Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Easy Craft for Chidren :- Fabric flowers

So a couple of weeks ago I posted this craft, decorated pencil pot.



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.


Sew a running stitch down the long side of the strip of fabric.  Try and keep your stitches small.


When you get to the end pull the thread and gather up the fabric.



It will naturally curl into a circle.  Put a couple of stitches holding the 2 corners together where you started and finished the stitching.


If you overlap the ends the stitches should hold the flower together with no opening.



Place your circle of fabric on top, centre it and put a running stitch around the circle to hold in place.



It will look like this at the back.



Add a button if you want to then secure all stitches and knot at the back.



Here I did 2 circles of fabric and I snipped the flower into petals (after construction)



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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