Stacks and Flats... and All the Pretty Things...: yarn

October 12, 2011

A Fall Wreath with Yarn & Feathers

Remember way back when I showed you guys some loot I got at Michaels on my FB?

I actually used most of it that very night...and am just now getting to show you one of those projects :)

I love how this turned out and love how easy it was.

Nothing crazy out of the ordinary but simple and perfectly fall!

And just a splash of what was the hit fad of the year- feathers.

Here's some of what I picked up on my shopping trip:

And no, not all of that was for my wreath :)

The only supplies I used were a wreath form, some feathery yarn and the feather pick you see in the picture.

Here's where I was a bad blogger and didn't take a picture of me wrapping the wreath.

Insert sheepish grin here.

I'm pretty sure I was watching Friday Night Lights while I was wrapping it so...yea...distraction.

But if you need some guidance I have several other yearn wreaths here, here and here.

This feathery yarn was way easy because it filled in the gaps a lot faster.

Thinner yarn takes a lot longer, let me tell ya.

After I wrapped the whole thing, I just stuck the feather pick in.

It was in really good so no glue needed.

And seriously, it was that easy.

I am in love with those yellow feathers.

Oh...so I lied just a little.

I DID end up adding a few covered buttons just for some more spice.

I covered two with linen and one with burlap.

I'm loving the fact that I can cover buttons with whatever fabric I want :)

Makes life so much more fun.

My little photo-shoot turned into an all out battle with the sun.

I ended up all over the yard trying to find a decent place to take pictures.

Oh, the things we do for blog posts :)

It's nice to know that when the feather hair trend wears out, feathers will still look good on your door!

(and guys, these feathers were wayyyy cheaper than my hair ones...)

So there it is... my little yarn feather wreath.

All ready to enjoy a pretty fall.

Now if Arkansas would just get on board with that.

No more ninety degree weather, kay? Thanks.

What do you think?

Are you in love with feathers?

I hope you guys are enjoying your week,

I'm sad that this is my last week of clinicals.

I'm not ready to return to the harsh world of OT school and am loving my kiddos way too much.

Friday is going to be hard :/

Happy mid-week guys!!

Linking to:

Show and Share @ Southern Lovely

Whatever Goes Wednesday @ Someday Crafts

Under 100$ @ Beyond the Picket Fence

Hookin up with HOH @ House of Hepworths

Catch a Glimpse @ A Glimpse Inside

Linky Party @ Sassy Sites

Simply Creations @ My Simple Home Life

Everything but the Kitchen Sink @ A Little Knick Knack

Tickled Pink @ 504 Main

Feature Yourself Friday @ Fingerprints on the Fridge

Weekend Wrapup Party @ Tatertots and Jello

Remodelaholics Anonymous @ Remodelaholic

Whacha Got @ DIY, Crafts & Other Projects

Strut Your Stuff @ Six Sisters Stuff

Sundae Scoop @ I Heart Naptime

Craft Catwalk @ Embellishing Life

Craftomaniac Monday @ Craftomaniac

Amaze Me Monday @ Dittle Dattle

Tutes and Tips Not To Miss @ Home Stories A to Z

Link Party @ The Kurtz Corner

Link Party @ Today's Creative Blog

Show me what ya got @ Not just a Housewife

May 23, 2011

Yarn Chevron Canvas

I thought I'd whip up a post for you the day before so it could be scheduled to go out today.

That way I won't have to mess with using other computers while we're dealing with our crazy flooded house.

Before I get to the fun, lovely things to look at...

want a peek at the nastiness?

That's our hallway leading down to the bedrooms...at this point, most of the water had already been sucked up.

We worked today to get the master bedroom furniture out so that the fans could reach further under the carpet.

Ugh.

Hopefully the insurance adjuster will be out tomorrow to help get things moving.

Moving on to the funner things in life...

I'm super excited about getting started on my craft room redo...I have big big plans.

But most of it will happen after the wood floors get installed...

don't ask when that is at this point :)

But I got enough excited and decided to make something in grey and white since that will be the main color scheme of the room.

I'm still somewhat obsessed with the look and texture of yarn after those yarn letters a while back, so I think I was just looking for an excuse to use my yarn again :)

I gathered a square canvas, grey yarn, glue sticks and a chevron stencil I printed off the internet.

Then I used the chevron stencil to lightly sketch out the lines onto the canvas.

These will be the guidelines for laying down the yarn.

This is the tedious part...

I just would make a thin line of hot glue all the way down the canvas following the chevron shape...

and you have to get the yarn down fast so the glue doesn't harden before it's down.

The hardest part is keeping the angles of the points, the yarn wants to round out...so I found it easiest to take a pencil and push it into points after laying the yarn.

I didn't want the yarn to go around the sides of the canvas so I just took some sewing scissors and cut them as close to the edge of the canvas as I could.

I kept going until all the spaces were filled :)

I adore the texture...

You could put fray check on the ends but I kind of like some of the fraying so I let it stay.

It's hard to make the chevron stripes with no gaps but you can go back and fill them in with small pieces of string if you want...I think the small amounts of white that peek through add to the texture :)