How to make Burlap Tie Backs by Beneath My Heart

Are you ready for another awesome guest blogger projet? How about some awesome burlap tie backs? When I asked for help, Traci was the very first to step up! Hey, what are neighbors for? Say a big howdy to Traci!

Hello! My name is Traci, and I blog Beneath My Heart!

I am so grateful to be here at Gail’s fabulous blog today. Did you know we are neighbors? She and I are both Kentucky girls! I live right outside of Lexington, (Go Big Blue!) and she lives in Louisville. Even though she lives in my rival city, I still love her! 🙂 If you have never met me in blogland before, let me introduce myself. I am the mother of four precious boys and wife to an amazing DIY man!

We love buying older homes and fixing them up. For the past two years, I have been blogging about our current fixer-upper. I love creating beauty in my home for pennies. Thrifty is my middle name! Usually, I am posting about DIY home projects, furniture makeovers, and room re-dos, but every now and then I do something “crafty”. Something like I am sharing with you today! I want to share with you how I made burlap tiebacks with interchangeable flowers that I made for my drop cloth curtains.

silk fabric flowers   I got my inspiration for this project when I went shopping with Sarah, Thrifty Decor Chick, last month. We went to the Ballard Designs’ outlet store, and I almost bought these burlap curtain tiebacks that were on sale. One thing you need to know about me is I love burlap!
ballard designs
Then I came to my senses and said, “Why would I buy this, when I can make it!” Oh, it’s the blogger in me. Smile
I decided I wanted to make a flower with a little more spring flare, so I chose to make a pink one. (Or we can call it “Honeysuckle” which is the color of the year.)
pink fabric flower
You have probably seen how to make one of these silk flowers before in blogland. So have I, but I had never tried to make one for myself.
 Can you say, F-U-N! I had a blast making these flowers. (I may have even created a new obsession for me!) This costume silk was purchased at Walmart. I got 1/4 of a yard, and it cost me only $.67! First, I cut out five circles of descending sizes and traced them onto my pink silk fabric.

How to make fabric flowers

how to make a fabric flower

A candle flame will curl the fabric

Then, I cut five slits on each circle to create the “petals”. Carefully hold each circle of material over a small flame, (a tea light works best) and let the heat singe the edges.
how to fabric flower
Follow the two steps above with each circle and then layer them on top of each other to create the flower.
 steps to make a fabric flower

Secure fabric flower layers with needle and thread

The last step is to get a needle and thread to attach the pearl button in the middle of the flower. Start from the back of the flower so the knot in the thread will not be seen.
secure fabric flower with needle and thread
Precious!
 burlap curtain tie back with fabric flower

How to make burlap tie backs for curtains

To make the burlap tieback, I just cut a piece of burlap 9 inches by 30 inches, folded it long ways, and stitched up 2 of the three sides, leaving a hole at one end to pull the material through.
how to make a curtain tie back
  Then I ironed it flat…right side out, and stitched up the remaining side.
 iron burlap project
I also made two little strips of burlap to create loops on the inside of each side of my tieback, so I could attach the tieback to the wall with a hook.
 burlap project

Add hook & eyes to burlap tie backs

The only thing left to do was attach the “hook & eyes” to the flowers and tiebacks
. hook and eyes for burlap tie backs
 burlap tieback with flower
And now I have a beautiful burlap curtain tieback!
 silk flower on burlap curtain tie backs
I had so much fun making that flower, that I made two more flowers using a different technique that I will be sharing on my blog in the future.
fun fabric flowers
I sewed a “hook” on the back of each of my flowers, so I can change them out whenever I want. How fun!!

pretty fabric flowers on burlap tie backs
plaid and green fabric flower on curtain tieback

I can think of a million different kinds of flowers to make. Maybe red ones around Christmas? What do you think? Of course, you could used this same concept with a different type material, if you do not like burlap. I hope you enjoyed this project. Please stop by and see me any time at Beneath My Heart!

Thank you, Gail, for sharing your readers with me! Have a blessed day! Traci
— Beneath My Heart
twitter: @beneathmyheart

Thank you Traci for a great tute! For a Big Blue Family, I’m wondering why you’re wearing Louisville RED in your picture? Just kidding!
gail

 

ABOUT GAIL WILSON - A teacher at heart, Gail Wilson relishes the chance not to show off her projects, but to help others find their inner handywoman, step-by-step. Her blog, MyRepurposedLife.com, chronicles her scrap-saving adventures and has been featured on countless DIY magazines and websites, including Women’s Day, Design*Sponge and Apartment Therapy. She is a longtime influencer for both Homeright and Gorrilla Glue. With a tribe of more than 450,000 followers, Gail is inspiring a new generation of DIYers to pick up some tools and get to work.

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  4. Junker Newbie Stephanie says

    So cute! Can’t wait to hear how you did the other flowers 🙂
    BTW – found out about you on Twitter!

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  9. Rachael says

    I love this post! Thanks for sharing!

    P.s. the first link to the guest blogger isn’t working (for me at least).

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  10. Michelle @Shellsshabbyshack says

    Four boys… me oh my 🙂

    I love this idea. I made drop cloth curtains for our bedroom and would like to try this. The interchangeable flowers are too cute! Great tute!
    Thanks for sharing!
    ~Michelle

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  14. Christy says

    so cute…and since i have a ton of burlap coffee sacks lying around…this is the perfect project. i love the tutorial on the flowers..i would have never thought of heating the silk to create the beautiful edge.

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  15. Rose @ Confessions of a Curbshopaholic says

    That is the cutest thing! Love the way you can change the flowers out so easily! I have dropcloth curtains and some spare burlap..I’m definitely going to try this one. Thanks for the tute!

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