Photographer

by AharonPosted in Etc.Tags: 1 comment

Ask and you shall receive! A Facebook friend of ours asked for instructions on how to make the wreath we featured several weeks ago… so when my friend Shelby asked me to show her how to make one of her own, I decided to document and make a blog post of it. Here is a little tutorial:

Supplies:

  1. straw wreath
  2. felt in colors of your choice… quantity depends on size and quantity of rosettes you want (more details below)
  3. 1 yard burlap
  4. hot glue gun and hot glue
  5. iron and ironing board

Instructions:

  1. remove plastic packaging from straw wreath
  2. cut burlap into approx 4 inch wide strips
  3. hot glue one end of first burlap strip to straw wreath, and wrap around, wrapping as much wreath as possible with each strip (no need to go too thick with the burlap); then secure the end of the burlap strip with hot glue
  4. repeat step 3 til wreath is fully covered in Burlap (try to glue all end pieces on the same side so that one side looks pristine)
  5. cut strips of felt (they can be anywhere from 6 inches long, 1.5 inches thick, to 15 inches long and 3 inches thick)
  6. Fold strips vertically in half, iron at the crease (optionally, you may glue inside the folded piece of felt to secure it)
  7. take the right end of the vertically folded strip (with fold on top), and fold the top right corner down so that it touches the side opposite of the fold (this will be the center of the rosette).  Glue this triangular fold into place.
  8. from here, turn the glued end clockwise, gluing as you go, to form a rosette.  twisting the fabric helps eliminate bulk, and helps flatten the rosette… if you’re into a flatter looking flower.
  9. when you’re rosette is complete, glue the end to the back of the rosette, and glue the entire rosette to your burlap wreath
  10. repeat in different colors and sizes, until your rosettes have formed a crescent shape in the bottom right area of the wreath

AND VOILA! Disclaimer: I made up the rosette-making system as I went, so by no means to I claim to be an expert.  Experiment with it and you can develop your own method 🙂