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    Home » DIY Projects

    DIY Fall Swag for Your Front Door

    September 5, 2022 by Patti Estep 2 Comments

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    Fall swag over a close up of the swag.

    Learn how to make a fall swag for your front door with fresh and dried flowers and a tobacco basket. It's easy to create and makes a nice statement for all to see.

    Fall flowers and tobacco basket on a brown door.

    Simple wildflowers, seed heads, and dried flowers come together to create a beautiful front door fall swag. Something a little different from your usual fall wreath.

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    Tobacco basket next to wild sunflowers and queen anne's lace flowers on a table.

    How to Make a Fall Swag

    Supplies

    • Fresh, dried, and/or artificial silk flowers and foliage in fall colors
    • Floral wire on a paddle
    • A tobacco basket or other rectangular frame for a simple swag base
    • Scissors or garden pruners
    Bunches of flowers on a tobacco basket.

    I cut some wild sunflowers and Queen Anne's lace growing nearby. In addition I added some seed pods from my Penstemon 'Husker's Red.'

    Dried grasses in a mustard yellow and pretty orange were added to the mix, along with some curly willow that I had at home.

    Set the tobacco wreath on the table. Then start layering the flowers, off-setting each group a little lower than the next.

    A floral wire paddle wrapping a bunch of flowers together at their base.

    Use a paddle of floral wire to wrap around all of the stems to tightly gather and hold the top of the swag together.

    Floral wire attaching a flower bunch to the top of a tobacco basket.

    Then tie it to the top of the tobacco basket.

    Trim all of the stems to the same length and add a bow with some raffia or other ribbon to cover the floral wire and add a little extra character.

    Fall flower swag on a tobacco basket hanging on a brown front door.

    Then hang your fall door swag on the front door for all your guests to see.

    Dried flowers and grasses gathered with raffia and tied to a tobacco basket hanging on a brown door.

    Here's what the swag looks like after a week. You can see that the fresh plant material has dried and decreased in size. I quite like the look. However, if you don't then just stick with dried flowers and greenery or go with artificial materials.

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    Fall swag tied to a tobacco basket hanging on the front door.
    Fall flowers and tobacco basket on a brown door.
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    How to Make a Fall Swag

    Here's an easy DIY fall swag wreath project that you can make with fresh flowers from the garden and dried material to create a beautiful fall showpiece for your home. One that you can enjoy from the end of summer through Thanksgiving.
    Prep Time10 mins
    Active Time30 mins
    Total Time40 mins
    Course: Home Decor Projects
    Yield: 1
    Author: Patti Estep
    Cost: $10-$15

    Equipment

    • Scissors or pruners

    Materials

    • Fresh and dried flowers and other botanicals in fall colors
    • Small tobacco basket for the swag frame
    • Floral wire
    • Raffia or ribbon

    Instructions

    • Layout your plant material starting with a long sturdy group.
    • Then start laying groups on top of the first group an inch or two below each layer.
    • Continue staggering the plant material in groups making sure that there is enough stem that you can gather them all at the top.
    • Gather all the stems at the top and secure them together by wrapping floral wire around all the stems several times.
    • Then use more wire to attach the swag to the tobacco basket.
    • Trim the ends so that they are all even.
    • Add some raffia or other ribbon as a bow to cover the floral wire.
    • Hang on your front door or anywhere in the house.

    Notes

    You can use artificial flowers and other botanicals too. Or any mix of fresh, dried, and artificial.

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    About Patti Estep

    Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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    1. Carole West

      September 09, 2022 at 9:01 am

      I am so "loving this" I've got this bug to get back into my flowers and just hoping I get led in the right direction because it would so complement my art. This door swag is going to take on a new look when it dries too. Excellent work!
      Carole

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      • Patti Estep

        September 09, 2022 at 9:30 am

        Thanks Carole. Can't wait to see what you do.

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