Gussie Up That Front Door
Rustic burlap bubble wreaths might not fit everyone’s style, but this one worked perfectly for my mother-in-law’s beautiful country lakehouse. Wreaths can be a quick, easy way to dress up your front door for some fresh, new up-to-date entryway curb appeal. They can be changed seasonally, by holiday, or to match any given mood. Most of us zip out to our local home decor store or a similar section in a department store and select an appealing wreath along with corresponding items to spruce up our homes’ front entrance.
The Bubble Wreath Plan
Then there are those of us who Pinterest and Instagram our way to a vision of the perfect front door decor. And nothing else will do. At this point our choices or limited. We either search relentlessly for the needed decor items and pay whatever small fortune is required. Or we head on down to the craft store and buy the things we think we need to create our own versions of the perfect decor. More times than not, I fall into that second category. Fortunately, I have approached similar issues enough times that I can occasionally find the majority of what I need in my crafting/sewing supply stash.
After deciding on a rustic theme, I launched an extensive internet search of “burlap wreaths.” I really liked the “old-timey” country feel of the burlap wreaths that I was seeing online, but most of them were a little too simplistic for my taste. Basically, I wanted some more dimension or texture. Having recently tackled a bubble quilt for one of my granddaughters, I wondered if I might be able to apply the same bubbled block technique to this burlap wreath project.
Burlap Wreath Materials
So, I gathered the following materials:
1 roll of burlap ribbon
1 yard of Burlap fabric
1/2 yard of floral print fabric
A roll of ribbon to match the floral print
A package of U shaped pins
A Styrofoam wreath form (size of your choice)
Hot glue gun
Scissors
The Rustic Bubble Wreath Beginning
The first thing I did was to wrap the Styrofoam wreath form with the burlap ribbon.
Then I cut the burlap fabric and the floral fabric into 6” squares.
To create my “bubbles” I matched the diagonally opposing points of each square bringing all four corners together. I glued the corners together with hot glue.
Putting It All Together
I began pinning the bubble tips to the burlap-wrapped wreath form bunching them closely to create the dimension I wanted.
I made sure to add in a few bubbles made from squares of the floral fabric and the coordinating-colored burlap ribbon.
Finally, I added a big bow made with the colored burlap ribbon.
I thought this rustic burlap bubble wreath looked perfect on my
mother-in-law’s lake house door.
This is another rustic burlap cotton boll wreath I
made using the same technique.