Yarn Tapestry

DIY
Written By Stevie Johnston
Yarn wall tapestry

Creating this tapestry was a fun weekend project, and it required no tools. With a quick trip to Hobby Lobby, you can knock this project out for only $20.

This project was one of seven DIY projects I created for the nursery. Check out the Nursery Reveal blog post to see the full room, and to see the other how-to project blogs.

Now, are you ready to create this project with me? Don’t worry, I’ll explain every detail. I want you to feel confident that YOU CAN DO THIS! You just have to take a leap of faith, and give yourself grace. And remember, we aren’t aiming for perfection. We are aiming for progression. With every mistake is an opportunity to learn and pivot.

WITHIN THIS BLOG

⬇️ Photos of the tapestry
⬇️ “How-to” instructions
⬇️ Links to supplies

 

Glamour shots

Some images by 📸 Lyndsay Lyon Photography

 
 

How-to Make it Yourself

Materials needed

Ok, school is in session! First you need to take a trip to two of my favorite DIY stores: Hobby Lobby and Lowes.

You will need the following items:

For the color of yarn and spray paint, get whatever colors fit your style for the room you will be hanging the yard tapestry in.

For the yarn, you’re going to want to stick with the same type of yarn between your three colors. Make sure you get the thinner yarn type, as the bulkier type won’t lay properly for this project.

We will be using the spray paint to paint the double point tacks, so pick whatever color fits the rest of your room’s accent color or metal finishes.

Pro tip: Save money by looking up Hobby Lobby’s weekly ad and 40% off coupon to pick up those items when they are on sale.

 

Step 1

Grab your wood bead garland, and hang it up using thumbtacks to figure out the best placement on the wall.

I always start with thumbtacks, and then replace them with nails once I’m certain it’s the correct location. Thumb tack holes don’t require to be filled with spackle, whereas nail holes are large enough that you’d want to spackle and paint the holes.

Once your bead garland is up on the wall, cut off those GIGANTIC rope tassels. Removing the rope tassels will help keep the focus on the yarn tassels. I think the rope tassels are too bulky.

Now that the garland is up, we can use it to figure out the length we want to make our tassel strings.

Step 2

It’s tassel time! Get your yarn ready, because you’ll need to make 40 tassels! Watch the video to learn how to make your own tassel out of yarn. Below, I’ve counted how many tassels you need from each color.

  • 8 light green (Jade green) tassels

  • 8 dark green (Forest green) tassels

  • 24 white tassels

 

Step 3

You should be proud of your accomplishments so far! At this point, you have wrapped your way to 40 tassels. Big air five!

Now we get to do the fun part. Start placing your tassels on the garland by wrapping them around twice (don’t knot them yet). This part is so satisfying.

For the tassel composition, you’ll want it to be balanced but not perfect - notice how the left and right sides are not perfect mirrors of each other in the image below.

This was my strategy: I started with the base color of white and evenly distributed them across the garland thus making the chevron shape (a ‘v’ shape). I left a few white tassels unhung. I then hung the light and dark green tassels.

Lastly, I came back with my last few white tassels to finish it off. This allowed for a layering effect which caused a mix of each color in the background, middle ground, and foreground. I moved the tassels up and down and switched colors around until it felt balanced.

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Step 4

Time to commit to the string lengths. I suggest sleeping on it before moving to this step, just to ensure you like the composition of all the pieces. Once you’re ready, double-knot each one, and cut off the extra string.

You’re at the home stretch!

 

Step 5

This step is optional. If you want to keep the garland attached to the wall, purchase double point tacks (see image below).

First, you will want to spray paint the double point tacks with gold paint (or whatever color you choose). Be sure to spray paint outside to ensure the fumes from the spay aren’t inhaled.

After you are done spray painting the double point tacks be sure to allow them to dry completely. Then place the them between the beads and hammer them into the wall.

You may need to touch up the paint on the double point tacks after hammering them into the wall. To do this, spray the spray paint into the paint cap. Then use a Q-tip and dap on the gold paint. Be sure to spay the paint outside so fumes aren’t inhaled.

A toddler could potentially pull hard enough to ripe this tack out of the sheetrock, so if you can get one into a stud—that’s preferable. Use a stud finder (found at any hardware store) to make this easier. Check out this blog post, for more on my favorite tools for DIY projects.

 

Congrats

Thanks for sticking with me through this DIY project! I hope you enjoyed this blog post. Please email me (or DM me on social media) if you have any questions or thoughts.

I’d love to see your projects in process and completed! Tag me on social media @withingthesehands to share.

I hope with every project you become more confident in yourself about building new things. Eventually you will get into the realm of power tools!

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Until next time 👋🏼

 
 

Linked items from images

Here are all the links I could find for you from the above photos. I am not endorsed by any of these companies. I just love sharing what I find. Happing shopping!

Please note: Items without links are not available online

From the project

From the room

 
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