Candle wreath
12-31-2016, 05:51 AM
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I especially like the fabric with the pictures for the center of the spokes of the wreath. It adds a lot to the appearance. I made three for a boutique sale and they are fun to make. Everyone should give them a try, shouldn't they?
12-31-2016, 07:29 AM
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Thanks everyone. Some things I learned when making them were:
1. if you want a print that will show on the top of the wreath, then it needs to be smallish--These were for some of my friends who have horses so I chose a horse print theme that I had in my stash, but the horses were too big to work on the top part of the wreath, so I decided to put them on the spokes so they were just peaking out of the wreaths. Luckily I had the white on white fabric which worked out just fine for the top wing things.
2. you don't have to use the foam stabilizer that is mentioned in some of the websites that sell the pattern, I had some medium weight iron on stabilizer in my studio so I used that instead (one layer on just the pieces that were going to be on the top (in this case, the white pieces) and they seem to stand up just fine.
3. I think it would be possible to make these by stitching your squares wrong sides together and then either satin stitching around the raw edges or do a rattail binding technique around the raw edges, which would speed up the process since you wouldn't need to turn them right side out (which is what took me the most time) and then worry about getting that opening stitched up properly. The satin stitching or rattail binding might add a nice decorative accent in place of putting a border around the fabric. I'm going to try one done that way to see.
4. They are rather addictive to make, which is either a good thing (stash buster) or a bad thing (time away from finishing all those UFOs in the studio) LOL!
Rob
1. if you want a print that will show on the top of the wreath, then it needs to be smallish--These were for some of my friends who have horses so I chose a horse print theme that I had in my stash, but the horses were too big to work on the top part of the wreath, so I decided to put them on the spokes so they were just peaking out of the wreaths. Luckily I had the white on white fabric which worked out just fine for the top wing things.
2. you don't have to use the foam stabilizer that is mentioned in some of the websites that sell the pattern, I had some medium weight iron on stabilizer in my studio so I used that instead (one layer on just the pieces that were going to be on the top (in this case, the white pieces) and they seem to stand up just fine.
3. I think it would be possible to make these by stitching your squares wrong sides together and then either satin stitching around the raw edges or do a rattail binding technique around the raw edges, which would speed up the process since you wouldn't need to turn them right side out (which is what took me the most time) and then worry about getting that opening stitched up properly. The satin stitching or rattail binding might add a nice decorative accent in place of putting a border around the fabric. I'm going to try one done that way to see.
4. They are rather addictive to make, which is either a good thing (stash buster) or a bad thing (time away from finishing all those UFOs in the studio) LOL!
Rob
12-31-2016, 12:07 PM
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