Burlap and Roses Wreath

Last fall I met with my blog friend Debbie, from The Lake House, for a day of shopping.  It was the first time we met in person and we had such a great day, but I didn't know where the Goodwill store was until after we had said our goodbyes.  I stopped for a quick run into another store and there it was, across the parking lot, so I ran in for a quick look around.  That's where I found these goodies, which I don't believe I ever posted.

On the far right is a french bread pan.  I had been wanting one for awhile, and even had one in my cart at Amazon.  It was around $20 there, but I got mine for about $2!  Today's post isn't about the pan though; it's  about that reed wreath.

I knew I wanted to paint it white, but beyond that I wasn't sure which direction I'd go.  If you've been following my Pinterest, you would know I'm smitten with ruffles and flowers.  I had some burlap, but wanted red flowers too.  Funny story that.  I didn't have a red  t-shirt or even a scrap of red fabric.  My youngest son, however, has a bunch of red t-shirts.

I asked him if he had an old red t-shirt that had holes in it that I could have.  He stood up and literally gave me the shirt off his back.  To be sure it had a hole in it, but it was one of his favorites that he only wore around the house.  What a kid!

I zigzagged the edges of the burlap, ran a basting stitch around one edge, pulled it to ruffle it loosely and wrapped it around, then hot glued it it underneath.

I cut strips of the red t-shirt about 1 1/2 inches wide, folded them in half, ran a basting stitch just like the burlap ones, but I pulled these tighter.  After hot gluing them together, I hot glued them to the center of the burlap.

The large single rose was not folded before basting.  I just left the edges raw.  Then I lightly hot glued them all to the wreath.  I wanted to be able to pull them off to change the look, so I just tacked them in one little spot.

Finally I tucked in a few sprigs of berries I picked up at JoAnn's during their Christmas sales.  

Ruffles and flowers...my addiction is appeased...for now.

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