Felt Flowers
3rd June 2020
Hi all,
We've not done any sewing yet on the blog yet have we? So I thought I'd show you a really simple sewing project using felt. Felt is my all-time favourite thing to sew, because it is so easy and it doesn't fray.
You can see from the picture to the right that they look really effective, but they are super simple to do and there are no complicated techniques to learn, just a simple running stitch which most of you will have done in school at some point.
Happy Sewing!
For this project you will need some small scraps of felt, a few buttons, a needle, thread and a glue gun would be incredibly useful.
You need to cut your felt into these quarter circle shapes, I used a protractor to help me.
For each flower, you will need 5 of these pieces.
Tie a substantial knot in one end of your thread, leaving a longish tail. It's not necessary for your thread to match the colour of your felt as you won't see the stitches when the flower is finished.
Thread your needle and pick up the first of your felt pieces, inserting the needle here.
Make a running stitch like this around the curved edge, you don't need any more than 5 stitches. Try to keep the stitches neat and equally spaced out. Don't tie off your thread.
Pull the working end of your thread so your petal bunches up towards the knot like this.
You've made your first petal. Repeat the process of stitching and bunching up your pieces until you have all five on your thread.
Using the working end of your thread and the long tail you left at the knotted end, pull tight and tie into a knot so all your petals meet like this. Knot it a couple of times to secure.
Chose a button to make your flower centre. You could sew this into the middle, but I cheated and used my glue gun.
After foraging in the garden I found some suitable twigs to make the "stems" of my flowers. You don't need to use twigs for this, craft sticks, straws or wooden skewers painted greed would work just as well.
Turn your flower over and using the glue glun, stick your stem to the back of the button.
You could skip this step, but it's a neat way of finishing off your project. Cut a small circle of green felt and cut a slit into the middle and a small notch as in the picture below..
Wrap the circle around your stem and stick it down with some glue and you are done!
Why not make a few more and pop them in a vase?
