I have purchased everything I need to make a cross wreath of rmy husband's friend who just passed on. I just can't seem to get started & can't find any place that has any projects or instructions.
2007-06-12 09:49:17 · 7 answers · asked by momek05 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
I did a quick search and couldn't find a Styrofoam cross form on line, so you might have to cut your own. You will have to go to a florist to get the wire brace/frame that holds the cross up. Around the entire outer edge you should pleat weatherproof #40 ribbon, attaching it with fern pins. Next insert your first round of flowers, cutting the stem short enough so the flower heads just touch the ribbon ruffle,and cover the fern pins, but making an allowance for the amount of wire that will be inserted into the foam. ( insert the flower stem ).Start your next row of flowers, cutting them a little longer, placing them in between the spaces of the flowers of the last row. You are going for a rounded appearance, with no white foam showing through. Continue on in this manner, until the cross is completed. Sometimes a banner is added to the cross or a small corsage is added to the center of the cross. I think when you see how many flowers it takes for the cross, you will think that is enough to do.
Pierce the back of the cross with the hook on the brace to hold the cross on. NOTE: You may have to get the wider ribbon at the florist as well as the brace to hold it. Remember you are looking for a slightly rounded appearance. You can get the fern pins at the craft store.
2007-06-12 18:22:25 · answer #1 · answered by Pat C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My father just recently passed away and we received tons of different wreaths and crosses and we had to make our own picture collages for the funeral home. I would say the best one was one that someone had started by putting flowers about 1-2 inches apart all over the cross and then took pictures and inserted them throughout the flowers. Anything you make will be appreciated and loved and help the family through hard times once the funeral and stuff is over and the reality hits. I have things that sit right next to my bed that people made or cards they sent and just the time that they took and the memories that they shared are what keep me going when I miss my daddy soooo much.
2007-06-12 09:58:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
simply cut most of the stem off the flowers and begin in the center of the cross, stick in your largest flower, then begin angeling the other flowers and leaves so that they lay close to the base of the cross sticking outward, upward and downward on the various sections. look up flower arranging if you need help. or go to florist sites looking for funeral arrangements it will give you a visual to work from.
2007-06-12 19:52:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
sure. we've a man made one that we positioned on our mom and dad grave each and every 12 months. We take it accessible over the Thanksgiving weekend. with the aid of fact the cemetery fills with snow it would not consistently get picked up till Spring. no one has ever stricken it and each couple of years we positioned a clean bow on it.
2016-12-12 19:21:04 · answer #4 · answered by hillhouse 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try a crafts store such a michaels
2007-06-12 09:52:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
why not save yourself the headache and just buy one, he probably won't mind.
2007-06-12 10:07:24 · answer #6 · answered by Alejandro 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2007-06-12 10:05:04 · answer #7 · answered by Bonnie B 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