Fall Felt Leaf Wreath
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September is always a funny month here. One day {yesterday} it still feels like summer with temperatures above 90 degrees. Then, the next {today} the temperature will top out in the 70s. It is really hard to feel like decorating for one season or another because you are constantly being thrown between two seasons. I didn’t let the hot weather stop me though from starting on my fall decorating. I used the heat as a reason to stay inside and test out my new hot glue gun instead creating my fall felt leaf wreath.
Last year, I admired so many felt leaf wreathes so I knew I wanted to make a wreath that included some leaves this year. I didn’t have the time or patience to cover my entire wreath though {maybe next year…}. I start out by tracing my leaves onto the pieces of felt. Then, I cut out the leaves in sets of three.
After wrapping my wreath form in tan satin ribbon, I added the floral piece. It is actually a floral candle ring that I cut and squished together to make work for my wreath.
I started laying out the leaves only to discover that the tan ribbon just needed something extra. Mathlete didn’t even realize I had covered the wreath form and just thought the ribbon was how the base looked. So, before I got too far into the leaf gluing process, I added a little bit of glittery leaf ribbon around the wreath form.
For each set of leaves, I glued the three together and then layered them under the previous set that I had attached to the wreath.
You can choose to go up as little or as far as you want to along the wreath form. I stopped about equal to where the flowers ended on the opposite side.
Now, this felt leaf wreath waits for a day where the temperature isn’t described with words like scorching and muggy. Those days are coming and I can’t wait!
What kind of fall decorating have you been working on? Do you wait until the temperature changes or just put it out there even in hot weather?
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