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How to Make Sisal Lifesaver Chair Swags

Step 1

How to Make Sisal Lifesaver Chair Swags

Add sisal rope to crown shape

Unroll the spool of sisal rope and wrap it evenly around the wreath shape. After two strings of rope are wrapped tightly around each other, secure the sisal rope to the wreath shape with hot glue. Repeat this process until the entire wreath shape is covered with sisal rope. Then cut to size with the utility knife.

Step 2

How to Make Sisal Lifesaver Chair Swags

Add nylon accents

Unfold the spool of white nylon rope. Create four accent bands, one in each quadrant, wrapping the string around the crown two strands at a time until a band 10 strands wide is created. Secure the nylon rope to the sisal rope with hot glue. When you have completed each band, cut the nylon rope with a utility knife.

Step 3

How to Make Sisal Lifesaver Chair Swags

Create silhouette banner

Using a marker or pencil, draw a banner on a piece of 1/4" plywood.

Stage 4

How to Make Sisal Lifesaver Chair Swags

Cut silhouette

Cut out the banner silhouette from the 1/4” plywood using a jigsaw or jigsaw. When you're done, make a second banner. Lay the first banner on another piece of plywood and trace the shape onto the surface. Then cut the second banner.

Step 5

How to Make Sisal Lifesaver Chair Swags

Add paint

Cover the entire surface of the plywood with the background color using a mini roller. When two coats of the background color have dried completely, use a small brush to mark the bride and groom on each banner.

Step 6

How to Make Sisal Lifesaver Chair Swags

Drill holes for rope

Use a drill and 1/2" bit to make two holes, spaced 2-1/2 inches apart, in each of the top two corners of each banner.

Step 7

How to Make Sisal Lifesaver Chair Swags

Feed rope through the holes

When the electrical tape is securely wrapped around the edge of the sisal rope, feed the rope through one of the two holes, around the back of the crown, then through the adjacent hole.

Step 8

How to Make Sisal Lifesaver Chair Swags

Add knots

Tie knots in the front of each strand of rope, securing the plywood banner to the sisal rope covered wreath shape.