How to Make an Embroidery Hoop Wall (No Glue Required)

I saw this idea on Cotton Stem's Instagram and knew I had to try it. The best part? You don't glue the stems in place, so you can swap out the flowers whenever you want.

Here's how I made mine.

• Embroidery hoops in various sizes ($1–$2 each at Hobby Lobby)
• Eucalyptus stems (I got two large at $8.99 and two small at $5.99 — Hobby Lobby had 50% off floral)
• Wire cutters
• Twine
• Hot glue (optional, for one hoop)
• Small wildflower stems (I picked up light pink ones for a pop of color)
• Finishing nails or thumbtacks
• Scissors

1. Clip the eucalyptus off the stems

Use wire cutters to snip each eucalyptus branch at the base. I kept mine fairly long — just cut where the branch meets the main stem.

2. Arrange the eucalyptus in the hoops

Place the clipped branches inside the hoop to figure out your layout before you commit. Move things around until you like how it looks.

3. Tie the stems with twine

Instead of hot glue, wrap twine around the hoop and the stems to secure them. This is the trick from Cotton Stem's blog — it lets you adjust everything later. If you decide to change the flowers out, just untie the twine and start over.

4. One hoop gets hot glue

For the centerpiece hoop, I used hot glue on the leftover small pieces from the other hoops. I made this one more like a wreath — just glued all the little bits on to fill it out as much as possible.

5. Add the wildflowers

Tuck the small pink wildflowers into the eucalyptus. I matched mine to some pink in the pictures I planned to hang near the wall.

6. Hang them up

I used finishing nails for the first two hoops, but since I was working late and my kids were asleep, I switched to thumbtacks. Tacks made it easy to move things around and test the layout.

String the twine through the brass part of each hoop. Run the twine up as close to the ceiling as you can and let the hoop hang down to create that hanging effect.

Big tip: Leave the twine way longer than you think you need. You can always trim it later, but having extra length lets you loosen or tighten the hang height until it's perfect.

7. Fill the empty space

I had a lot of blank wall above the middle picture frame, so I put a little basket up there. It tied everything together and became my favorite spot in the house.

• Cotton Stem has the full blog post on her version — I'll link it below.
• You can reuse the hoops later with different flowers since nothing is permanently glued (except that one wreath hoop).
• Don't stress about the layout right away. Move things around on the wall with tacks before you commit to nails.

That's it. Simple, cheap, and you can change it up whenever you want.