THANKSGIVING WREATH

Thanksgiving is here, and here is a little craft that will welcome guests at your door. This wreath is a simple, affordable yet beautiful way to greet your guests. I love ginkgo leaves especially in the fall so I decide to make this wreath with a golden yellow felt and a lemon yellow felt.

All you need is:

-An 8 in embroidery hoop. (I separated the inner wooden hoop and save it for another project)
-Felt in the color palette of your choice (above Lemon Yellow and Golden Yellow)
- A Hot Glue Gun
-A sewing machine

-First cut the felt into rough ginkgo leaf shapes that are around the same size. I cut the tops of the leaves individually so they have a more natural ginkgo feel. I used 20 but it all depends on spacing, the closer together the more you will need.

-Then I lined the leaves up along the 8 in wooden embroidery hoop that was my base and decide layout and spacing, I alternated one lemon yellow, and then one golden.

- Once you have the layout you can sew them all together on the sewing machine. In the past for a green leaf design I just sewed a straight line down the middle of the leaves to form a garland. A small strip of tape along the back can hold them all together while you sew.
The ginkgoes are a little more complicated because I wanted to make them look more like real ginkgoes, so I used my sewing machine to sew small chains of leaves with the veining in the leaves of each gingko.
-Then once you have all your chains sewn together, hot glue them all around the top of the embroidery hoop. To make it a little more harvest festive, I added the a small bunch of baby indian corn in the center as I hung it on my door with yellow embroidery string.