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  • DIY: Fabric Flowers

    This post is contributed by Michelle Edgemont

    These puff fabric flowers are a sweet, hand crafted gift that lasts forever. Pretty to create a few for special event, or as a permanent centerpiece on your table.

    Keep reading to see the full tutorial with photos…

     

    Supplies:

    Sheer, woven fabrics in bright colors. 1/4 yrd of each will be plenty to make at least 4-5 flowers.
    Sticks
    Needle and Thread
    Cardstock
    Ruler
    Pencil
    Rotary cutter
    Cutting mat
    Hot glue gun and glue sticks
    Tiny scissors

    1. Cut your fabric in 2-3″ wide strips. I layered all my fabrics on top of each other to save time. Be varied in your strip width for more interesting flowers.

    2. Using the cardstock, make a few stencils for the petals the same width as your fabric strips. No need to be perfect! Make some petals wide, thin, pointy, and narrow.

    3. Wrap one fabric strip around the stencil.

    4. Using the small scissors, follow the stencil and cut the petals out of the fabric.

    5. Unroll the fabric strip. Grab that needle and thread. Stitch big stitches all along the bottom of each strip.

    6. Scrunch up the fabric strip by pulling the thread taught. Stitch each end of the fabric strip together, making a circle of petals. Make two petal circles per flower.

    7.  For the center of the flowers, casually fold up a fabric strip in another color and cut a lot of little slits to create a fringe effect.

    8. Place two petal circles on a stick. Using the glue gun, hot glue the fringe for the center of the flower around the stick. Glue the petals around the center fringe. Tada! You’re done.

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    Posted by Liz Stanley on May 14, 2012

  • 8 comments

    1. Annie Brezek said… May 22, 2012 8:19 am

      those would be cute to put on pens but they are so cute they wouldn’t help to stop people from stealing my pens at the little store I work at in the U.P. of Michigan!

    2. Victoria said… May 21, 2012 11:38 am

      I love these:) What a fun project Michelle…

    3. kate, jetkat photo said… May 16, 2012 8:59 am

      these are amazing! so simple & pretty. way prettier than paper flowers. yay!

    4. Danyelle said… May 15, 2012 7:59 pm

      Wonderful project, Liz!!

    5. sarah smith said… May 14, 2012 2:32 pm

      Cool project. Can you only use sheer fabrics? I have plenty of non-sheer on hand!

      • Michelle Edgemont said… May 14, 2012 3:33 pm

        Hi Sarah! You can use any fabrics you have. I bet some bright solids and patterned ones would look great!

    6. Katherine K said… May 14, 2012 2:08 pm

      Pretty! Love this idea for a baby shower

    7. C. said… May 14, 2012 7:26 am

      I’ve been collecting fabric/paper flower tutorials, and I will definitely be adding this one to my list. Thanks to both of you for sharing this!

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Hi there! I'm Liz Stanley. Born and raised a New Yorker, plus a few newlywed years in charming Hoboken, I now live in the fairytale city of San Francisco with my husband and son. This blog is a collection of simple ideas for making your home and life more crafty and stylish.  MORE >>>

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