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Cut five pieces of fabric in squares of almost 3 inches each side. You can cut more, depending of how many petals you want.

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Take one square, fold it in half forming a triangle, then stitch the two sides that meet (V form). Pull the thread very tight, now you have one petal.

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Repeat step 2, Stitch another piece next to the other very tight.

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Pull the thread tightly and you will have another petal. Repeat step 2 & 3 with the rest of pieces.

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Close the flower, sew the last petal with the first one until its tight.

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Finally sew the flower where you want it, and then the button in the center. And there you have a pretty, nice and easy fabric flower.

Traditional Petal Fabric Flower

Cut eight fabric circles. Iron and/or starch as your prefer.

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Tela (gneros) del color a eleccin, en dos tonos...yo escog un satn rosado y tafetn estampado fucsia y Tul (color a eleccin, yo eleg blanco estampado) Satn o chifn para el centro, en amarillo u otro color que ms les guste y Un lpiz y Silicona fra y Tijeras y Fieltro y Broche y Bajar el patrn aqu y Ganas de trabajar! ;) As se hacen:

Marcaremos todos los ptalos grandes sobre la tela del color ms oscuro, los ptalos chicos sobre la tela ms clara. Los centros los haremos con el color de tela a eleccin. Yo eleg un chifn estampado en un tono amarillo. Coser todos los ptalos a mquina. Es mucho ms fcil si pasan los patrones a cartn y marcan sobre la tela los ptalos. Cosan cada ptalo apoyndose de la lnea de costura. Corten los ptalos y unan con una costura simple a mano, fruncir, anudar y cortar el hilo. Repitan el mismo proceso con cada juego de 5 ptalos.

Para el centro, haremos lo mismo con el patrn pasado a cartn, slo que en esta ocasin lo coseremos solo a mano por todo el derredor, fruncimos y anudamos. Nos ayudaremos con nuestros dedos para acomodar esta pieza como un crculo

Cortemos ahora las 5 piezas de tul, este paso es opcional, ya que tambien luce muy bien esta flor sin el tul. Fruncir el tul, anudar y ubicar el centro de ste con el centro de los ptalos chicos.

Ahora, coseremos a mano, clavando de atrs hacia adelante, para asegurarnos que todas las puntas de los ptalos del tul queden bien sujetas. Cada ptalo de tul debe ir sobre cada ptalo pequeo de la flor. Una vez hecho esto, clavaremos el centro de la flor con unos alfileres, para que no se mueva mientras lo cosemos. Con puntada invisible, iremos cosiendo el centro de la flor, tratando de unir el centro con la capa superior de los ptalos chicos.

Una vez terminado este punto, podemos unir con silicona fra, pero yo prefiero coserlo todo, me parece que luce ms delicado, pero eso lo dejo a su eleccin. Si deciden seguir cosiendo a mano, entonces esto es lo que haremos: - Clavaremos la parte superior de la flor a los ptalos grandes de manera que sobresalgan los ptalos grandes entre los ptalos chicos. - Uniremos ambos juegos de ptalos, clavando la aguja de atrs hacia adelante, procurando que las costuras queden escondidas en el borde del centro de la flor y as haremos por todo el contorno. Terminamos con un nudo.

Para la parte de atrs, cortaremos la pieza de fieltro, luego le colocaremos silicona fra por todo el borde de los ptalos grandes. Solo lo necesario, para fijar la pieza de fieltro mientras cosemos. El nudo tanto al comenzar, como al finalizar la costura alrededor de la pieza de fieltro, debe quedar escondido entre los ptalos.

Una vez terminado, podremos utilizar nuestra flor, para hacer, un broche, un gancho para el cabello o para decorar un cintillo (vincha) para el cabello... quizs para decorar un bolso... eso lo dejo a su imaginacin y al gusto de quien lo vaya a recibir. ;)

Mi hija me encarg uno en negro con azul para llevarlo al colegio, as que le pegu un gancho para el cabello y le forr una vieja vincha con sesgo de satn negro y vean como me qued:

La duea qued encantada, como estaba en el colegio cuando tomaba las fotos, no la pudo modelar, pero ya le tomar su respectiva foto ;)

Estas son las dos propuestas: sea sencillo o con el tul, ambos lucen muy lindos. Tambien les he publicado 3 tamaos de ptalos para que puedan variar. Aqu hemos utilizado los tamaos de ptalos B y C. Baja el patrn aqu Ahora es tiempo de experimentar y sorprender a las chiquillas coquetas con uno de estos arreglos. Espero que se animen a realizarlos :D

Begin by choosing your fabric. One color, two colors --- doesn't matter.

