Tuesday Tutorial: A Fabric Flower

Here it is again! Tuesday!
I can hardly keep up!
As I promised.. here is another super simple tutorial!
A fabric flower!
Make a dozen and put them in a vase!
Here are the items you need to make this flower.
~Felt
~Fabric scraps
~Pinking sheers
~Tacky fabric glue
~a dowel that is about 8-12" long
~Embroidery thread
~Darning needle
~Buttons (2)

Start by cutting circles.. lots and lots of circles.
You will need to cut to larger circles from the felt. Both circles the same size.
Using the felt circles, trace and cut 10 more circles from one piece of fabric.
Or.. mix them up! As long as you have 10 fabric circles that are the same size as the two felt circles.
Next you need 10 more fabric circles in a slightly smaller size than the first bunch.
After the next 10 are cut you want 10 more circles .. again slightly smaller than the last 10 you cut.

Once you are finished cutting you should have 32 circles.
2 felt
10 large
10 medium
10 small.

This flower is simple simple....
Take one felt circle and lay a large fabric circle on top of it.  (below)

 Take another large circle and fold it in half so the design of the fabric is on top.

 Fold that same circle in half again....

Lay the circle that you folded onto the large circle with the felt.

(Below)

Thread your darning needle with the embroidery thread and tie a knot at the end.
Run it up through the back of the felt and through the tip of the folded circle.

Bring it back down through to the back of the felt again and then add on another circle the same way you did the last.

Fold the second circle the same way you did the first, into quarters and sew on!

Keep going until you have used 5 of the 10 large circles. You should be a pro at this by now!

Below is what it should look like when done!

Set aside the remaining large circles and grab 5 of the medium sized circles.
Lay one flat on the large circles..

Grab another medium and fold the same way as the larges... sewing it in and going all the way around Exactly like you just did with the large circles!

Once you are done you should have something similar to this!

You can probably tell me what is next.. but I will humor you.
Grab your small circles (5 of them) and follow the last step! Lay one flat, fold and sewing the next 4 into place!

Give the *almost finished flower a little fluff and set it aside.
Grab the second felt circle and start at the beginning again. You need to make to make the other side of the flower..

All that hard work pays off in the end because you now have 2 fabric flowers ;)

After you have finished both of your flowers you want to attach the buttons. You can sew them.. but you can also glue them. Aileen's tacky glue dries quick and I love it. SO that is what I used.
I put a generous amount around the button and plopped it right on the first flower.

 See... *plop*
Repeat with the second side of the flower.

Our trusty tacky glue comes in handy once again.
Cover the back of both felt pieces with tacky glue.. enough to hold it nice once it has dried.

Place the dowel in the center of the felt circle like so..

Sandwich the dowel between the two felt circles and let dry

Drying only takes about 10 minutes.
Then pick it up and give it a fluff!

I wrapped a cute bit of lace up the dowel to add some pretty to it and then it's done!

these are perfect for decorating a little girls room! Use scraps from the bedding fabrics and lake a few dozen little flower, recycle something awesome for a vase and you are set!!

Thanks for reading!!!