A free Flower Tutorial...

I was working on some flowers this weekend and I thought I would show you a step by step on how I made them...

This shows all the different parts of the flower and different pieces in different stages.

 Step 1: Cut a strip of satin type material and clip it into six sections.

**To those who may not know FIRE IS HOT and can BURN you! Do this at your own risk!** 

Step 2: Place each of the six sections "near" the flame *not in it* and it will begin to shrink, do this until you like the look of each section.

 Step 3: sew the back of the petal strip and gather...

 Step 4: Cut a strip of stretchy sheer material and stitch the back edge to gather it into a circle (just as you did the petal strip above)

Step 5: Cut some larger circles from fabric and clip at regular intervals like a pie, Use a candle to curl the edges of each "pie slice"

 Step 6: cut some strips of tulle and gather to form a circle (as above)  for the bottom layer of the flower and start stacking the different parts of the flower.

Step 7: Stitch the tulle layer and 2 large circle layers together to form a base.

 Step 8: Stitch the stretchy sheer fabric layer and 2 petal layers onto the base you have created. (if you want to make it quick you can use hot glue but I prefer a more finished and soft piece)

Step 9: cut small circles and use fire to curl the edges.

Step 10: place the small curled circle in the center of the flower and stitch in place with a bead in the center.

And there you have it, a very detailed, soft flower.

Have fun!

Hugs!