Creating a Felt Heart Wreath: A Step-by-Step Guide

As I began working on my felt heart wreath, I decided to start with the basics. First, I gathered all the necessary materials, including my hot glue gun, gray yarn, and foam wreath base. The foam base was 12 inches in diameter, which would serve as the foundation for my wreath. I applied a thin layer of glue to the back of the wreath to secure it to a surface that wouldn't move while I worked.

With my materials ready, I began by cutting strips of gray yarn and applying hot glue to attach them to the foam wreath base, starting from the bottom and working my way up. This created a uniform wrapping effect around the entire wreath. The goal was to create a seamless transition between each strip of yarn, ensuring that there were no visible seams or gaps in the process.

Next, I turned my attention to the felt hearts. Since I wanted to alternate between red and pink hearts, I decided to use this as a way to add some visual interest to the wreath. The hearts would be spaced evenly around the wreath, with five of each color facing inward and five of each facing outward. To create the hearts, I used a heart stencil that I found online. I copied and pasted the image into Word and resized it to fit my needs. The resulting heart was slightly larger than necessary, but this would give me enough room to maneuver when cutting it out.

With my heart stencils in hand, I began cutting out five red hearts and five pink hearts. Since the wreath was 12 inches in diameter, I spaced the hearts evenly around the circumference, leaving about an inch of space between each one. To ensure that the hearts were secure, I applied hot glue to the back of each heart, making sure not to apply too much pressure, which could cause them to bend or warp.

To add some extra security and stability to the wreath, I decided to use pushpins instead of hot glue for this step. However, as I progressed with the project, I realized that the pushpins wouldn't be visible when finished, so I made the switch to using hot glue again. The first heart was placed at the top of the wreath, and I used a hot glue gun to secure it in place.

Once the first heart was attached, I began creating the crisscross pattern around each heart. This involved tracing the back of the heart with hot blue glue, making sure not to apply too much pressure, which could cause the glue to seep out of control. After securing the back of the heart with hot glue, I started wrapping gray yarn around it in a crosshatch pattern. To create the crisscross effect, I had to split each heart in half at the center, but not at the seam where the groove was located.

As I worked my way through the wreath, applying the yarn and cutting the hearts in half, I began to notice how the colors were coming together to create a beautiful, cohesive design. The pink hearts faced inward, adding a touch of elegance and sophistication, while the red hearts faced outward, creating a bold and eye-catching effect.

To complete the wreath, I decided to repeat the process, starting at the top of the wreath and working my way around in an opposite direction. This created a beautiful X pattern across each heart, adding texture and depth to the design. As I finished the last heart, I flipped the wreath over, cut off the excess yarn, and applied hot glue to secure it in place.

The final result was a stunning felt heart wreath that seemed to radiate warmth and happiness. The alternating red and pink hearts created a beautiful visual effect, and the crisscross pattern added a touch of whimsy and personality. Despite some initial doubts about the feasibility of the project, I was thrilled with how it turned out – and I couldn't wait to share my creation with friends and family.

The entire process took around an hour to complete, depending on the level of distraction. The most challenging part of the project was creating the crisscross pattern across each heart, but once that step was mastered, the rest of the design came together relatively quickly. While this wreath may not be a highly complex or intricate project, it showcases the beauty and versatility of felt hearts when used creatively.

