This Fall Wreath Started With an Upside-Down Dinner Plate
An upside-down dinner plate seems out of place in a fall wreath project. Here, its rim provides the guide needed to build a round base without a foam or wire wreath form.
Homedit creator Morena Hockley surrounded the plate with bark-edge wood rounds, then added a second layer to connect the pieces. Once the glue set, the plate could come out and the wood held the circle on its own.
Gold shimmer, burlap, a twig nest, and red flowers finish the wreath. Each addition stays concentrated enough to leave much of the cut wood and bark exposed.
Dinner Plate Sets the Circle
Wood rounds are spaced around the outside of the upside-down plate, leaving gaps of less than an inch between them. The plate establishes the inner opening and keeps the pieces on a consistent circular path.
Different diameters work within the same ring. Knots, growth rings, bark edges, and uneven shapes remain visible instead of requiring a set of matching wood cuts.
Second Row Connects the Wood
More rounds overlap the gaps in the first row. Wood glue placed on the contact points joins each upper piece to the rounds beneath it.
This overlap is what gives the wreath its structure. Instead of attaching the wood to a separate base, the wood pieces support each other once the adhesive sets.
Overlapping Layers Hide the Gaps
With the second row in place, the gaps from the first arrangement disappear. The plate still holds the center open while the staggered rounds create a wider ring around it.
Some cuts extend farther toward the outside, while others sit closer to the plate. That variation creates an uneven bark border instead of a smooth manufactured edge.
Gold Shimmer Changes the Raw Finish
After the plate comes out, gold shimmer mist coats the wood. The pale cut faces take on a gold tint while grain lines, knots, and saw marks remain visible.
Dark bark forms a narrow outline around each round. The contrast makes the overlapping construction easy to see even after the finish is applied.
Burlap Takes Over the Bottom Edge
A strip of burlap is folded, pinched at the center, and attached across the bottom of the wreath. Large folds spread toward both sides and cover part of the wood ring.
Leaving the upper section bare keeps the wood as the main material. The burlap creates a separate area for the decorative pieces without wrapping the entire wreath in fabric.
Twig Nest Sits at the Center
A small twig nest covers the pinched center of the burlap. Several longer twigs extend across the wood and fabric, so the nest does not read as a separate ornament placed on top.
The empty center remains visible, while the woven twigs add smaller lines and shapes against the broad wood rounds.
Red Flowers Surround the Nest
Red fabric flowers and green leaves are attached around the nest, covering part of the burlap without hiding it. Most of the color stays across the lower center of the wreath.
The nest remains exposed beneath the flowers. Red petals, brown twigs, coarse burlap, pale wood, and bark create distinct layers across the same section.
Finished Wreath Keeps the Wood in View
The completed wreath reveals how little of the original wood circle needed covering. Most rounds remain exposed from the sides to the top, while the burlap and flowers occupy the bottom.
The dinner plate that determined the shape is gone, leaving no visible wreath form behind the overlapping wood. Would you have guessed a dinner plate was used to get this circle started?