Last year’s Winter Wreath in White was inspired by a snow-covered world touched by hibernal light. This season, we’re celebrating winter’s most enduring color with our new Winter Wreath in Evergreen. Beacons through the gray days of winter, fir trees bring depth and richness to the winter palette, and our Winter Wreath in Evergreen is an ode to that lasting beauty!
We made our Winter Wreath in Evergreen following the same simple pattern as our Winter Wreath in White but this time using a new palette of dark and mysterious greens. The Winter Wreath Kit in Evergreen comes with everything you need to make your own, including templates, a full-color instructional booklet, 100% wool felt in two shades of green, sequins, beads and more!
Just like the conifers that inspired it, this Wreath is sure to last through this winter season into the next, year after year. -Corinne
Materials
Our Winter Wreath Kit in Evergreen includes all the supplies you’ll need to make one Wreath…
- Five 18 x 18 –inch pieces of 100% Wool Felt, 1mm thick
- 4 pieces of Mallard Green
- 1 piece of Hunter Green
- ½ yard of coordinating interfacing
- 1 spool of cotton sewing thread to coordinate with the Wreath Form
- 2 skeins of embroidery floss in green and black
- ¼ ounce of sequins (Purl Soho’s Sequins, 4 mm in Black)
- ¼ ounce of seed beads (Purl Soho’s Seed Beads, size 12 in Evergreen)
- An embroidery needle
- A beading needle
- A needle threader
- Stuffing for the wreath form
- A fabric marker
- A 5/8-inch D-ring for hanging
- A full-color Pattern and cutting templates
Size
Finished dimensions: 16 inches in diameter
Pattern
The Winter Wreath Pattern is also available for purchase separate from the Kit, as either a hard copy or download.
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Is a sweing machine required for this?
Hi Mary –
This is a great question! This Wreath is entirely sewn and embellished by hand. No sewing machine required!
-Corinne
Is there an instructional video to accompany the creative process of making & assembling the luscious Winter Wreath in evergreen, for those of us who live on the West Coast, and are too distant to get your guidance or input? Thank you.
Hi Marilyn –
This is a great question. We do not have an instructional video for this project at the moment. However, our instructional booklet is very thorough and walks you through every step with detailed full-color photos! In addition, we are always happy to help with any questions you have as you work on the project right here!
I hope this helps!
-Corinne
I am allergic to wool. Do you have an option using wool-free felt?
Hi Kathy –
All of the felt we carry is 100% wool. You could try to make this with acrylic felt, but I find that it is often much thinner and may not hold up as well for the delicate shapes. Wool felt is such a unique material, I love the way it can be cut like paper, but drapes like fabric. Because of this, it’s hard to think of a perfect alternative for it, but I have a couple of thoughts!
If you back any woven fabric with interfacing it will add stiffness to the fabric and reduce fraying. I think you could make this Wreath out of almost any woven fabric you’d like as long as you back your entire piece with a medium or heavy- weight interfacing first. The shapes may be a little more floppy than they are with the felt, but you could hold them in place with a few extra tacking stitches at the end. Before you begin, I would do a few tests with some different fabrics and see which you like best.
Alternatively, you could use actual paper! Crepe Paper is an equally amazing and versatile material and I think could work really well for this project. It holds its shape well, and can even be stitched and sewn like fabric.
I hope this helps! Let us know what you end up using!
-Corinne
Is the snowflake pattern from last year available?
Even if you do not have kit I’d love a picture of it and the pattern
Thanks
Helen
Hi Helen –
I’m not sure I know the project that you are referring to. Last year we made this same pattern in White. Is this the project you’re thinking of? If so, this kit and pattern are still available!
Here is a link to last year’s Winter Wreath post:
https://www.purlsoho.com/create/2014/11/20/winter-wreath/
And, you can find the Kit here (just be sure to pick the White option):
https://www.purlsoho.com/purl-soho-goods/purl-soho-kits/winter-wreath-kit.html
Or, if you would like the pattern on its own, you can find that here:
https://www.purlsoho.com/purl-soho-goods/purl-soho-patterns/winter-wreath-pattern.html
I hope this helps!
-Corinne
Can you hang this wreath on an exterior door?
Would the felt and other materials hold up to east coast winter?
thanks,
ann
Hello Ann,
Thanks for writing in! Unfortunately this wreath would not do well in the elements. I would also be concerned with it getting dirty out in the elements- because it can only be spot cleaned.
Warmly,
Marilla
How much extensive sewing is used? I know strange question but I am not a sewing gal… I love this wreath but have been intimidated to try this because I dont love sewing … lol.. it is so pretty and would love to give it a try if it is just “tacking” the pieces on by sewing. Thanks for your time and I love all of your amazing projects!!
Hi Jennifer,
Thanks for writing in! This lovely wreath is entirely sewn by hand. While some of the cutting can require precision, I do think that the sewing is quite achievable even for those with less extensive sewing experience.
I hope that this helps!
Cassy