As I sat back to admire my handiwork, I realized that creating a felt heart wreath had been an incredibly enjoyable experience – one that required patience, attention to detail, and a willingness to experiment with different techniques. With its simple yet effective design, this wreath is sure to bring a touch of warmth and joy to any room it's placed in.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enyou guys I am back with another Valentine's Day DIY tutorial this one is on this adorable wreath I love it it's kind of like our Kylie I actually had the attention of making this for my daughter and the color wheel the color palette it's not really you know the gray is kind of not my thing but I love the gray with this I love the finished look it didn't take too long to do just a little bit under an hour so have some patience and definitely do this when maybe you're watching a movie or something but I hope you guys enjoy and materials are up next so if you have any questions let me know in the description or no you know where you like reply so anyway more tutorials coming up okay so these are the materials you're going to need a hot glue gun which I had on hand some push pins wish wish wash which I also had on hand a pair of scissors a 12 inch round foam wreath it was for 47 at Hobby Lobby but if you subscribe to their emails they always send 40% off coupons you can use it for any regular priced item and then you will need some a pink and a red what are these called soft felt materials so like ER I grabbed a red one and a pink one just one sheet of each they were 25 cents each or you could get four for a dollar but I'm not that I'm not going to need that much so just one of each and then the last thing you will need is a grey yarn now of course you can substitute the yarn for any color you'd like so I picked gray this is going to be for my teenage daughter so I kinda wanted it not to look so girly girly and loving romance I kinda wanted to give it like an Argyle feel to it if you know what I mean this was 399 at Hobby Lobby it was kind of the cheapest yarn that they had and everything else was pretty expensive yarn is really expensive it's 100% acrylic and again you could also use 40% off coupon for these as well they were not on sale and I grabbed two just in case I'm not sure if it will be enough but let's get started with this so I've started by taking some hot glue and applying just a little strip of hot glue to the back and laying the piece of yarn over it so that it sticks to the wreath you can use the pushpins here you can use hot glue like I've done you just need to do a little bit we're not going to hot glue the whole thing that would be crazy but just so that something holds on to the wreath from there you want to pull around not too tight but just tight enough so where it's not too loose and you're going to start wrapping the yarn all the way around and make sure when you wrap the yarn is pushed up against itself I don't really make any damn sense we are going to cut off at the last bit of yarn you're going to take a push pin or your hot glue and secure it the very last strip down to the wreath wrapping your wreath with the gray yarn or whatever yarn color you have it's time to move on to the felt hearts I'm going to alternate red and pink but do whatever you'd like you can do all this in color you can alternate like I am whatever makes happy this part is a little bit tricky I didn't have a hard stencil but a heart stencil would really come in handy for this but instead I just went online to Google clicked when two images search the heart and then I copy and paste it into word and then size the heart as best as I could to make sure that it wasn't too big or too small so then you're gonna take your stencil and put it over your felt and then you are going to cut around it how's the read that you get the heart amounts will vary since I have a 12 inch foam wreath I actually have five hearts of each five of pink five of red so keep in mind that if you get a smaller wreath you'll probably have less hearts if you get a bigger wreath you'll have more hearts so as you can see I have already placed them I spaced them out the way that I want them to the pink hearts face inward and the red hearts face outward so they definitely are not all facing the same direction once that you have laid your hearts exactly where you want them to go I would highly suggest a hot glue gun at this point I wouldn't so much suggest the pushpins because you'll be able to see the silver and the felt hearts so at this point you want to decide which is the top of your wreath and if this is the top of your wreath you want to make sure that that heart is kind of facing the normal size so or the normal way so for me the top of my Reed is going to be this red heart so I'm going to start here and I'm just going to trace the back of the heart with some hot blue this will stick easily to the felt so there's no need to be too generous and then it is okay for it to wrap around 30 take extra gray yarn that matches the yarn around the foam wreath and we're going to make a crisscross all the way around the hearts the squared is a little bit tricky it's a two-step process it's not going to look like a crisscross till the end but you want to start at the top where your 12 o'clock heart is and you want to just flip it over you want to take the yarn and you want to kind of cross it in half okay you want to split the heart in half but you don't want to do it here where the groove of the heart is you want to make sure that you do it over here on the side because you want to be able to tell that it's a heart so once you've laid it flat like this across you want to secure the very back so that doesn't move you can do this with a hot glue gun again or a push pin so I'm just gonna lay some hot glue give it a minute to dry and then okay so once you have that first strand like across the red heart or whichever heart you have you want to do it again on the next chart so as I move on it wraps around and I lay it again and I cut the heart in half of the pink you pull the yarn around and now you want to cut the red heart in half wrap it around and we're going to cut the next part in half we're gonna do this all the way or right going to cut off the yarn secure it to the back with hot glue and then we'll do the very last step which is repeating the same process with more yarn except in the opposite direction so that it looks like we're making an x over each heart so start again but now you're going in the opposite direction you're going to start back at your 12 o'clock heart and you're going to cross it over like this I'm going to flip it over in the back secure I'm getting piece with some hot glue and then we'll wrap it around and we'll X out the pink heart and then again with the next heart and all the way around and you want to pull tight only when you've marked your ex once you've picked the ex that's when you pull tight so now that I'm done I am going to flip this back over cut the excess off and hot glue this piece do I love it it's so cute it really didn't take that much time at all if