Tutorial: Felt Roses

Hi y'all!  As a continuation of our MayFlowers event, today I'm going to teach you how to make a felt rose.

Roses can be classic and sophisticated when made in natural colors, or fun and spunky if made with unnatural ones, making them perfect accents for everyone's lives.  Try an unusual color like purple and put it on a hair clip or brooch to make a fashion statement.   Or use them as decorations.  Make enough of them to cover a heart-shaped wreath, or stick a few of them tightly into a box like this:

Borrowed from Google to convey my idea.

Borrowed from Google to convey my idea.

I think a bouquet of them would make a really nice addition to a little girl's dress up set to go with a play wedding dress.  With so many options, you'll want to make hundreds.  And I've got good news for you.  They're super simple to make and it only takes a few minutes.  So let's get started.  Read on after the jump for the tutorial.

Felt Sunflower Giveaway

NOTE:  When Blogger was down on May11-May 13, this post un-posted itself.  I have re-posted it on its original dates but all comments were lost.  If you have already entered the giveaway, you will still receive your sunflowers even though your comment disappeared. :)

While making my felt sunflower tutorial, I got caught up in my creative process and ended up making a ton of felt flowers.

 I mean a ton.

 I can think of so many things the fabric flowers could be used for.  Here are a few of my ideas for them:

• Dog collar embelishments
• Hair pieces
• Brooch or pin
• Summer bunting or garland (by stringing them together like we did with the St. Patrick's Day Garland)
• Fabric bows for presents (I think this would look great on plain brown paper, maybe tied with some jute)
• Applique for a pillow or another item

What would you do with a felt sunflower?  Now is your chance to tell me.  I made 20 of these flowers, but I really only need to use one as a collar embellishment for my dog.  This is good news for you because it means I'll be giving away 19 felt sunflowers.

To enter the giveaway:

1. If you're not already a follower, follow my blog by logging into your Google account and clicking "follow" in the upper right hand corner.  (If you're already a follower you can still enter the giveaway by completing step two.)
2. Next, leave a comment telling me what you'll do with your flower.  Be sure to leave your email address with the comment so that I can contact you about where to mail your sunflower.  If you want to avoid recieving spam you can write it out like this: mseaber (at) gmail (dot) com

The first 19 people to comment on this post will receive a felt sunflower, guaranteed.  The giveaway will not close until all 19 sunflowers are gone.  That means even if you stumble upon this post months from now, if there aren't 19 comments that means you can still claim one of the flowers as your own.  Good day for you, right?

So comment away and be sure to stay tuned for more May Flowers tutorials and events. :)

Tutorial: Felt Sunflower Dog Collar Embellishment

You may remember back in December I made a poinsettia dog collar embellishment for my Pomeranian.  At the time I made it, I realized the pattern could be easily manipulated to make the felt poinsettia into a sunflower.  Sunflowers are such beautiful flowers, don't you think?

 So, in honor of my May Flowers event, I pulled the idea for sunflower dog collar embellishments out of my brain files and put it to use!  This is what I came up with:

Of course, these scrap fabric flowers are very versatile, and while I created them as dog collar embellishments, they can be used for whatever purpose you like.  Follow the jump for the tutorial to learn how to make your own.

Tutorial: Scrap Fabric Carnation

I'll try not to put a bunch of hubbub as a prequel to this tutorial since you probably already read this post about it a few days back.  This scrap fabric flower tutorial is super simple and a fun way to decorate a hair piece or other item.  So let's just jump right in!

Read on after the break for the tutorial.

Scrap Fabric Flowers

Hi everyone!  I've missed you. :)

Now that I'm back from my familial escapades, I have a bunch of stuff I want to share with you, but I'm going to try to keep it one topic per post. :)  So what's first?  Fabric flowers!

After making some fabric flowers a couple weeks back, I decided to make my own scrap fabric flower tutorial.  Here's the flower I came up with (I'll share the tutorial soon!):

I think it looks a little like a peony, but it could be any generic flower, I guess. When I was finished, I attached the fabric flowers to hair pieces.  I did a headband...

...and two hair clips.

I'm in the process of writing a tutorial for this.  Plus, I've got a bunch of other scrap fabric flowers in the works, so stay tuned!  Until then, happy crafting!