Required utensils
- Halved straw wreath with thin wrapping ribbon
- Wool unwinder
- Ginkgo leaf in silver
- STYLIT virgin wool felt "Toni" or
STYLIT virgin wool felt "Klausi" - Dried flowers such as Phalaris
- Bead head pins in red
- Stapling pliers
- Scissors
Materials and colours
Black GR07
Garnet red VI09
For this work of art, the timeless Mourning colour Black and the powerful garnet red combined. This gives the mourning jewellery an extraordinary depth and serves symbolically as an expression of respect, dignity and love for the deceased.
In the midst of these dark felt tones green succulents which create a refreshing contrast and symbolise growth, hope and the constancy of life, even in times of sadness.
You are free to adapt the colours to your own taste and thus set individual accents. awaken your creativity to life and design this work of art according to your ideas!
Step by step
Step 1:
Cut the felt to size
Take the "Klausi" sheep's wool felt and cut out small squares about 5 cm in size. If you are working with different single-coloured felts, repeat this step for each of the felt colours you are using.
Step 2:
First stitch
Fold the felt in the centre and adjust the piece of felt with a little dexterity to create two pieces of roughly the same size. Then secure the fold by placing a basting stitch in the bottom centre. If you are working with single-coloured felt, you can layer several colours at this point and then continue with this step.
Step 3:
Second attachment
Take the stapled felt in your hand so that it lies in front of you in a V shape. Then grasp one half of the felt and fold it in half again. Make sure that the resulting fold is facing outwards with the opening. To secure it, you also need to place a precise basting stitch above the fold.
Step 4:
Fit the straw wreath
In the first step, skilfully insert the wool unwinder into the straw wreath so that the two ends of the wreath point upwards like a bowl. Make sure that you hit the centre of the half-rounding exactly to ensure a stable position. Next, you can attach the felt pieces to the straw wreath using the pearl head pins. Deliberately leave the centre free so that you can fill it later in other creative ways.
Step 5:
Filling the centre
Fill the empty centre with dried flowers and succulents. Make sure that no space is left in between and that the straw wreath is skilfully covered.
Step 6:
Give your memorial jewellery an extra touch by decorating it with a cross. To do this, simply take two thin metal rods of different lengths and skilfully connect them with a binding wire or woollen thread. This final embellishment will turn your piece into a unique and meaningful work of art.
Designer
Designer and master florist Bettina von Hollen lives in Bielefeld and has many years of experience and a great passion for creative design.
Bettina truly has a knack for flowers, decoration and floristry and uses these skills to plan showrooms and events. She passes on her knowledge and love of the green industry in numerous workshops.