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Ava’s Wildflower Hoop Art – DIY & Crochet Pattern Hack

April 18, 2020

This is a hoop art DIY that I combined some Wildflower fabric and a crocheted letter to create a sweet gift to be hung in a babies nursery.

When 3amGraceDesigns released their crocheted alphabet cuddlers, I immediately envisioned this wall hanging. One of our cousins was expecting a sweet little girl, Ava, and I wanted to make this as a gift!

The babies nursery is Wildflower themed, so I went to JoAnn’s, and found this beautiful Wildflower fabric, and coordinating yarn color.

Now, Ava was born in August of last year. I am a little embarrassed to say that I started this project in early August, and just finished it in early March. I had good intentions with the project, but having to hand sew the letter on slowed me down (motivation wise), and then hot gluing the excess fabric also slowed me down (motivation wise). I have been looking at it sitting on my table, and finally over the weekend decided I was being ridiculous. I finished it up, wrapped it up, and took it over to my aunt’s house, where my cousin would be going to visit (while I would be at work).

Overall, this project was really easy to put together, and I am interested in working up some more. I think using lightweight yarn will be a game changer, as the letter will fit better and be able to be machined sewed in place, and I am also considering trying a canvas instead of embroidery hoop (which I will staple the fabric in place).

Materials:

  • Small Amount of Red Heart’s Super Saver in Medium Purple
  • H8/5mm Crochet Hook
  • #18 Tapestry Needle
  • Letter A Alphabet Kawaii Cuddler, Paid Crochet Pattern from 3amGraceDesigns
  • Sewing Needle & Thread That Matches Letter
  • 10 – 12″ Embroidery Hoop
  • Fabric – I got a 1/2 of a Yard (this can make 2)
  • Sewing Pins
  • Hot Glue Gun and Sticks
  • Small Amount of 1/8″ Ribbon for Hanging
  • Heat Source for Ribbon (so it doesn’t fray)

Material Notes:

Yarn Alternatives: Caron’s One Pound, and Bernat’s Super Value, though I think a lightweight #3 yarn would have been a better option because the letter just barely fit into the 10″ embroidery hoop.

Also, I crocheted my letter, but an alternative to this would be cut one from fabric.

Embroidery Hoop: I used a 10″ hoop because this is the biggest they had at my local JoAnn’s, but a 12″ hoop would have been better for spacing (or the lightweight yarn).

Time Spent:

This letter took just under two hours to complete – just under an hour to crochet and finish letter, then about 45 minutes to hand stitch the letter to the fabric and cut it down, and then about 5-10 minutes to hot glue the edges and add the ribbon.

Measurements:

Overall: 10″ Embroidery Hoop

Crocheted Letter: 4″ Across Top of Letter, 8.75″ Across Bottom of Letter by 9.38″ Tall

DIY:

First thing I did was crochet the letter – in this case, “A” for sweet little Ava. You can find my Crocheted Letter A, Crochet Pattern Review HERE. Alternatively, you could cut a letter from some fabric.

I put the beautiful wildflower fabric into my embroidery hoop, and secured. Then I pinned the letter in place, and hand stitched it. I did consider using my sewing machine for this, and it would have saved me a lot of time, but because the fitting was so tight, I didn’t want to take any chances that it wouldn’t fit into the hoop. The fix, go down a yarn weight or up a hoop size.

After the letter was in place, I tightened the fabric up around the hoop, and then carefully cut it half an inch bigger than my hoop all the way around. I say “carefully” because you don’t want your fabric to pull out from the hoop.

I pulled out my hot glue gun, and glued the excess fabric to the back of the embroidery hoop.

I finished this hoop art with a little ribbon bow for hanging. I wrapped my ribbon around the hoop closure twice, then tied a square knot. I left a small space to be used for hanging, then I tied another square knot (to secure this small space), and finished off with a bow. I used grosgrain ribbon, and used a lighter to heat seal the edges that I cut so they wouldn’t fray.

And it is ready for hanging! I wrapped it up to give as a gift.

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Filed Under: Crochet Pattern Reviews, Other DIYs, Spring Tagged With: 1/8 Ribbon, 3amgracedesigns, Baby Gift, Baby Girl, Baby Shower, Crochet Pattern Hack, DIY Home Decor, Embroidery Hoop, Fabric, Flowers, Grosgrain Ribbon, Joann, Nursery, Pattern Review Crochet, Purple, Red Heart Super Saver, Sewing, Sewing Thread, Shop Etsy, Spring DIY, Wall Art

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Comments

  1. Dee | Grammy's Grid says

    April 19, 2020 at 2:56 pm

    How pretty! Thanks so much for linking up with me at #AThemedLinkup 15 for Crafts and DIY, open April 15 to 25. All entries shared on social media if share buttons installed. Won’t you check out my other link parties too?

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      April 30, 2020 at 3:59 pm

      Thanks, Dee!

      Reply
  2. creativejewishmom/sara says

    April 23, 2020 at 1:35 pm

    Such a sweet baby gift! thanks for sharing on craft schooling sunday!

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      April 30, 2020 at 3:59 pm

      Thank YOU, Sara!

      Reply
  3. Kristie says

    April 26, 2020 at 10:37 am

    What a gorgeous baby gift! I’m featuring it on the Little Cottage Link Party tomorrow morning. I hope you can drop by!

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      April 30, 2020 at 4:00 pm

      Thanks, Kristie! Wouldn’t miss it 😉

      Reply
  4. Michelle says

    April 27, 2020 at 4:57 pm

    What a sweet idea!

    Thanks for sharing on Creative Compulsions!
    Michelle
    https://mybijoulifeonline.com

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      April 30, 2020 at 4:01 pm

      Thanks, Michelle!

      Reply
  5. Donna @ Modern on Monticello says

    April 29, 2020 at 10:52 am

    Love the letters! You can do so much with those creative alphabet letters. I’m sure you niece will love them too as she gets older. #HomeMattersParty

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      April 30, 2020 at 4:01 pm

      Yes!! I love how versatile the letters are.

      Reply
  6. Verna says

    January 23, 2021 at 1:19 pm

    I think it’s amazing how different crafts can be combined. Such a great idea…and so pretty!

    Reply

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