Hoop It Up this Fall

Fall leaves, pumpkins, cooler weather and the joy of Thanksgiving.  Fall is a wonderfully colorful season to decorate your home with joy! 

You will need:

Iron-on embroidered letter sheet - Gold

10" Wood Embroidery Hoop

Felt - Dark Brown and Orange

Embroidery Floss and needle (Optional)

Fabric glue

Glue gun 

Canvas Cloth (I used a canvas drop cloth)

Optional: 

Pre-strung wood beads

Double sided adhesive 1/4" craft tape

1.  Cut 4 branches of leaves from dark brown felt using the design below. You can screen shot the design to create a png file for a digital cutting machine, or print, cut then trace the design onto felt.  Size to fit during either the cutting or print process. 

2.  Place the embroidery hoop on the canvas cloth. Arrange the letters and the leaves at the center.  Remove the hoop and leaves then, following directions on the letter sheet package, iron letters in place.

3.  Separate the embroidery hoop rings, then place the cloth over the center of the inner ring.  Press the outer ring over the top then tighten. Pull the edges of the cloth to adjust so the words are at the center.  

4.  Cut the approximate shape of a pumpkin from orange felt then glue at the center, beneath the words.  Glue an extra leaf and stem at the top of the pumpkin and the branches around the words.  Trim the excess cloth away from the edge at the back of the hoop. 

5.  Optional.  Oversew the stems of each branch with embroidery floss for added dimension, then add small running stitches on the pumpkin and down the center of the single leaf, or glue in place.

6.  Glue a floral pik to the top of the embroidery hoop wreath to finish.  

7. Optional: For a farmhouse look, you can also glue a strand of wood beads around the outer edge of the hoop as follows:

8. Place the tape around the outer edge of the hoop. Attach one end of the bead strand to the top of the hoop. Place the hoop on a flat surface then slowly press the beads firmly into the adhesive as you remove the top of the tape.  

  

9. Carefully flip the hoop over then, as an added caution use the glue gun to to adhere the beads to the hoop from the back. I added glue to the back of alternate beads. 

 

10. Glue a flower pik to the top to finish, or simply use some leftover floral accents you may already have on hand. 

Enjoy!

Yours truly, 

Julie 💝

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON CRAFTING!