Flower Scrap Fabric Bag Using Heat N Bond: A Tutorial

I don’t know if you know this……but I’m a little obsessed with Heat n Bond….I use it for sooo many different things, and I use it all the time! Well today I was thinking of what could I do for my post today, so I looked around on Pinterest and came across the ever-so-popular scrap paper flower canvas (that was actually one of the first few things I did from Pinterest) and decided to make a bag using the same technique. Well……WOW!, did it come out adorable!!! And it was SUCH a great way to use up that scrap fabric that I have. Remember my What To Do With All This Scrap Paper post??? Well, I’m just as bad with my scrap fabric. I can’t get myself to get rid of any of it!! I can’t tell you how glad I am that I do when I create things like this using it!!

I started with a bunch of different fabrics that looked cute together.

 

I also have some Heat N Bond scraps that I set aside (and I’m glad I do!), so I got those, and cut them into smaller pieces so I could easily iron them onto the fabric.

 

To make the petals, I simply cut out a little rectangle, folded it in half, cut at an angle to make half a petal, and when it’s unfolded I had a perfectly even petal. Using this method, I cut out three different sizes.

 

Then, I traced the petals onto the backs of the Heat N Bond that were ironed onto the fabric. For the center, I just traced a round tea light candle and cut it out.

 

Now, for the fun part, assembling the flower!! I purchased the canvas bag in a pack of 3 from Michaels for I believe $10, but of course used a coupon, so got them for a little over $5 :). I started with the smaller petals first. I placed them all down before ironing, so I could get an idea of the spacing.

 

Then, I went to the medium sized petals. If any of the petals go over the edge like this, you can either cut them, or fold them under and iron like I did.

 

I finished it up by adding the row of larger petals around, and filling any large gabs with the smaller petals. All together, I used 12 small petals, 8 medium petals, and 5 large petals. I am in LOVE with this bag!! It can’t get any cuter (or easier!)!!

 

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Until tomorrow!!