And I promised a tutorial on how to make those pretty fabric flowers..... here it is.
What you need
Scrap fabric
Pinking shears
Needle and STRONG thread
Button (optional)
First off cut a strip of fabric with the pinking shears 13" long by 1.5" wide.
Then in contrasting fabric cut a circle of fabric approx 1.5" diameter.
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| Sew a running stitch down the long side of the strip of fabric. Try and keep your stitches small. |
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| When you get to the end pull the thread and gather up the fabric. |
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| It will naturally curl into a circle. Put a couple of stitches holding the 2 corners together where you started and finished the stitching. |
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| If you overlap the ends the stitches should hold the flower together with no opening. |
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| Place your circle of fabric on top, centre it and put a running stitch around the circle to hold in place. |
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| It will look like this at the back. |
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| Add a button if you want to then secure all stitches and knot at the back. |
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| Here I did 2 circles of fabric and I snipped the flower into petals (after construction) |
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| For this one I cut the fabric 3" wide and folded in in half longways and ran a running stitch through the raw edges so that the fold was the outer of the flower. |
Need ideas how to use them? Check out this What to do with fabric flowers.
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