31 Crafty Flowers Day Four - Pop Open Petals Card
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31 Crafty Flowers Day Five- Fabric Flowers

Sakes Alive! It's Day Five! 

(okay, these are getting corny, I admit, but I wanted to see if I could keep coming up with them- heh-heh)

x Super quick & easy DIY fabric flower tutorial via Melissa @ Pink Paper Peppermints

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Even if you think you can't sew, these fabric flowers are super-duper easy!  You just have to try one! 

If you don't have any fabric lying around you could use an old sheet, clothes that the kids have outgrown, little baby things that you love (imagine giving grandma a flower brooch made from pieces of fabric from all her grandkids favorite clothes!), dishcloths that have outlived their usefulness and anything else made from fabric.

Supplies Needed for your DIY Fabric Flower:

Super quick & easy DIY fabric flower tutorial via Melissa @ Pink Paper Peppermints

Fabric
Buttons
Needle & Thread
Circle Template (I used a juice glass)
Fabric Marking Pencil (a regular pencil would probably do the job)
Scissors

Choosing the Fabric

First choose the fabric you'll use for the petals.  I love how different patterns & colors looked mix-matched, but you could use all the same fabric.

Whatever fabric you decide to use, you'll want to wash and iron it first. (remember how I feel about ironing?)

HINT:

Don't "drag" your iron across the fabric, but actually just press and lift, press and lift.  Dragging will cause your fabric to stretch and be misshapen.

Super quick & easy DIY fabric flower tutorial via Melissa @ Pink Paper Peppermints

Next trace the circle template onto the wrong side of your fabric. 

The larger the circle template you use, the larger your petals and flower will be.

Cutting the Fabric Circles

Super quick & easy DIY fabric flower tutorial via Melissa @ Pink Paper Peppermints

Cut out your circles.

Super quick & easy DIY fabric flower tutorial via Melissa @ Pink Paper Peppermints

Cut and Press the Fabric Flower Petals

Now fold your circle in half and then in half again, pressing after each fold.

Super quick & easy DIY fabric flower tutorial via Melissa @ Pink Paper Peppermints

Super quick & easy DIY fabric flower tutorial via Melissa @ Pink Paper Peppermints

You should end up with what looks like a big, wedge of pie.

 

Stitching the Petals

Super quick & easy DIY fabric flower tutorial via Melissa @ Pink Paper Peppermints

Once you have all your petals folded and pressed, it's time to stitch!

Super quick & easy DIY fabric flower tutorial via Melissa @ Pink Paper Peppermints


Start at the bottom corner of the curved side and make long gather stitches across the curve to the opposite corner.

Super quick & easy DIY fabric flower tutorial via Melissa @ Pink Paper Peppermints
 

(Normally you would use matching thread, but in this case I used a contrasting thread so you could see a little better.)

Gather the Petals 

Super quick & easy DIY fabric flower tutorial via Melissa @ Pink Paper Peppermints

Now gently pull the the thread to gather the corners of your petals together.

Super quick & easy DIY fabric flower tutorial via Melissa @ Pink Paper Peppermints

 

Sew the Fabric Flower Petals Together

Super quick & easy DIY fabric flower tutorial via Melissa @ Pink Paper Peppermints

Once your petal is gathered begin the gathering stitches on the next petal without cutting the thread so that the petals are connected.

Super quick & easy DIY fabric flower tutorial via Melissa @ Pink Paper Peppermints

Continue stitching, gathering and connecting until all your petals are complete.

 

Super quick & easy DIY fabric flower tutorial via Melissa @ Pink Paper Peppermints

 

Sewing the Fabric Petals Together

r Super quick & easy DIY fabric flower tutorial via Melissa @ Pink Paper Peppermints

Now that you're finished gathering all your petals you'll need to close the gap by stitching the last petal to the first.


Super quick & easy DIY fabric flower tutorial via Melissa @ Pink Paper Peppermints

 

Choosing a Button for the Fabric Flower

Next choose a button for the center of your flower. 

Super quick & easy DIY fabric flower tutorial via Melissa @ Pink Paper Peppermints
 
I went with this vintage button from an old garage sale shirt.

(yes, sometimes I buy clothes at garage sales just for the buttons and tags!)

Hot glue your button to the center of you flower and your flower is complete!

You can attach a pin back for a lovely brooch, add it to a barrette for a little girl, use it on a card, a scrapbook page, a t-shirt, a tote bag, a journal cover or anything else you can think of! 

For more ideas check out what some of my crafty readers have made with this tutorial on our "Readers Get Crafty" pinterest board!

And if you've made this flower (or any of my other projects) and you'd like to be included on our pinterest board just let me know in the comments!

So that wraps up the first week of  31 Crafty Flowers in 31 Days!  I hope you are having as much fun as I am with this! 

 

Have a fantastic weekend!

⠠ Melissa~
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"Just as parents are kind to their children, the LORD is kind to all who worship Him, because He knows we are made of dust. We humans are like grass or wild flowers..."
-Psalm 103:13-15

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