Sandi Reinke, owner and founder of the Loose Ends catalog company, demonstrates how to create a moss- and rose-covered pot by using natural cloth, dried rose heads, a terra-cotta flowerpot and glue. She also explains how to create other botanical pots using the same technique. Materials:
5"-diameter terra-cotta flower pot (or other size, as desired)
Hot-glue gun and glue sticks
Moss cloth
1" dried rose heads (for 5"-diameter pot, 70 rose heads are needed for three rows)
Scissors
- Tear or cut moss cloth into pieces 3" to 4" wide and 2" longer than the height of the pot (figure A).
- Hot-glue moss cloth to the terra-cotta pot. Overlap and glue 1 1/2" of the moss cloth over the rim. Apply the hot glue in numerous places to anchor the moss (figure B).
- Trim off any excess moss cloth from the bottom of the pot.
- Clip off the stems from the rose heads, and hot-glue the first row of rose heads, starting at the top of the pot rim (figure C).
- If desired, add additional rows (figure D).
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