And the last flower tutorial for right now…..
Flower Puffs!
You have seen me use this technique to make these hair accessories for my Etsy shop:
Now I will share how you can make them too.
They are very versatile.
You can use them as hair accessories and add jewels, feathers, and more to them.
You can make them into pins and add them to your clothing.
Or you could even glue them onto sticks or wooden dowels and create a beautiful bouquet (I would so do this for my wedding bouquet if I wasn’t married and was getting married :).
1. Cut strips of fabric for your flowers. I cut two pieces of 17″ x 4″ for each of these flowers. The longer they are the more poofier it will be. The taller it is, the longer the petals will be. You can also use different fabrics in each flower for a unique look. In the ones I had made before, I added tulle.
those are fabulous! love the color combo too!
LOVE it!!! I linked to your tutorial over at Craft Gossip Sewing:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-fluffy-fabric-flower-puffs/2010/10/30/
–Anne
Although the instructions are simple, the finished project has such a wow factor. Wonderful idea and instructions, the colours you chose are lovely.
I love how whimsical these are. I want to make all your flowers!
These are so great! I’m always looking for new accesories– esp. ones I make so I know they are unique 🙂 I love putting these on a blouse!
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Hi! I have just this morning found your blog — what fun! Love this tutorial; thank you for the inspiration. I will be a regular reader.
Just lovin it!
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These are stunning! I can imagine so many uses for them. I featured them on my blog today. http://crazydazedesigns.blogspot.com/2011/12/flower-power.html
what kinds of fabric did you use for these?
I’m not quite sure what they were exactly, but they were sheer, silky, satiny, etc. kind of fabrics. I call them “fancy” fabrics 🙂 I usually pick up the leftover pieces in the remnant box and use for projects like this.
How would you finish the bottom if you wanted to hot glue it to a elastic headband? I would have to hot glue a disc to it somehow. Suggestions?
I just made sure to make the underneath fabric “stem” as short as possible then I glued a circle piece of fabric over it. That will help give a flatter surface to glue a disc to it. Also, if the bottom just is too thick, you could always cut the shape, but instead of basting and gathering, cut out a piece of circle felt and glue the fabric around and around (starting on the outer edge of felt circle) until in the center and then finish it off. Would give a similar look and a flatter bottom. Hope you are able to make it work 🙂