how to make the most beautiful felt flower garland

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the most beautiful felt floral garland (and how to make one!)One of Piper’s favorite pastimes is flipping through wedding magazines whilst sitting on a beach or lounging by a pool. She is her mama’s daughter, that one.

the most beautiful felt floral garland (and how to make one!)Last year, around the same time as her Unicorn Party, she became infatuated with the gorgeous, lush flower garlands that seem to be all the rage at bohemian weddings right now (good taste, girly!).

the most beautiful felt floral garland (and how to make one!)I wanted to figure out how to make one for her Unicorn Party, and when I mentioned it to her, she said, “And then I’ll hang it in my room forever, right?”

the most beautiful felt floral garland (and how to make one!)Which got me brainstorming ways to make a gorgeous, lush floral garland that could decorate her party and then permanently transition to bedroom decor.

a whole pile of handmade unicorns (and the most beautiful felt floral garland!)And this is it y’all.

the most beautiful felt floral garland (and how to make one!)It is far from low maintenance, but it is just gorgeous and both of us are smitten. Also, I kind of don’t mind high maintenance projects if they A- turn out as well as this one did and B- are multipurpose like this garland.

the most beautiful felt floral garland (and how to make one!)

To make one-

Gather a pile of felt or wool felt in your color palette (I used some individual sheets of wool felt and this wool felt set– I especially love that there are a couple of different shades of green included), green velvet ribbon (at least 3 yards), a mini hot glue gun and hot glue sticks, coordinating green thread and invisible thread (the invisible thread was perfect for handstitching the leaves onto the garland; I also used it for the centers of some of the felt flowers).

how to make the prettiest felt flower garlandCut out a whole pile of felt leaves (I used two colors of heathered greens and also a few pops of white with green ‘veining’)- I’m talking hundreds of leaves.

the most beautiful felt floral garland (and how to make one!)the most beautiful felt floral garland (and how to make one!)Cut a length of green velvet ribbon to the size of you’re finished garland (mine is 10 feet long). With your sewing machine, sew a line of overlapping leaves on top of the green ribbon (this will be your garland ‘base’).

the most beautiful felt floral garland (and how to make one!)Using invisible thread, hand stitch leaves onto the sides of the garland. Pinch each leaf at the base as you sew to make the leaves more realistic and less flat.

the most beautiful felt floral garland (and how to make one!)Then make a whole pile of felt flowers (a tutorial for how to make Rifle Paper Co. inspired felt flower is here, and I love love LOVE Delia’s felt flowers– those will totally work if you just increase the scale!).

the most beautiful felt floral garland (and how to make one!)Instead of sewing these onto the garland directly, I added ties to the back of each flower. That way we can reposition the flowers, or even take them off altogether, to suit various color palettes.

the most beautiful felt floral garland (and how to make one!)Though, honestly, I haven’t rearranged any of the flowers since the unicorn party- it’s now hanging in Piper’s room, unchanged so far.

the most beautiful felt floral garland (and how to make one!)So very gorgeous, right? And seriously, so much work- but the worth-it kind. 😉

MORE DIY FLOWER (AND UNICORN PARTY) GOODNESS-

How to make Rifle Paper Co. inspired felt flowers

Gorgeous DIY felt flower collar

Floral purse DIY

Piper’s unicorn party

How to make a unicorn doll

How to make a unicorn horn headband

How to make a unicorn mini pinata

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  1. This is so gorgeous and the flowers are just stunning. Did you end up posting the tuts for them? I can’t seem to find them.

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