LOVE them. and they can be made from simple scrap fabric! If you can cut circles, use a glue gun, and make shapes, then you can defiantly do THIS! Okay so I am a little obsessed with these lately. I have sold a lot of them too, so obviously you guys like them too!
I am going to do a tutorial for you on one like this...... A super cute little girls (or big girls...or mamas!) shabby flower headband (or hair clip, or whatever you decide to do with my technique!)
So, you will need to get the following supplies together:
Felt
Scissors
Hot Glue Gun & a few sticks
Lots of scrap fabric cut into about 2-4 inch circles
First, cut all your circles. They do not need to be perfect. Remember this is a flower and flowers are not perfect, they are all different. I cut these about 3 inches around, because I wanted to make about a medium size flower.
Now, here is how your going to fold and glue them...
Fold in HALF first, with fabric print or pattern on OUTSIDE of the folded half moon shape.
Then, your going to make an "ice cream cone".... Fold over right side into a triangle, facing you, and right in the middle of the half moon. You should now have the left side un-folded and look like a two triangles together.
You now will take that left side and fold it behind the right side triangle. Now that you have it folded into your "ice cream cone", you will be able to see that it is beginning to look like a flower petal.
You need to take your hot glue gun now and put a tiny dot all the way at the bottom closed part of your petal on each right and left sided fold. It should still be able to naturally open at the top and still look like a petal, you don't want to close those big open ice cream cone tops.
Now, continue doing this same technique with all your circles. It takes time to get them down but when you do it is a lot easier then you think!
When your done folding and glueing all your circles, you will begin forming your flower on a circle of felt. I usually do 1 inch less then what I am doing my circles at.
You will glue your first petal from the bottom part where you placed your little dots of glue and closed it. You will put a dot of glue on the bottom of that petal and start centering it in the middle to begin forming your "pizza"
Continue to do this and you will end up with this.....
Now you can finish right here, fluff it up a bit and be done. Or, you can add another layer on top, either the same color or play it up and change it to a pattern, do whatever you want!
This is how my finished shabby flower turned out!
I love these, they are so fun, and you can build so much just from this basic flower. Use it as a base and jog your imagination for more fun projects that you incorporate this pretty thing into!
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