Farmhouse Style Spools DIY

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List of Supplies and Tools

Dowel {mine is 2 inches in diameter}
Miter saw {or have the home improvement store cut the dowel for you}
Scrap wood
Wood Glue
Jigsaw with wood blades
Sanding block or paper
Something round to made draw circles the size you want or try this.  {I made several sizes of circles…by pairs!!}
Chalk paint
Water
Brush
Rubber stamps {I didn’t have these but wish I did when I made the spools}  I use alphabet stamps and stamp pad
Various twines and ribbons

You can also purchase these 3-inch wood circles if you don’t have a jigsaw or scrap wood.

The Steps

One ~ Cut the dowel into 3-inch to 6-inch pieces.

Two ~ Draw circles on your scrap wood.  Cut out the circles using a jigsaw and sand the edges.

Three ~ Stamp on one side of your wood circles.

Four ~ Glue the circles on each end of the dowel pieces.  Using my favorite wood glue and no nails needed.

Five ~  Mix half water and half chalk based paint for a white washing or in my case brown washing look.  You could do the aging wood technique, but do the stamping first.  Sometimes the aging technique causes the ink to run.

Six ~  Wrap the spools in various twines and ribbons.  Included in the display is the & sign.

Here are other large wood farmhouse style spools I found on Amazon.  Enjoy!

When I create a project using rubber stamps I wish I had more stamps.