Deco Mesh Patriotic Flag Wreath

Posting this was an after thought so there are no how to pictures, but I will post links to other blogs where I got the idea and the tutorial on how to make it myself.

My design inspiration: Click here >>>Flag Wreath Inspiration

I loved this wreath and set off to make one on my own!  When I got to Hobby Lobby, I found the heart shaped wreath and thought that would be cute!  My Hobby Lobby was out of the red and white stripe ribbon so I went with a roll of each of the solid colors.  I like the inspiration version, but I love my version!

Supplies: I got all of my supplies at Hobby Lobby, my craft store of choice!  If you watch the sales, the deco mesh will be on sale for 50% or you can go 3 days in a row and use your 40% coupon.  Your choice.  Note: Week of June 17-21, 2013 it is on sale for 50%.
3 rolls of 6 inch Deco Mesh Ribbon - $5.99 per roll
1 Heart Shaped Wire Form - $2.47 (in the floral area)
1 package or roll of thin floral wire - had this from a project - probably less than $3
Package of tiny stars - package of 10 were $1.47
White craft paint - hand on hand but under $1
Wire Cutters - if you wire is thin a pair of scissors will work
Pair of Scissors

Cost of Project: Under $25 and if the ribbon is on sale that drops the price to $14.  Coupons will save you more!

How to: This link is a great tutorial.  It is actually for a Christmas Wreath which was my first project with Deco Mesh!  That one turned out beautiful too!  LINK HERE>>>> Wreath tutorial.

HOW TO CHANGES: You will notice in the tutorial they use a greenery form.  For this Flag Wreath, you are using a wire form.  What I did was make a few loops, tying it down with the wire and then would push them together to make the scrunchy look.  I hope that makes sense?!?!?!?!  Tie, push & scrunch, and tie together - REPEAT!!!!!!

If you look at the back you can see where tied 3-4 loops together as I went along.

 

For the Blue, I did loops to fill from the top center until I got to the first support divider which is about 1/2 way down the left side.  For the red and white stripes, I did 4-5 loops per color and alternated. If you can see in the picture above, I did not cut the white or red ribbon.  I just weaved it along the back as I went along.  

To finish this off, I used a pipe cleaner and made a hanger so that I could hang my new creation in my front entry.

This project took about 4 hours to complete!  It is pretty easy and almost impossible to mess up!  Deco Mesh is a super easy product to work with!  I love it!

I hope that you can follow this post and make your own.  You are welcome to ask questions in the comments and I will do my best to try to answer them.