How to make a yarn wreath with felt flowers

This is a project I had seen in a magazine & was dying to make. The cool thing about this project is that you can customize it to your taste & it's fairly simple!

You will need:
-A straw wreath (leave it in the plastic)
-Yarn (2 bundles)
-Felt sheets
-Decorative sewing pins
-Hot glue gun
-Craft Scissors

Once you have all your supplies, start wrapping the wreath with the yarn. Pull it tight so that the yarn doesn't move. Overlapping it makes it look really rustic & that's the look I was going for.

Once you finish wrapping the wreath in yarn, tie a knot & use a dab on hot glue to glue it down. Now it's time to prep your felt to make flowers! [This step is optional. You could attach an applique or decoration to suit your taste or the season]

The sheets I purchased were rectangles, so they need to be cut in a somewhat of a circle. It doesn't have to be perfect, just make sure it's somewhat round.

Then start cutting on big long strip out of the rounded felt. It looks something like this.

After this step is complete, you start rolling the strip to make the flower base. Make sure the that the first few rolls are tight so that the flower stays together. The rest of the flower can be loose to flare out more & look like petals.

Once you have the flowers rolled to the size you like, hot glue the strip to the flower to hold it together. I used the excess to make a pad to stick on the back so that it sits up on the wreath, but that's also optional. I used the decorative sewing pins to make centers of the flowers but that's to suit my taste. You could also use scrapbook pearls, gems, or buttons.

The finished product looks something like this

This was my first go at this project & I'm excited to make more for gifts & seasonal items!! Enjoy making these. They're so relaxing & fun!!