Trace a circle on your fabrics. This one is approx. 4 1/2 in. in diameter.

I usually cut out 4 circles from one fabric and 4 circles from another fabric.

Find the center by ironing a crease down the middle.

And using ruler & rotary cutter, cut down the center of all the circles.

Your half circles.

Fold each half circle in 1/2, wrong sides together.

Sew approx. 1/4 in. seam down the straight edge. Feed all the 'petals' through your machine w/o cutting the thread.

A petal necklace.....

Clip the threads that join these petals. Turn right side out.

Begin Bottom Layer of Flower

Use upholstery thread and stitch a running stitch on the bottom curve of each 'petal'.

Add your next 'petal' with that same running stitch.

Keep adding 'petals' to this same length of thread, alternating the fabric. I use 9 half circles for this bottom layer of the flower.

Pull tightly on the thread to form the flower. Secure with backstitches. Leave a 8 in. tail when cutting thread.

Top Layer of Flower Repeat steps for top layer of flower as you did with the bottom flower. I use 6 'petals' for the top layer. Leave a 8 in. tail when cutting thread.

Using the 8 in. tail of thread, stitch the top layer to the bottom layer of fabric flower. Do not cut threads. You will use this thread to secure the button.

Use a button for the center of the flower. Fabric covered, or your choice of button/bead etc.

Using the 8 in. tail of your thread, sew button to the center of the flower.

Bring both threads to back, tie knot to secure.

Trace a circle on felt to cover the back center --messy thread part!-and using fabric glue, attach circle to back of flower. Add a pinback if

you choose.

...and you have a flower from anna's garden.

crocheted peony brooch tutorial

I have had requests for the pattern for the crochet peony brooch I made here. I used a size G hook and Caron Simply Soft yarn. Of course, you could use any size hook or yarn/thread for this flower.

Begin with a slip knot.

Chain 6.

Join in a ring with a slip stitch.

Round 1: Chain 1 (counts as first sc.) Work 14sc into ring for a total of 15 sc. Join with slip stitch.

Round 1: Chain 3 (counts as first dc), 2 dc into base of 3 chain, 3 dc into each sc.

End with a slip stich in top of 3 chain.

Round 2: Chain 3 (counts as first dc), 2 dc into base of chain 3, 3 dc into each dc, ending with a slip stitch into top of chain 3. (edit: 12/07/09 -- Thank you to a very insightful email -- I see that the original tutorial had a mistake on round 2. The mistake has been corrected and I hope no one else was confused with my directions for this step. And a *huuuuuuuge* thank you to Marion for pointing this out to me!!)

Round 3: Ch 3 (counts as first dc), 2 dc into base of 3rd chain, 3 dc into each dc, end with slip stitch in top of 3ch.

Round 4: Work same as round 3.

Fasten off and weave in end.

To make fabric leaves:

Trace circle onto fabric choice for leaves. I used a jar lid.

Find center of circle by ironing a crease down the middle.

(Does this all seem familiar? Yup. It's just like the petals from the fabric flower tutorial I did here.)

Using a rotary cutter, cut down the center for 2 pieces.

Fold piece in half, right sides together. Sew a seam down straight edge.

Turn right side out.

Hand sew a running stitch on open edge.

Gather tightly. Secure with knot.

Hand sew to backside of crocheted flower.

I have a collection of vintage earrings. Loooooove to collect these, by the way!

By gently pulling apart the back from the front, I can easily use the perforated earring top to sew to the center of my flower.

You could also use a button, beads for the center -- or even leave it plain.

Trace a circle onto felt and sew to cover the backside of flower.

Attach a pinback.

A gorgeous, crocheted flower brooch. I would love to see yours if you make one!

