Remember my Handmade Bag post? Well, I promised a tutorial for fabric flowers and now you’re going to get one! 
I’ve seen so many tutorials for these, but I wasn’t loving them. So what I did was combine a few and came up with one I liked. It’s super simple, the only annoying part is cutting the fabric but you could easily do this while watching TV or something to make it go by faster 
I made a paper flower template so they would come out the same size. To make it a little easier, I fold the fabric and paper in half so I don’t have to cut as much. Now, these don’t have to be perfect, mine definitely aren’t, but you can’t tell once they’re folded and glued down and ruffled, but it’s important to get them the same size so they fit together. You want to cut 8 flowers all together. (REALLY apologize for the terrible pictures, I don’t know how I didn’t realize they were this bad as I was taking them! But I certainly didn’t feel like doing that all over again once I finished!)
Next, you want to cut out a little circle out of a stiff felt.
Now, you want to fold the flower in half and then in half again. Glue (I used a hot glue gun because it’s fast) them down with the points in the center. They’re going to be annoying and unfolding, so you want to glue inside the fold to keep them down. Once the first layer is done, you’re going to go in between them with the second layer.
Then, I glue the middles together so it fluffs up and you can’t see the center, where they were all glued down.
There’s SOOO many things you can do with these, brooches, belts, headbands, jewelry, or like what I did…made it a hair pin!
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Until tomorrow!!
SOOOOOOOOOO pretty!!!
Thank you!
I looove this fabric, I actually got it from a vintage dress that I remodeled 
I only use the scraps for special projects haha
Hi there! Do you find it’s worth buying a hot glue gun? (I’ve always been a bit scared of them)! Cath
(ps, how do you get the smiley faces icon from your computer?)
I definitely suggest buying a hot glue gun, I use it all the time. I love it! For the smiley face I just type : and ) (no spaces between them) and it does it automatically…hope that helps!
Thanks! (my kids would probably be so embarrassed that I even had to ask that)!
(did it work?)
Heheh it did!
Great, thanks for your help and advice (about the glue gun), Cath.
It looks so cute in your hair!
Beth
It’s actually my sister’s hair but we look alike, so thanks! Haha!
I love this and I will be using this technique with my own projects. must practice though, lol Thank you so much!
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This is gorgeous!
Thank you so much!
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love it! a no-sew fabric flower! that last photo is just sooooo pretty!
Thank you!!
Yeah, no sew, and the hot glue gun is a must! It’s way too annoying to have to hold and wait for regular fabric glue to dry! Trust me, I’ve tried it!
Great flower. and simple technique.
Kudos
Thank you for the comment!
Hello! Your tutorials are really great!! I’m writing you from Brazil, i’m starting a blog also about crafts, I just love these things. It is in portuguese, but if you’d like to check it out…www.aflordefeltro.blogspot.com.br (The Felt Flower, translated) Thanks for sharing your tutorials
Aww thanks so much Patricia! I just checked it out, loving the pictures, wish I could read it! Is there a way to translate your blog? I know there are some blogs that have a button to translate. Thanks for commenting!