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Spring embroidery hoop wreath staged with framed photo and books.
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SPRING EMBROIDERY HOOP WREATH

Use your Cricut and heat-transfer vinyl to make this easy spring-themed embroidery hoop wreath! Welcome the warmer weather with this fun piece of decor—perfect for your front door or mantel.
Keyword: Embroidery, Spring, Wreath
Servings: 0
Author: Cori George

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Upload the File to Cricut Design Space
    Start by uploading the free Spring SVG file to your Cricut Design Space canvas (learn more in this post How to Upload SVG Files to Cricut Design Space), and resize it to fit your wreath. Because of the small pieces, a minimum cut size of 8.5" is suggested. This fits nicely in a 10" embroidery hoop—if you are using a larger hoop, increase the size of your file accordingly.
    Cricut Design Space: uploaded Spring file on Canvas
  • Once your file is ready to cut, click Make It in the upper right. In the Prepare screen, click the mirror slider for all of the layers so they will be the correct direction when you iron them onto your project. Make sure to click back on to the top layer so it cuts first.
    Then in the Make Screen, set your material to iron on vinyl (also called heat transfer vinyl or HTV) and cut the layers on your Cricut. Here's an in-depth post on How to Use HTV if you need more guidance on cutting.
    Cricut Design Space: mirrored layers in Prepare Screen.
  • Weeding and Adhering the HTV
    Weed your HTV, which is removing anything that is not your image. If you need more tips and tricks for weeding, check out this post Weeding Iron On Vinyl: Tips and Tricks for Making it Easy.
    Weeded pieces on wood table with weeding hook.
  • Fold your piece of fabric in half—this will create a sturdier pocket for your floral stems. Iron the fold so it's crisp. If you desire, you could also stitch a hem here using your sewing machine and thread.
  • Now carefully layer your iron on vinyl pieces using the hoop as a guideline. You'll adhere them one layer at a time, but you want to make sure everything is lined up properly. From bottom to top, I did the teal, the yellow, the pink, and the black, using the hoop as a guideline.
    Iron on vinyl pieces layered on fabric, surrounded by hoop.
  • If you were to iron everything on as is, however, you'd iron the different layers to the carrier sheets of the layers below them. So remove the hoop and peel back everything but that bottom layer. Adhere the bottom layer using your EasyPress mini or other heat press device.
  • Then peel back the carrier sheet. If it's not sticking, press for a bit more.
  • Repeat with the remaining layers, taking care not to run your EasyPress over any HTV that doesn't have a carrier sheet over it.
  • Hands ironing on pink layer of design.
  • Add Your Design to an Embroidery Hoop
    Once your design is complete, you can add your hoop. Try to keep the fabric as taut as possible as you secure it between the two layers of the embroidery hoop.
  • Once you've tightened the screw at the top, flip it over and trim off the excess fabric.
  • Finally, secure the fabric to the back of the embroidery hoop using a hot glue gun.
    Hands using hot glue gun to secure fabric to back of embroidery hoop.
  • Finish Your Spring Embroidery Hoop Wreath
    Now you're ready to add your florals! For this project a selection of florals was used that matched the colors used for the HTV. Play around with different arrangements until you like how it looks. You could also add greenery, succulents, berries, or even paper flowers cut with your Cricut, if you want to try another fun option.
    Hand adding first floral stem to spring embroidery hoop wreath.
  • Hand adding first floral stem to spring embroidery hoop wreath.
  • Once you have an arrangement you're happy with, carefully flip the entire arrangement. To secure it, cut a half-circle of felt. Add a bunch of hot glue and flip it over and adhere it to the back of all of the floral stems (be careful, it's hot!). You can then add more hot glue around the edges to secure it.
    Hands adding piece of felt to the back of the embroidery hoop wreath.
  • Add a piece of ribbon for hanging from the top of the hoop, using a simple knot. For a more rustic look, you can use burlap or a twine bow.
  • That's it! Your spring floral embroidery hoop wreath is ready to display! This is a fun way to welcome spring on your front door or over your mantel.