Silk lotus flower: The silk lotus flower is easy to construct, but looks very luxurious. You can make it in any size, but pick fabrics that tend towards stiff, like silk taffeta, or dupione. You can singe the edges of the petals with a flame (the flower here is singed), or just leave the cut edges raw. Also, after you master the basic technique, you can experiment with different petal shapes.

Cutting the petals: You will cut five units to construct the flower. Begin by cutting squares, measuring the size you want the flower. In our example, Im using a 3 square. For the demonstration, Im using paper, so you can see the process.

Fold the square in half.

Fold one side up in thirds.

Fold the other side up.

Fold the entire unit in half lengthwise.

Cut as shown.

Open it out, and one unit will look like this.

For the next step, you will have your five petal units, and a piece of crinoline.
Crinoline is a milliners interfacing, and is also customarily used as a base for fabric and ribbon flowers. If you don't have crinoline, use any stiff interfacing fabric.

To begin, hand stitch a circle in the center of one of the units, 3/8 around.

Draw this row of hand stitching up tight, and sew the center of the unit to the crinoline. The rows of stitching on the subsequent petal units will also be gathered, and sewn to the crinoline.

For the next four petal units, you will sew progressively larger circles before stacking each unit on top of the previous one. Since Ive made the squares 3, Im using coins to show the progression of the sizes of these circles.

Notice the largest circle, is 1/3 the total diameter of the petal unit.
Making progressively larger circles of stitching does two things--it reduces the diameter of each petal unit as the flower progresses, and creates padding for a larger flower center.

Unit two is hand sewn, and stitched to the first unit, through the crinoline.

This is what it will look likethe nub of fabric in the center of the first petal unit, will be contained inside the nub of fabric in the center of the second petal.

As you are sewing the petal units to the flower, make sure the ripples in the petals are evenly distributed around the flower you can pull the petals one way or another and hand-tack, to achieve this.

Petal unit three is sewn and stitched to the first two units.

Petal unit number four is stitched and sewn to the developing flower.

The final unit number five, is stitched and sewn to the rest of the flower. Note the center of the flower the nubs of fabric in the centers of the units, will pad out the final center, giving it a slightly rounded shape.

Turn the work over you can see where it is sewn to the crinoline.

Trim the crinoline close to the stitches.

Felt Flowers {Big Petals}

MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2010

I am a HUGE fan of felt flowers lately. I have made quite a few for my little girl and when I saw this idea on DIY Dish, I knew I was all about making it for me too! If you haven't seen their site, seriously, go check it out. They have some great episodes and they just barely started so you don't have too much great craftiness that you need to catch up on!

Print out their great pattern for the flowers. I have also seen a great one a long time ago that is a little simliar at Yoonie at Home's. Cut out two of the largest size flowers.

This is what it looks like just flat without sewing, which I think actually looks pretty gorgeous! I ended up doing my flower with only 5 of the layers too. I took off the smallest one because I just thought it looked great without it.

Fold the hearts in half. You are going to sew at the bottom of them. I did this one with a machine to see if it was easier. I don't really know if it is or not. You can also just sew it by hand using a needle and thread.

Stitch forward and back a few stitches on each "heart."

Then your flower starts to "pop" and look more realistic.

This is what the back looks like. Continue with the rest of the flowers in the same fashion.

Then just sew through all of the layers after you line them up so their petals are opposite the one below it.

Then I snipped two little parts in the back to put a clip in place. I used some hot glue to keep it there so it didn't fall out.

Then I ripped a piece of satin into a little shred and rolled it into a ball with my fingers. I sewed that onto the smallest flower to create a center. It was SO easy. Seriously, anyone can do this. I helped my friend who has hardly sewn at all make one of these and I helped teach a group of 8-11 year old girls make these too. A great craft for anyone! Plus, you can use this in your hair alone, put it on a headband,

beautify a bag or purse, clip it onto a belt or on a pillow or blanket or shower curtain...anything goes! You could also make a bunch of these and attach them to a "stem" to create a beautiful bouquet of flowers that won't wilt! So cute and I have one in pink and another in black that are TOO fun! Any color is beautiful!

For those, I added 3 little pompoms (7mm in size) to create a flower center but you could also use jewels, beads, pearls or another fun embellishment.

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