Step 1

Open Cricut Design Space and select ‘Start New Project’. Once through to the Canvas screen, select 'Images' at the bottom of the screen, then type “Shamrock’ into the search bar at the top of the screen, and select your desired design. Alternatively type, #M13F56865, into the search bar which will bring up the Shamrock design used in this project. Click 'Insert'.

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Step 2

Once back through to the Canvas screen, select the Shamrock design and select 'Contour' from the 'Actions' menu. A window pop-up will appear, select the circle positioned at the centre top of the Shamrock stalk, this will cause this part of the design to disappear.

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Step 3

With the central circle now removed from the design, open the 'Actions' menu once more and select 'Duplicate'.

Step 4

Next, change the colours of the Shamrocks to help visualise the finished project design, to do this, select one of the Shamrocks and click 'Edit' – you will find a circle with the colour of your image – select that circle and a window will pop-up, you will then be able to change the colour of your image (we selected a dark green), click 'Apply'.

Step 5

Duplicate the Shamrocks once more, so that you have a total of four on your canvas, edit the colours of each so that you have two light green and two dark green Shamrocks. Resize the Shamrocks as desired to suit your wreath base. Ours measured - * Large Dark Green Shamrock = height of 3.5inches * Large Light Green Shamrock = height of 3inches * Small Dark Green Shamrock = height of 2inches * Small Light Green Shamrock = height of 2.5inches Top Tip: When re-sizing the Shamrocks, ensure the padlock icon is locked so that they re-size proportionately.

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Step 6

Once happy with the design click 'Make it’, you will then be taken through to the mat preview screen. On the top left of your screen amend the 'Project Copies' to five, the mats will then auto-populate. This project uses A4 felt sheets, make sure to amend the 'Material Size' of each mat to A4. Manually arrange the design elements of the mats as desired to avoid material wastage. This can be done by clicking on the element you wish to move and dragging it into position or selecting the element and clicking on the three dots in top left-hand corner and moving it to another mat where there is sufficient space.

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Step 7

Connect to your Cricut machine via Bluetooth – the power button will turn blue which means the connection has been successful. Select the appropriate cut setting for the material you're using - we used the Felt, Acrylic Felt – you can adjust the pressure to 'More' if needed.

Step 8

Add the rotary blade (or Fabric Point Blade + housing if using a Cricut Explore Air2 or Explore3) to port B of your Cricut Maker, then use a Brayer to secure the felt sheet to a FabricGrip Mat. Load the cutting mat into the machine and press the go button to begin the cut.

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Step 9

While the felt elements are being cut, plug in and power up a hot melt glue gun. Once it's hot start covering the wreath base with hessian, wrapping it around the wreath to hide the exposed wire.

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Step 10

Once the hessian has been wrapped around the entirety of the wreath base, secure the end using the glue gun. Once the glue has set, trim away the loose ends/strands.

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Step 11

Once each of the mats has been completed, carefully remove the elements. Once all the Shamrocks have been cut, lay them out, alternating the colours of the felt that sit on top and underneath.

Step 12

Adhere the Shamrocks together using a hot melt glue gun, adding a small amount of glue in the centre of the smallest Shamrock within the pairing. Top Tip: Make sure not to use too much glue as this will make it harder to add the stitch detail to the elements later.

Step 13

To complete the Shamrocks, add embellishments to each using gold DMC embroidery thread. Separate three threads from the skein, then thread all three strands through the eye of an embroidery needle. Tie a double-knot at the end of the strands to stop the thread pulling all the way through when adding the embroidery detail - we added an assortment of straight stitches to create 'veins' within each of the Shamrock leaves.

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Step 14

Once all the Shamrocks have been embroidered, lay the leaves onto the wire wreath as you would like them to be arranged. Once happy with the positioning, secure them in place using a needle and thread. Start by holding the Shamrock on the wreath and travelling from the back of the wreath, bring the needle up through the centre of the Shamrock, then create a small stitch through to the back of the wreath. Repeat this a couple of times pulling tightly to give the Shamrock some dimension.

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Step 15

To add further interest to the wreath design, add some extra Shamrocks to the top curve of the wreath (approximately 1.5inches in height).

Step 16

The wreath is now complete and ready to display!

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