DIY: a tapestry with real roses

Brighten your wall with the queen of flowers

Forget paintings, get rid of the photo frames and sell the wall cupboards. It’s time to clear the walls for the perfect feature: a rose tapestry, made with real roses! Before you know it, your visitors will be paying no attention to your fabulous outfit, your low-carb snacks or eclectic interior. Want to go wild indoors? Get your inspiration below.

You will need

  • Piece of sturdy fabric
  • Lots of roses!
  • Test tubes
  • Thin wire

How to make it

Step 1. Find the perfect patch of empty wall or clear a wall in your home. You can also take a curtain down for the occasion and hang the fabric from the curtain hooks.

Step 2. Decide where you want to place the roses on the fabric. Attach the test tubes to the back of the fabric with wire. Secure both ends of the wire on the front of the fabric and then cut small openings in the fabric above the test tubes.

Step 3. Poke the rose’s stem through an opening and insert the stem into the (plastic) test tube filled with water on the back of the fabric.

Step 4. Now secure the rose by inserting a wire through the fabric just below the calyx. Secure both ends of the wire on the back of the fabric. Repeat this with all the regal roses until you have a crazily full tapestry. If you use a slightly longer piece of wire, the flower will poke forward a bit, which gives a playful effect. 

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