Door Candy ~ AKA Summer Wreath

All winter I had an adorable berry wreath hanging from my front door.  Then spring came and down it came.  My intention was to replace it with something else equally cute, but I could never find just what I wanted.  Does that ever happen to you?  And I’m not really a person who buys something just to fill a space until I find that something perfect.  Nope, in my house the space usually stays “the space” until I find or make that something perfect.  That probably explains why I have a lot of empty spaces around my house.  That also explains why I get so excited when I do finally find that something perfect.

My door “before”:

So, after months of looking at my lonely hook on our front door (yes I know it’s a Command Hook and can easily be removed.  At least it’s the “fancy” Command Hook , and if I had removed it nothing would probably ever have replaced it – you know – out of sight, out of mind) I finally filled the empty space with this.

I first saw these rag wreaths while blog hopping.  Lindsay has a great tutorial here from Burlap + Blue on how she made hers.  Cute.  I’ve also seen them done by shaping hangers into the form you want.  For my version I used a wire frame.  I knew I wanted my finished wreath to be very full, so I used a frame with four rings.

I started with a pile of fabric in the colors and tones I wanted.

I chose quilting weight fabrics and a few linen like fabrics in a little heavier weight and with different textures.  I made the strips about 1″ or so thick, no need to be exact.  I chose to rip them instead of cutting them because I wanted the rough edges.  To do this, I made small cuts about an inch apart and then just pulled the strip off the rest of the fabric.

Then I cut my fabric into small strips.  I chose to make mine 9″ long, but you can choose any length you want depending on the size of your wreath form.

Once I had quite a pile cut, I just started tying the fabric strips onto the form using a square knot so they would stay tied.  I started with one color to get a base and then went from there.  Here is what it looked like in the beginning.

Truth be told, my oldest daughter did the majority of the tying while I made the fabric strips.  Because I chose a large frame with 4 rings, we used a fair amount of fabric.  We popped in a movie and went to work.

It was a fun way to spend an afternoon and I love the finished result.  Fun, simple, understated.

Full and fluffy!

Doesn’t my front door look so much happier?

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