Valentine's Day Wreath

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I've had the directions for this wreath bookmarked for a year.  Yes, a whole year!  I even bought the fabric and styrofoam wreath form last year but never got around to making it.  I found the tutorial for this project on Sew Much Ado. 

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I won't post a full tutorial here because Abby has a wonderful tutorial already posted @ Sew Much Ado, but the project involves cutting 2" strips of fabric in varying lengths, folding the strips in half and ironing,

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sewing a basting stitch along the edge, gathering and forming pleats,

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and forming each strip into a rosette.

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I used two shades of red for my wreath.  Originally I planned on using only one, but ran out of fabric and had to buy more.  Of course, I couldn't find a perfect match so I choose a different one.  I'm glad I did because I love how the two reds look together.  I think the wreath actually looks like real carnations or roses.

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I'm already thinking about making a few of these on a round wreath form in white or red for Christmas.  Wouldn't that be beautiful?

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Last year I made this for Valentine's day:

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You can see my original post about it right here.

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Also, I wanted to let you know that Becky, who has a new blog called Liberate Creativity, featured my wrapping paper and wall rack project this week.  Thanks Becky!    Becky will be featuring lots of different project ideas from bloggers.   Check out Liberate Creativity right here.

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