Make Your Own Burlap Letter

Make this easy Burlap latter to adorn your front door...

Use a styrofoam letter...

You can get this one of two ways...Painstakingly cut the letter out yourself from foam you have salvaged from your last appliance purchase packing...

...or purchase for a few dollars from an on-line cheerleading supply...

( I was cheering myself when I figured this out...thus the fabulous foam packing material remains intact now in the recycling bin)

Trace the letter reverse-facing onto the burlap...cutout and adhere to surface by brushing on DecoPage glue medium...

Cut out strips the width of your sides and apply the same way

There will be some raveling...but persevere on...we will cover that up soon...

Make sure to apply glue heavily in corners to prevent lifting

Take twine and measure out three strands 1 1/2 times the length of your perimeter  

(you can break this up into smaller sections if need be)...

knot the ends of the three and begin to braid together until about 4" remains at the end...knot this end as well...

Then plug in the glue gun...

Make sure to run some hot glue at the end of each strand just before the knot...this will keep the strand from unraveling...

Trim the first knot off and adhere to edges using a hot glue gun (carefully)

Press down, meeting new strands together if broken into sections

Apply twine to the backside using glue or tacks and enjoy...

If you want to add the ruffle flower above...cut a 24" strip of burlap 5" wide...using floral wire, feed it down the center of the burlap strip like a running stitch...

Fold in half with wire edge in middle, gather onto the wire to ruffle and then roll up like a flower...

using extra wire on each edge...wire onto letter.