Embroidered & Stuffed Fabric Christmas Wreath

It's a fabulous Fabric Wreath -- stuffed, and full of good old country style!

On your front door, this fabric wreath will softly welcome neighbors, friends, and family to your home for Christmas. Or change the designs to suit the season and every cozy, country occasion.

Select fabrics and designs to complement your home decor, and complete the look by decorating your wreaths with fringed, homespun ribbons.

The finished size for this wreath is 17 inches in diameter.

Supplies & Materials:

- Air-erase pen
- Needle and thread for some hand sewing

- Polyester fiberfill

- Medium weight, cutaway stabilizer

- Temporary spray adhesive

- Masking tape
- Small plastic ring

- 1/2 yard quilter's cotton
(2 colors - 1/4 yard each)
- 3/4 yard flannel
- 3/4 yard polyester felt

- 1/2 yard cotton homespun fabric*

Homespun fabric is a loosely woven fabric, usually of wool or linen, hand-loomed from hand-spun yarns. Kenny chose this type of fabric to make the ribbon ties because the weave is loose and it frays into fringe easily.

The designs used in this tutorial include:

- A Christmas Around the World Design Pack - Lg

Preparing the Pieces

Click here to download the free pattern. The front of the wreath is made up of eight separate pieces. Print eight copies of the pattern.

Hand holding white paper with a printed template labeled "wreath pattern" on a wood surface. The pattern has solid and dashed lines forming a trapezoid shape.

Cut out the shape of the patterns along the outer line.

Printed paper labeled "wreath pattern" with dashed cutting lines is laid on a brown wooden surface, next to closed orange-handled scissors.

Create paper templates of the designs by printing them at full size. Cut around each design to make the templates easy to manage.

Position the templates on the pattern pieces. We started with the top piece. Place the template on top of the pattern and measure equal distances from the edges of the design to the edges of the pattern. Tape the template in place with a couple pieces of masking tape.

Hand holding paper pattern pieces taped together on a wooden surface with a metal ruler measuring the paper. The pattern shows a house illustration and text.

Align the next pattern piece (to the right) with the top piece. Align the inner lines of the pattern pieces together as shown (the pieces will overlap 1/2 inch). Tape the pattern in place.

Hands holding and aligning two paper pattern pieces taped together, one with a nativity scene and the text "Peace on Earth," the other labeled "Wreath pattern.

Add the second design template on the pattern piece you just added. "Eyeball" the template so that it is oriented the same as the top design. Then, measure equal distances between the edges of the design and the edges of the pattern. Tape the template in place.

Patterns for embroidery or applique showing a nativity scene with "Peace on Earth" and a house with a cat and tree with "Joyeux Noël," taped to a table.

Continue adding the pattern pieces and design templates (working clockwise) around the entire shape.

Orient the designs with the top-most piece.

Paper pattern pieces arranged in a circle on a dark wood surface, each piece showing a black and white house illustration with holiday greetings in various languages.

Next, separate the pattern pieces by removing the tape, but leave the templates in place. Draw lines extending the horizontal and vertical axis points of the templates out of the edges of the pattern pieces. These lines will be used for marking the design placement onto the fabric.

Printed paper pattern piece labeled "Peace on Earth" with a graphic of a star and houses, taped on a wooden table with a metal ruler and blue pencil.

Cut a piece of the quilter's cotton a bit larger than the top pattern piece. Lay the pattern on the fabric and trace the shape.

Hand tracing a fabric pattern attached with tape on beige fabric. The pattern shows an embroidered nativity scene with "Peace on Earth" text.

With an air-erase pen, mark the horizontal and vertical axis points on the fabric.

Paper pattern pinned on beige fabric with "Peace on Earth" text, a nativity scene embroidery design, and dashed stitching lines marked.

Remove the template and draw lines connecting the marks. Where the lines meet is the center point of the design.

Linen fabric with purple curved trapezoid shape drawn, intersected by blue horizontal and vertical lines; blue marker held near fabric edge.

Hoop the fabric with cutaway stabilizer that has been sprayed with temporary adhesive. Hoop the fabric and stabilizer together by aligning the marks on the hoop with the lines on the fabric.

Attach the hoop to the machine and load the design. Align the needle over the center point on the fabric and embroider the design.

Embroidery hoop with beige fabric stretched, blue registration lines marked in center, rough traced outline of wreath shape around hoop on fabric.

When the design has finished, trim away the excess stabilizer and cut out the shape.

Repeat the hooping and embroidering process for each piece.

