Pomegranate Dress Tutorial

Materials Used: [with focus on assembling the pomegranates, not the dress]

– Faux pomegranates (I used rosehip buds; I purchased 2 sets)

– E6000 glue

– Floral wire (thin; about 20 gauge)

– Wire cutters

– Mod Podge

– Mini foam balls

– Rare earth magnets

– Multi-surface acrylic paint

– Wood burner

– Fabric (to hold the magnets)

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Note: this video shows the final garment assembled. 

I started by using a word burning tool to halve the majority of the rose hip buds (aka the mini pomegranates). I set aside about 1/3 to remain whole.

Next, I painted some Mod Podge inside the fruit halve and dipped it into the foam seeds.

Then to make the seeds look a little thick and syrup-y, after the seeds dried, I added more glossy Mod Podge. Once all the glue dries, you can paint the seeds with acrylic paint. I used a few different shades of dark red, starting with the darkest paint first to fill the grooves, and then highlighting the berries with the lightest paint. Next, you’ll cut strips of thin wire that can be strung through the berries. You can cut each one about 4 inches long.

I used the wood burning tool to burn holes into the fruit so that the wire could be strung through. This is important to ensure the fruit attaches securely to the wire and magnets. Next, you’ll cut one large piece of wire that will hold everything. Ideally you should use a thicker wire for this than the fruit, such as 16 gauge wire. Sometimes I save the wire stems from floral bouquets and use that.

After you assemble the fruits along the main wire, twisting the thin wire to secure, you can hot glue leaves to the garland. I used E6000 to attach the fabric-enclosed magnets so that the extreme heat from the hot glue didn’t impact the magnet strength. I spaced the magnets about every 4 inches and then sewed the same magnet pouches inside the dress. *NOTE, take note of which magnet side is on the fruit garland and make sure you sew the magnet inside the dress in the correct direction.

Photo by Munchkin Photos by Heather