you're not distracted by any means it shouldn't take you really more than an hour and but it was super fun to do so I hope you guys like this tutorial there's more coming up and I'll see you guys soon byeyou guys I am back with another Valentine's Day DIY tutorial this one is on this adorable wreath I love it it's kind of like our Kylie I actually had the attention of making this for my daughter and the color wheel the color palette it's not really you know the gray is kind of not my thing but I love the gray with this I love the finished look it didn't take too long to do just a little bit under an hour so have some patience and definitely do this when maybe you're watching a movie or something but I hope you guys enjoy and materials are up next so if you have any questions let me know in the description or no you know where you like reply so anyway more tutorials coming up okay so these are the materials you're going to need a hot glue gun which I had on hand some push pins wish wish wash which I also had on hand a pair of scissors a 12 inch round foam wreath it was for 47 at Hobby Lobby but if you subscribe to their emails they always send 40% off coupons you can use it for any regular priced item and then you will need some a pink and a red what are these called soft felt materials so like ER I grabbed a red one and a pink one just one sheet of each they were 25 cents each or you could get four for a dollar but I'm not that I'm not going to need that much so just one of each and then the last thing you will need is a grey yarn now of course you can substitute the yarn for any color you'd like so I picked gray this is going to be for my teenage daughter so I kinda wanted it not to look so girly girly and loving romance I kinda wanted to give it like an Argyle feel to it if you know what I mean this was 399 at Hobby Lobby it was kind of the cheapest yarn that they had and everything else was pretty expensive yarn is really expensive it's 100% acrylic and again you could also use 40% off coupon for these as well they were not on sale and I grabbed two just in case I'm not sure if it will be enough but let's get started with this so I've started by taking some hot glue and applying just a little strip of hot glue to the back and laying the piece of yarn over it so that it sticks to the wreath you can use the pushpins here you can use hot glue like I've done you just need to do a little bit we're not going to hot glue the whole thing that would be crazy but just so that something holds on to the wreath from there you want to pull around not too tight but just tight enough so where it's not too loose and you're going to start wrapping the yarn all the way around and make sure when you wrap the yarn is pushed up against itself I don't really make any damn sense we are going to cut off at the last bit of yarn you're going to take a push pin or your hot glue and secure it the very last strip down to the wreath wrapping your wreath with the gray yarn or whatever yarn color you have it's time to move on to the felt hearts I'm going to alternate red and pink but do whatever you'd like you can do all this in color you can alternate like I am whatever makes happy this part is a little bit tricky I didn't have a hard stencil but a heart stencil would really come in handy for this but instead I just went online to Google clicked when two images search the heart and then I copy and paste it into word and then size the heart as best as I could to make sure that it wasn't too big or too small so then you're gonna take your stencil and put it over your felt and then you are going to cut around it how's the read that you get the heart amounts will vary since I have a 12 inch foam wreath I actually have five hearts of each five of pink five of red so keep in mind that if you get a smaller wreath you'll probably have less hearts if you get a bigger wreath you'll have more hearts so as you can see I have already placed them I spaced them out the way that I want them to the pink hearts face inward and the red hearts face outward so they definitely are not all facing the same direction once that you have laid your hearts exactly where you want them to go I would highly suggest a hot glue gun at this point I wouldn't so much suggest the pushpins because you'll be able to see the silver and the felt hearts so at this point you want to decide which is the top of your wreath and if this is the top of your wreath you want to make sure that that heart is kind of facing the normal size so or the normal way so for me the top of my Reed is going to be this red heart so I'm going to start here and I'm just going to trace the back of the heart with some hot blue this will stick easily to the felt so there's no need to be too generous and then it is okay for it to wrap around 30 take extra gray yarn that matches the yarn around the foam wreath and we're going to make a crisscross all the way around the hearts the squared is a little bit tricky it's a two-step process it's not going to look like a crisscross till the end but you want to start at the top where your 12 o'clock heart is and you want to just flip it over you want to take the yarn and you want to kind of cross it in half okay you want to split the heart in half but you don't want to do it here where the groove of the heart is you want to make sure that you do it over here on the side because you want to be able to tell that it's a heart so once you've laid it flat like this across you want to secure the very back so that doesn't move you can do this with a hot glue gun again or a push pin so I'm just gonna lay some hot glue give it a minute to dry and then okay so once you have that first strand like across the red heart or whichever heart you have you want to do it again on the next chart so as I move on it wraps around and I lay it again and I cut the heart in half of the pink you pull the yarn around and now you want to cut the red heart in half wrap it around and we're going to cut the next part in half we're gonna do this all the way or right going to cut off the yarn secure it to the back with hot glue and then we'll do the very last step which is repeating the same process with more yarn except in the opposite direction so that it looks like we're making an x over each heart so start again but now you're going in the opposite direction you're going to start back at your 12 o'clock heart and you're going to cross it over like this I'm going to flip it over in the back secure I'm getting piece with some hot glue and then we'll wrap it around and we'll X out the pink heart and then again with the next heart and all the way around and you want to pull tight only when you've marked your ex once you've picked the ex that's when you pull tight so now that I'm done I am going to flip this back over cut the excess off and hot glue this piece do I love it it's so cute it really didn't take that much time at all if you're not distracted by any means it shouldn't take you really more than an hour and but it was super fun to do so I hope you guys like this tutorial there's more coming up and I'll see you guys soon bye\n"