Felt Flower Tutorial

I know I promised this last friday and well it is finally here

The Felt Flower Tutorial

and a little more...

 

Here are your supplies

add to this some stuffing for your pillow 

( i forgot it in the picture...oops)

1. glue gun

2. scissors

3. pins

4. felted wool

5. material for the pillow ( i used a cotton canvas)

6. stuffing

7. oh and your sewing machine!

 Cut your felt in to a large square, mine was about 19x19

Start cutting your felt making a long continuous strip as you go

Keep cutting toward the center until you reach the end

Working from the center start gluing your strip around itself to make your flower

Hot gluing as you go...

Patience, Patience and here is your flower

Take your scissors and trim your flower to achieve that perfect look

Now cut a strip of

material to make your ruffle...mine was roughly 2.5" by 34"

 

Sew a stitch using your LONGEST stitch length so you will be able to pull the thread to gather the fabric

( sew 3 lines next to each other in case one breaks )

Carefully pull the thread (try not to break it) and see your ruffle appear

 Cut your material to make your pillow

Cut 2 of the size you want your pillow to be

I cut mine roughly 8x15

Sew your 2 pieces ( "right" sides together) all the way around the edge, leaving one side completely open

turn your pillow inside out so that you are looking at the "right" side of it

Pin your ruffle down on to the outside of your pillow and sew in place

( this is why one side stays open, to be able to sew the ruffle on )

Turn it inside out again and sew it shut leaving a 2 inch opening at the end

Stuff away!

Pin your 2 inch opening shut and sew it up

You can use a needle and thread but I just used my machine since I was going to put the flower over that spot anyway

Lots of hot glue on to the back of your flower

 

Push down to make sure that it is secure

I put some more glue around the edge of the flower to secure it 

 Here's your new pillow or maybe it's for someone else....it would make a darling little gift for a girlfriend's birthday!

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Now that you are a pro

why not try out this wreath too!

I used the same canvas material, cut in to a long strip and wrapped it around a foam wreath, secured it with straight pins and

made a bunch of smaller flowers and glued them to the wreath

 

Can you tell I'm thinking gift time is around the corner!!