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Sunday, May 25, 2014

Wooden Spool Wreath Tutorial - sort of!




I actually finished this up about a week or so ago and just have not gotten around to posting it. I really love how it turned out and how quickly it came together. It all started when I was in Michael's and walked past the wood aisle, where they have things for painting. Well, now they have wooden spools! Small and large and they are just adorable. Next thing I knew I had a bag of each in my cart and I was in the check out aisle... I am pretty sure it was a craft black out or something!


You need one bag of each size, some glues sticks, a glue gun, a wooden wreath form, and some fabric scraps. I have some Bijoux left over from the plus quilt I recently finished, so I used that. I had them cut in to 5in squares so I made some small snips and then ripped the fabric. I wanted it to have a shabbier look and some little "threads" hanging off here and there so I ripped all the fabric.


I used a dab of hot glue to stick the fabric to the wooden spool, then wrapped the fabric around the spool. Some of them I wrapped loosely and some a bit tighter, a few of them tight up against the spool even. Just to have varied looks. Then I dabbed hot glue along the ends and secured the fabric on. Then... I repeated...a lot! Eventually I started building shapes and making lego like structures ... that is where the Domestic Deficit Disorder reared its head lol!


Then you pull out your handy dandy wooden wreath form. As you can see I was building towers and reading blogs as well as doing this... Domestic Deficit Disorder again lol.


Then I started willy nilly gluing the spools to the wreath form. Just hang in there and keep going. Once you have the first layer done you will go back in and add more and add the small ones to fill in gaps and such. I probably could have bought another bag of big ones and kept going for a super full wreath, but I am perfectly pleased with the way that it came out. It turned out better than I thought it would!


It is just a tad wonky on the bottom left but its not too bad!


There you have it :) See, a tutorial, sort of. Sort of because I do not have every single step but honestly I think you get the picture, no?

If you love it let me know! If you make one let me know! If you hate it...shhh!lol

-Tanyia

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12 comments:

  1. Love it!! Very cute. I may make one to hang on the wall in my lil sewing corner

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  2. Um...ABSOLUTELY ADORE!! Very much love. Also, am digging your blog name. Very funny.
    Soooo....how many spools did you use? I actually have a ton of plastic spools leftover from my quilting business, I'm wondering if they would look cool or not as cute. Hmmmmm....Thanks for the idea!! Looks awesome.

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  3. One day, when I have a beautiful craft room (instead of the end of the dining table) I will have one of these hanging on the door! I'm thinking if I start saving all my cotton reels now (that's what we call 'em in the UK) I can make this for next to nothing. It's really lovely, and you were just multi tasking which is perfectly normal/essential!

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  4. PS, please come share at the Anything Goes linky, if you have not already. I would love to find tiny spools for earring making.

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  5. I love this idea! I think I'm going to have to make one for my sewing room!

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  6. This looks amazing - love the little wooden spools you have used!

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  7. I'm going to have to bookmark this! I love it! Thank you!

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  8. What a great idea, thanks for sharing!

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  9. I LOVE IT and I will make one for my craft & sewing room when I finish it LOVE IT PINNING IT ALSO !!!!!!!!!

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  10. I have a bunch of antique wooden spools of various sizes. I started out taking my Mom's lifetime collection. (She's 89 and is thrilled I'm going to do something with them!). Then I luckily came across a bunch more at a garage sale this week. I had an idea to make them into a wreath, but went online to look at others' creations. There are many, but yours really caught my eye as it's colorful. (My spools are mostly empty.) Now I'm really excited to start putting it together! Thanks for the inspiration!

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