Piece of white fabric with embroidered house, red heart, snowman, tree, and "Joyeux Noël" text next to orange-handled scissors on wood surface.

Assemble the Front Pieces

Lay the top piece with the right side up and align the second piece on top with the right sides together. Pin in place along the right side. Sew a 1/2 inch seam along the pinned side.

Hand holding layered fabric pieces with holiday-themed embroidery including palm tree with "Peace" and a small house with "Joy," pinned on a wood surface.

Next, lay the pieces flat and add the third piece by aligning it on top of the second piece with the right sides together. Pin in place along the right side and sew a 1/2 inch seam. Continue this process around the entire shape. Do not sew the first and last pieces together -- they need to stay unattached so the wreath can be turned later on.

Press the seams flat on the back of the fabric. Press the seams towards the darker pieces of fabric.

Hand holding layers of embroidered fabric squares; visible embroidery includes a nativity scene with "Peace on Earth" text and part of a "Joyeux" design.

Preparing the back and inner pieces

Now we will prepare the flannel for the back piece and felt for the inner piece. (Adding white felt to the inside of the wreath will soften the edges of the stabilizer that tends to show through the light-colored quilter's cotton.)

Lay the front piece on top of the flannel and the felt, pin in place, and cut out the shape along both the outside and the center of the shape.

Hand holding orange scissors cutting white fabric strip beside an embroidered wreath with small houses and text "Mele Kalikimaka" on green fabric.

Lay the front piece on top of the back and inner pieces and mark the fabric on the inner and outer edge along the open seam of the front piece.

Close-up of a hand using a blue pencil to mark fabric; sections of green and beige fabric panels with embroidery depicting a house, a gift box, and scissors with text.

Remove the front piece, draw a line connecting the marks, and cut along the line. Cut through both the back and inner fabrics.

Orange-handled scissors cutting a layered fabric stack including white batting and green fabric with white star-like dots on a dark wood surface.

Cut two 1 1/2 inch by 7 1/4 inch pieces of flannel. (These pieces will be "extenders" for the ends of the back piece.) Align the long sides of the pieces with the ends of the back piece with the right sides together. Pin in place and sew a 1/2 inch seam along the inner edges.

Two rectangular pieces of white fabric pinned with sewing pins, placed parallel on a wooden surface. A hand holds the right fabric strip. Green patterned fabric and light-colored surface visible around edges.

Then fold the pieces over and finger press the seam. Top- stitch a 1/8 inch seam along the folded edges.

Close-up of a sewing machine foot stitching two pieces of light green fabric with white dots, on a white sewing machine bed.

Assembling the Wreath

Lay the layers together with the felt first, the flannel on top with the right side up, and then the front piece on top of the flannel with the wrong side up..

Eight fabric segments with embroidered houses and "Merry Christmas" text are pinned in a circular pattern atop white batting on a wooden table.

Sew a 1/2 inch seam along the inner and outer edges. Start and stop 1/2 inch from each end. Leave the cut ends open for turning.

Close-up of a sewing machine stitching fabric with embroidered Christmas-themed designs, including a figure wearing a green hat and red scarf, on cream and green materials.

Cut slits in the seam allowance along the inner and outer edges about every 1/2 inch. Be careful not to cut the seam!

Close-up of fabric with green border being cut with orange-handled scissors; fabric has embroidery including red text and an outline of a house.

Turn the wreath right side out between the front and back fabric. Stuff it with the fiberfill, by adding it between the felt and the back piece of fabric.

Hand-stitched fabric wreath with removable embroidered sections showing holiday houses and greetings, held by a hand on a wooden table.

Turn the cut ends 1/2 inch to the inside, and sew together with needle and thread.

Close-up of two fabric pieces with detailed embroidery of houses; one green fabric with brown house and blue roof, the other cream fabric with a house and snowman. A needle with gray thread is inserted in the cream fabric.

Creating Ribbon Ties

Fold the homespun fabric in half, creating two layers. Mark every inch along the short ends. Sew a 1/4 inch seam on both sides of each mark. (These seams will keep the ribbon from fraying completely.)

A ruler measuring approximately 9 inches is placed on red and white checkered fabric on a wooden surface, with a pencil pointing at the 9-inch mark.

Cut strips of ribbon by cutting at the marks, following down between the seams. You will create 8 strips of fabric that are 18 inches long. Wash and dry the ribbon to create the fringe. After drying, trim away the excess threads.

Tip: If you throw all the ties in the washer together, they may come out in a knot. Use a large safety pin to hold one end of all the ties together. Then use another safety pin to hold the other ends together. Remove the pins before putting the ties in the dryer.