Why should Santa be the only one to get his jollies with a holiday wreath? This was fast, easy and cheap. [insert your favorite off-color comment here] The black wreath was $8 from Michaels. They had eight skulls in a package and after drilling a few holes in the back of their heads and attaching them with craft wire, they are the perfect replacement for Christmas balls and pinecones. If you are not a sew-er [sew-er not sewer] just buy wire ribbon and make a bow for the bottom. However if you want the oversized haunted mansion bow you are going to have to make it. Here's how:
Start by cutting out two strips of your favorite halloween fabric 6' by 34" and sewing them into a sleeve with the side you want to show on the inside of the tube. [do not sew the 6' sides] A little fusible interfacing will give softer fabrics some heft.
Turn the sleeve inside out so that the right side now shows and loop it into a circle. This is the top of your bow. Sew the two ends together and then accordion crunch the middle together and secure by wrapping thread around it. This middle section will be covered up.
Make the tails in a triangular shape much the way you did the initial sleeve. Sew with the good side of the fabric together and then turn the tail inside out so that it shows. You do not need to sew closed the top [smaller] edge.
Situate the bow and the two tails together and secure them with thread. Then cover the whole messy center up with a 1 1/2" wide strip. Voila, you are done. Now gloat about it!
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