Festive Jute Decorative Wreath

Hello and welcome to our Creative Craft Hop hosted this month by Sara @Birdz of a Feather! We are delighted to have two hosts - Sara and Donna  @ Modern on Monticello! They each take turns hosting every other month! Thank you ladies for hosting this awesome Creative Craft Hop! Coincidentally, if you're visiting from Sara @Birdz of a Feather, doesn't her Soda Can Bracelet look amazing! Sara is famous for creating the most unique and fabulous items!

My contribution to this months' Creative Craft Hop is a Festive Jute Decorative Wreath! It is quite a unique looking wreath! Made of two types of cording - jute and purple twine shaped into loops attached to a cardboard base! Easy to make but may be a bit tedious. I love listening to music while crafting especially when it requires repetitive steps! But I'm glad to share only a few materials are used to create this fun wreath!

Materials:

• Cardboard (use any heavy duty parcel box)
• Wood ring -14"/pan top -8"
• Craft Knife/Scissors
• Jute twine 5mm
• Purple twine 4mm
• Glue Gun/Glue Sticks
• Mod Podge Matte

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How To:

Draw a big circle on the cardboard using a wood ring shape as a guide.  

Cut out using a craft knife.

Use a small pan top to draw another circle inside and . . .  

cut out.

This is your wreath form and base to add the twine loops!

To make the loops, I'm using jute and purple twine.

First cutting the twine into 7" strips and . . .

lining up together a jute, purple and jute strip to glue the ends together.

Then .  .  .

shaping the glued twine into a loop ,  ,  ,

crossing one end over the other and gluing in place.

Make lots of loops and begin gluing in place on the edge of the cardboard wreath form.

There are twenty-six loops glued to the wreath form.

Once the first row is done, begin gluing on the second row - overlapping the side edges of the first loops.

I managed to squeeze in twenty-six loops for the second row.

And began gluing on the third row!

Once all the loops were attached - I glued on a total of 73 loops, 52 for the first two rows and 21 loops for the last row - it was time to braid a piece to go around the circle at the bottom of the loops. To do this, measure around the circle and multiple that number two or three times. I'm sure you have realized that this is not an exact science so I'm improvising the length needed. Cut five cords - two purple and three jute. 

This decorative braiding technique is by far the easiest for me to do:

1. Arrange the cords so there are two on one side and three on the other. Using five alternating cords - jute, purple, jute, purple and jute. Divide the group with two, jute and purple on the left and jute, purple and jute on the right.

2,  Take the jute cord on the far right and cross over the two to join the two on the left. Now you have three on the left side and two on the right.

3. Take the jute on the far left and cross over the two to join the two on the right.

4. Take the purple on the far right and cross over the two to join the two on the left.

5.  Take the purple on the far left and cross over the two to join the the two on the right.

 6. Take the jute on the far right and cross over the two to join the two on the left.

7.  Take the jute on the far left and cross over the two to join the two on the right.

8  Continue alternating the cords far right/left as before to braid the cords.

Once the length needed is braided, arrange around the circle. Where the two ends meet, paint Mod Podge on both areas to seal the braiding and let dry. Once the braid is dry, cut off the excess braiding.

 Begin gluing on the braid using hot glue on top of the ends of the loop, covering any cardboard that may be exposed.

Until the area is .  .  .

covered with the braiding.

So unique and beautiful hanging on the door or . . .

use as a centerpiece as seen with my soda bottle candleholder! The wreath is very versatile!

I hope you enjoyed how I made my Festive Jute Decorative Wreath! In case you started viewing the creations from the bottom to work your way up, next is Cecilia @ My Thrift Store Addiction sharing her lovely Vintage Picnic Basket Glow Up! How cool is that!

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