Let's celebrate with fun and festive decorating tips and tutorials for your outdoor space!
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| Add some color to your front door with classic orange pumpkins and purple mums. Love this color combination! |
Candy Corn Wreaths
- 14" Styrofoam wreath
- 1/2 yard white fabric, 1/2 yard orange fabric, 1/2 yard yellow fabric
- burlap ribbon in 3 lenths-30", 24", 14"
- 2 packs of silver straight pins
- 6-8 pearl straight headpins
- fabric scissors
- scotch guard
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| 1. Cut the fabric into 6 x 1" strips. Stack the fabric up to cut multiple strips at a time! It doesn't matter if it's frayed or off by a little. |
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| 2. Fold fabric strips into 1/3 sections. |
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| 3. Stick silver straight pin in the center. You will make a lot...I lost count. |
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| 4. Use the cutting mat and the line on the ring to measure the center. Place the first fabric strip in the bottom center. |
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| 5. Flip the wreath to the back. Pin two of the fabric strips across the base of the wreath. This is to cover the styrofoam at the back of the wreath. It will also make the back of the wreath flat so it lays well on your door. |
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| 6. Flip to the front of the wreath and continue adding your folded fabric strips to your wreath. You may want to divide your wreath into thirds to indicate the 3 color sections. I just approximated. It will take about 10-12 fabric folds per row. |
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| 7. Time to start the second row! Lift the fabric of the first row and place another fabric fold just under two fabric folds on the first row. Your want this to be staggered between the folds if possible. Continue adding new rows of fabric folds on both sides of the first row until the entire front is covered. It should be fluffy and the pins on the first row should not be visible. |
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| 8. Once you tired of adding yellow, move on to orange. Repeat steps 1-7. The pins in the
center rows should not be visible. This takes a LONG time. Take breaks! |
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| 9. Let's take a break from the fabric folds and move on to the bow. Take your longest strip of burlap ribbon, 30", and fold to make a loop. This will serve as the wreath hanger and the ribbon strips on the bottom of the bow. |
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| 10. Using two of the larger pearl headpins, pin the ribbon loop to the BACK top center of the wreath. |
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| 11. For the loops of the bow, take the 24" ribbon strip and fold one end to the center. |
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| 12. Fold the other end to the center. Pinch and hold! |
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| 13. Place the bow loops on the FRONT top center of the wreath. |
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| 14. Pin the top of the bow to the wreath using the pearl headpins. |
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| 15. Time for the ribbon center. Take the 14" ribbon strip and place through the center of the top ribbon loop and over the front of the bow loops. |
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| 16. Wrap to the back of the wreath and pin using the pearl headpins. Make sure it is pinned tightly! |
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| 17. Tada! Now you have a bow that will act as your wreath hanger. For extra durability, you may want to add a few silver pins around the outside of the center part of the bow. |
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| 18. Back to the folded fabric strips. Time for the white fabric. Repeat steps 1-7. Using the remainder of your fabric strips, cover the bottom and back of your wreath. It doesn't have to thick, just enough to covert eh Styrofoam. |
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| 19. Finally, add scotch guard to your wreaths. Follow the manufacturer's instructions. |
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| I don't like the taste of candy corn, but I sure love the colors and the feeling of Fall it brings me! |
Randee
