Follow along with this tutorial to learn how to make your own sunflower mesh wreath using a UITC flower board. This unique wreath-making technique is easier than it may seem and creates a wreath unlike any other.
Place the pipe cleaner across the flower center. Insert both u-pins over it to attach the pipe cleaner. Cover the section in hot glue. Next, place a scrap piece of ribbon over the hot glue and press it down using something other than your fingers.
Cut (16) 10” strips of the green poly burlap meshes with your wood-burning tool. Next, prepare the board by inserting zip ties into the pairs of holes all the way around the outside row on the board. Close the zip ties but don’t tighten them. We want to leave them loose so we can add our mesh to them.
Take a strip of green mesh and fold it corner to corner to create a triangle. Scrunch the wide end of the triangle into the middle to create a leaf shape.Add this mesh petal to a zip tie on the outside ring of the flower board. Pull the zip tie tight and cut off the excess from the zip tie.Repeat this process all the way around the flower board.
Next, add zip ties to the hole pairs on the row inside the row you just filled. Close the zip ties but don’t cinch them.Follow the same leaf-making process to create petals with the yellow mesh strips. Add these petals to the zip ties and pull the zip ties tight. Cut off the excess.Repeat all the way around the board.
Add zip ties to the hole pairs on the next row of holes in the board. Close the zip ties but don’t cinch them.Repeat the same petal-making process with the yellow mesh strips. Add the petals to the zip ties on the row of zip ties that you just added. Pull the zip ties tight and cut off the excess.Continue all the way around the board.
Prepare the innermost row of holes on the board by adding 8 zip ties to the hole pairs and the adjacent holes. Close the zip ties but don’t cinch them.Make petals with the yellow mesh following the same process. Insert one petal into every other zip tie. After you go around the circle once, insert a petal into the zip ties you skipped the first time around the circle. Pull the zip ties tight and cut off any excess.Note: You’ll notice that the center gets bulky as you finish adding in petals. Just do the best you can.
Now take the flower center and push the ends of the pipe cleaner through the center holes of the flower board. Twist the pipe cleaner together to secure it and cut off any excess.
Take a 3rd pipe cleaner and insert it into the two holes at the top of the board to create a hanger. Twist to secure and cut off any extra.