Red Felt Heart

Amy from the Idea Room made the cutest red felt heart wreath.  I used her felt flower technique to make mine.   I love her blog, she has the greatest ideas!

Martha Stewart

I have been wanting to make Martha Stewart's beautiful wreath since I saw it last Valentine's.  I was in Michaels trying to find a heart form and cheap flowers to match Martha's.  I found gorgeous flowers in the silk floral section but they were about five dollars a piece!  I couldn't justify purchasing them.  I make way too many crafts...so I have to keep it cheap!

Then I remembered seeing Amy's great idea with the felt yesterday. I made this for nothing because I used felt I had on hand, I have a large hoard of goodies in my house!

First I needed a wreath form.  I have a very cute heart plate from Target that made the perfect pattern.  I  traced it onto thin scrap wood, and cut it out with the jigsaw.  I wanted a little poof to the heart, so I cut some scrap fleece to match the heart, glued it on with a glue gun, left a space to stuff, then filled it with fiberfill.

I added a few tacks to keep the fleece and stuffing down. Then I traced the circles, and cut. I used pinking shears and like the result.  I then folded  the circles twice and dabbed with a little glue from the glue gun. (Amy used a foam wreath and used pins to adhere the felt flowers.) You need to hold the folded fabric until the glue sets.  I then put more glue on the bottom and attached the folded circle to the wreath, starting with the outer edge.

I finished the wreath off with a silver ribbon saved from Christmas packages and flecked it with some silver glitter spray.  I'm still thinking about those gorgeous flowers like Martha's in Michael's... but I really love this too!