Making A Fabric Flower:
You will need: Small scraps of fabric, Strong thread, Needle, Scissors, Pen, Iron, Buttons, A compass or a round dish, Fabric glue plus a Glue gun
Size: 10cm circle for flower
Fabric used: Cotton 100% fabric
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| Cut out five circles and press the fabric with an iron... |
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| Fold the fabric circles in half and press again |
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| Fold the fabric halves into quarters and press. You can now sort out the order you want your petals in be into form your flower..... |
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| Thread a sharp needle and knot the end.... make a running stitch for gathering the petals Next pull the thread to gather petals tightly...Then sew the first and last petals together to join the circle of petals |
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| Trace with a pen around a cotton reel onto the felt to make a small circle. Cut the felt circle out with pinking scissors... |
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| Glue the felt circle to the back of the flower with fabric glue... |
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| Now chose your button for the centre..... Which button will I chose? |
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| I like this one....but sonehow I changed my mind! |
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| I chose a blue button in the end...Glue your button in place onto the front of the flower...You can use a glue gun here if you want. Now your flower is finished all ready to use! |
How pretty, My mother use to make these all the time, I had forgotten..
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Thanks I quite enjoyed making the flower....though I think I prefer sewing big items best...
DeleteThanks Pam not sure what will happen to this one....
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