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Flowers are one of the most versatile ornamental elements when creating crafts. They can be used both as an accessory for clothing or other accessories and as an ornament to decorate objects or other crafts that we have at home.
If you like flowers, they can be created from materials as diverse as eva rubber, paper or fabric, for example. In this case we will focus on learning how to how to make fabric flowers with three very different models whose result looks spectacular.
Do you want to know how they are made? Stay to read this post because after the jump we will discover the materials and the necessary steps to make them. Let's start!
Design to learn how to make fabric flowers with beads
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If you are looking to learn how to make fabric flowers with a simple and fast design, the following craft quite fits the characteristics of what you are looking for. they are pretty simple style fabric flowers that you can use both as an accessory and as a complement to other crafts that you want to decorate.
Materials you will need to make fabric flowers
- a piece of paper
- Felt of the tone that you like the most
- A rule
- A pen
- a needle and thread
- Scissors
Steps to make fabric flowers
- The first step to make this craft will be to take the piece of paper to make the flower template.
- To do this, with the help of a ruler and a pen, you have to draw a T on the paper with the measurements 6 centimeters wide by 4 centimeters long.
- Then fold the paper along the 4 centimeter line and make a curve with the pen as if it were half a heart.
- The next thing will be to cut out the resulting shape with the help of scissors to create the template for the flowers.
- Now take the felt sheet and place the template on it to reproduce it four times
- Next, cut out the felt and join the four pieces with a needle and thread on the straight side.
- As soon as you have the flower petals attached with the thread, then you have to pucker them to get the shape of the flower.
- Finally, you just have to knot both ends of the thread and the flower is ready.
- I recommend that you put some decoration in the center to make it look prettier, such as beads or pearls. It will look fantastic!
Design to learn how to make double fabric flowers
It is a different model in which you will have to do two layers of petals of different sizes to unite them in a single flower. It looks great as an accessory for children's clothing or to decorate other crafts. The process to learn how to make fabric flowers in this case is not too complicated either. With a little patience and skill you will be able to get some of the most successful flowers. Let's see, next, the materials and the steps that you will have to take to make this craft.
Materials you will need to make fabric flowers
- A piece of cloth that you have at home in the color that you like
- Scissors
- a needle and thread
- a bit of felt
- a silicone gun
- Some beads or stones to decorate
Steps to make fabric flowers
- The first thing is to make the flower petals. To do this, you will have to cut a circle of 6 centimeters in diameter from the fabric that will serve as the petal.
- Then, you will have to fold the fabric in a semicircle and finally in a triangle.
- When you have about five petals done, use your needle and thread to join them together.
- Then, to close the flower, tie the thread at the ends.
- For the base of the flower you will need to use a bit of felt in the shape of a circle of 2 centimeters in diameter
- Then, you will have to put some glue on the base and stick it to the flower.
Design to learn how to make fabric flowers with linen to decorate
The following design is ideal as complement to a gift or to decorate other crafts. Its small size will give it a very cute touch. The materials that you will need to make these flowers are few and you probably already have many of them at home. On the other hand, the steps are very easy so you will immediately be able to make a lot of little flowers. Let's see how they are done next.
Materials you will need to make the fabric flowers
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- A piece of linen or burlap cloth
- Scissors
- some sticks
- a silicone gun
- Some dried flowers to decorate
Steps to make fabric flowers
- To start, use the scissors to cut some strips of fabric that are 4 centimeters wide by 20 centimeters long.
- Then fold the fabric into 4 x 4 pieces. If there is any excess after folding it, cut it out with the scissors and then cut again to make a circle in the fabric.
- As a result you will get several small circles. Remove them until you need them again.
- Now we go with the sticks that will act as the stems of the flower.
- To start assembling the flower you will have to take one of the fabric circles and fold it in half. Then fold it again forming a triangle and right in the middle is where the stick will have to be glued with silicone.
- Then you have to take another circle of fabric and cross it with the stick to stick it next to the flower that we already had. In this way the petals will look more abundant.
- To decorate them you can use some dried flowers to put in their center. And ready! You will already have them finished and ready to decorate a book, a basket or whatever you want.
As you can see, fabric flowers are one of the simplest and most entertaining crafts to create. They will help you to give a new air to your clothes or accessories and even to decorate other crafts or gifts. After seeing these proposals to learn how to make fabric flowers, what is the design that you like the most? And with which of them would you like to start practicing?