fabric flower tutorial

Okay, so I've talked on right here approximately how I want to get cunning occasionally but I not often take into account to get out the digital camera whilst I'm doing so

This time changed into unique

I notion of y'all while I turned into doing my thang

First I determined a couple of Lily pants in my goodwill pile and determined that whilst my ass may want to no longer in shape in them it didn't ought to imply a person else should grasp them up for $four.50

I commenced slicing them up into circles the usage of no pattern

I like how the sizes are a bit off and the circles and no longer ideal

I made five special sizes and started making piles of what I had

You really handiest need three sizes with 6 of the massive, 4 of the medium, 3 of the small; however I changed into making a big one for me and a small one for BabyGirl so I wished several to select from

fold your circle in half of

and once more so it makes a quite little triangle

then take a needle and thread and make a bit x stitch into it so it stays collectively in that form

cut out a circle of a sturdier material, perhaps upholstery grade or felt, approximately the 1/2 the size of your entire flower form and sew certainly one of the biggest triangles onto the threshold with a brief sew.

Continue in a clockwise pattern by stitching every triangle down with some overlapping and whilst you get returned around begin with the second layer after which the 0.33 layer.

It doesn't should be perfect, just ensure there aren't any seen holes

I have 3 layers of "circles" on this one

I reduce out a tiny circle of my scrap backing cloth to apply as the bud and sewed it on

you could additionally use a button

Flip it over and stable a safety pin

After you are making one you will quickly comprehend that you could pass a few steps by folding the portions and sewing them immediately to the backing cloth to preserve their shape and their area.

I also discovered that you can make several large and small vegetation with one pair of capris