Floral Patriotic Embroidery Hoop Decor

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Use your old embroidery hoops to make some patriotic decor for your Memorial Day and Independence Day get togethers! Using artificial florals, this is a unique way to recreate the American flag! I hope this Floral Patriotic Embroidery Hoop idea inspires you to make something similar for your red, white, and blue patriotic home decor! Make sure to check out our other Patriotic Crafts & Diys while you’re here!

Supplies needed for this project :

Wooden 8″ embroidery hoop
White or off white fabric for background
Small red rosettes
White daisies
A large blue flower
Brown paint or wax
Wet wipes
Scissors
Hot glue
Cardboard or cardstock
Small letter stencils
White paint
Jute

an embroidery hoop laying on top of some brown craft paper

Step one : Stain your hoop

Using either a dark wax or a light brown paint, add a little color to the top or outer hoop only. No need to do this to the inner hoop, because you won’t see it anyway.

an embroidery hoop that has been separated with a bottle of antique wax sitting in the middle of it

I like to use this antique wax from Waverly and apply it with a wet wipe.

Step two : Add background fabric

Now you want to add whatever background fabric you plan to use. I used drop cloth. Don’t cut it just yet. I like to wait until I’m finished with a piece, so I can pull the fabric tight again before cutting it.

an embroidery hoop with tan fabric inside of it laying on a table

Step three : Add flowers

For my white stripes, I added these white and yellow daisies, using hot glue to adhere them.

white artificial flowers added to an embroidery hoop background

Then I added the small red rosettes next for my red stripes. A sweet follower of mine sent them to me in a craft supply package recently and I was excited to get to use them for this project!

white and red artificial flowers added to an embroidery hoop background

I added one more row of daisies and one more row of rosettes, shortening the rows a bit to allow for the blue. The last flower that I added was a big blue Sola wood flower! Another follower had sent me the Sola wood flowers, too! I have some of the best followers on Facebook! If you’re not following me there, I would love for us to connect there as well!

white and red and blue artificial flowers added to an embroidery hoop background

Once all flowers were added, I then pulled the fabric tight, tightened up my hoop, then cut the extra from around it. At this point, I thought I was finished, but it needed something else. I tried to make a bow, and that just wasn’t it. Then I thought about a pennant banner! That was perfect to finish this Floral Patriotic Embroidery Hoop! You can use brown cardstock or cardboard. I just so happened to have some miniature pennants in my scrapbook supplies, so I used those!

American flag made with flowers on an embroidery hoop sitting on an easel

Using letter stencils, I added the letters, USA, in white paint. Then I added some paint around the edges of the pennants, and glued the pennants to a piece of jute. Lastly, I glued the banner to the embroidery hoop to finish it off!

I think this Floral Patriotic Embroidery Hoop Decor turned out so sweet and it was super simple to make! Maybe it will inspire you to create something similar for your patriotic home decor! Before you leave, I hope you will join our email family so we can keep in touch!