Make Your Own Flowers 1

Hello Everyone,

If you are like me your stash of crafting supplies has out grown it's storage space.  I know mine has.  I have to come up with ways to stop spending money on supplies.  I have a rather large Rubber Maid container full of flowers from many different manufactures.  I bought most of them years ago when you could get 60 flowers for $5.99.  Now, I go into the shops and see the flowers available for cards and scrapbooks and have to pay $5.99 for just a few blooms.  I just can't afford these flowers and be competitive on Etsy.  If I want to make  2 dozen  Christmas cards with 3 poinsettas each, I'll go broke.  I don't want to stiffle my creativity that way.  So, what will I do?   I will make my own.  This is going to be a series of Blogs explaining how to make different kinds of flowers made from fabric, paper and more.  I hope this helps you as it has helped me.  Now I have another problem.  What to do with with all those other flowers?

Here are some easy to follow instructions for some flowers made of fabric scraps.

Instructions

Supplies

• scraps of fabric
• scissors
• thread
• hand-sewing needle
• button (optional)
• fray check (optional)

1. Make Fabric Flowers

   • 1
     Cut two 4 inch squares of fabric, two 3 inch squares of fabric and two 2 inch squares of fabric.
   • 2
     Fold each square of fabric in half, then fold it in half again.
   • 3
     Trim the unfolded edges of the fabric into a scalloped shape. (The scallops don't have to be perfectly even to make a nice flower shape.)
   • 4
     Unfold the fabric, then cut slits between the scallops toward the center of the flower, without cutting the petals all the way apart. These slits will make it easier to fluff out the petals and make the flower more three-dimensional.
   • 5
     Place the two large flower pieces on top of each other. Pull the petals of the lower flower up through the slits between the upper petals, to make the flower petals fluffier.
   • 6
     Repeat step 5 with the pair of medium flower petals, and the pair of small flower petals.
   • 7
     Stack the flower petal pairs on top of each other, with the largest petals on the bottom and the smallest petals on the top. Make sure the petal pairs are centered.
   • 8
     Stitch the layers of the flower together through the center, using a few small hand stitches. Add a button to the center of the flower if you wish.

Have fun everyone.  Stay tuned there are more to come.  See you next time. Julie