I already had all the materials here in my ridiculous crafting stockpile. The wreath itself I purchased a couple years ago at Dollar Tree. I picked up a few since they were just $1 each. (Which reminds me, I should probably check out the dollar store craft section soon, it's been a while.) The tulle I ordered on eBay. I sometimes just watch random craft items like this to find auctions that end incredibly cheap. I paid between $0.25-$2.00 a roll. This was the first time I had actually used tulle and it was surprisingly easy to work with. Much easier than I expected anyway. The spiderweb ribbon I picked up on sale at Michael's last year after Halloween. All in all I'd estimate the wrest cost about $6 to make. If you've priced wreaths of any kind lately, that's quite a bargain.
I started by making the pom-pom flowers from the tulle. I read online that I'd need a darning needle and thick thread, but instead I used a regular sewing needle and regular thread. Mostly because I don't actually know what a darning needle is and I certainly don't have one laying around. I don't think so anyways... To make sure the knot didn't just slide through holes in the tulle I cut a little piece of a fabric scrap, folded it in half, and slid it on the thread, down to the knot, before starting.
For the larger pom flowers I cut 2 pieces, roughly 25" of tulle, layered them together, and folded them in half. I did the stitches down the crease. The stitches don't have to be neat or even in any way. After stitching from one end to the other, I pulled the thread taught and pushed the tulle backwards to form the pleats.
I then took another tiny piece of scrap fabric to finish this end. Then to finish this piece of the flower, I simply sewed the 2 tiny pieces of fabric together.
I set this piece aside and made pom-pom from the opposite color of tulle. I made it just like I'd make a pom-pom from yarn. I now some people have templates or fancy things that they use for making pom-poms. Me? I just wrap the material around my hand.
Depending on the size of the ball, I wrap it tight or loosely. And I just eyeball the amount I use, usually about and inch thick on each side. I snipped the tulle, slipped it off my hand and tied it in the middle with some bakers twine. (Purchased in the $1 bins at Target). I left a few inches of the string hanging, which I pulled through the hole in the center of the bottom piece of the tulle flower that I had set aside before.
I cut another piece of tulle, the same color as the bottom piece of the flower, roughly 8" long. I tied the baker twine in the center of this piece and pulled it tight. Now, I cut the twine short. This final tulle piece is what I used to tie the flowers to wreath. If they stuck out too far, I trimmed them slightly.
To make the smaller pom flowers the only thing I really changed was how I made the bottom piece. For these I only used 1 piece of tulle, roughly 25". I folded it into thirds and put the stitches down the edge that would keep it sealed.
The ribbon I just wove through the wreath. I tied it behind the flowers since it can't be seen there.
The tulle bow was made very simply. It is not actually tied like a bow at all. I just decided how big I wanted it, looped tulle together and tied it in the center with a small piece of tulle to form the bow loops. I cut strips of tulle for the bow strings, folded them in half, layered them and then tied them along with the loops in the center again with another small piece of tulle.
I used tulle to make the hanger as well, I looped it twice and you could make it as long or short as you want. I used one last small piece of tulle to fasten the bow to the hanger, again right in the center.
** All the measurements here are approximate. I don't generally measure when I craft unless, you know, it's super necessary for the project.
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