I have a room that I just redecorated with a Victorian theme. I have corner swags (store bought) over the doorway entrance and at the corner jamb of my closet door. These store bought swags didn’t cost a lot, but after taking a good look at them I realized that I can do the same thing myself. I don’t need another corner swag, but I do need something to hang on my wall in between the doorway and the closet, so the project that I am going to show you today is a rose covered swag for that wall.
Kathy Zengolewicz
Here is what you will need to get started:
- One 30 inch wooden swag (found in any craft store)
- 3 dozen cloth roses (I used the long stem so that I could cut them down the way I wanted them)
- 3 different sizes of green leaves
- A hot glue gun
Place your swag on a flat surface, a craft table if possible. Start out by hot gluing the largest green leaves along the bottom of the swag. You can glue the rest of the leaves however you want them. You can stagger them, largest on the bottom, then the next size up, etc.
I suggest that you glue all of the greens first and then set up your roses/flowers. You can use any flower, they don’t have to be roses.
Place the flowers on the leaves across the bottom first. Then place the remaining flowers/roses where you think they look the best. I have made different swag in different ways and they always looked great when I finished them.
You can spread the flowers out or put them in small bunches. Play around with the look a little bit before using the glue to attach them to the swag. Make sure that the flowers are secure and dry before hanging.
The swag and flowers are very light weight, so when you hang them on the wall you don’t need any heavy duty picture hangers. I use a couple of small paneling nails, hammered right into the wall, to hang mine. Paneling nails make the smallest hole in the wall in case you make a mistake.
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