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To begin, decide on how big you want your flower to be. -, , , , . My flower ended up measuring 2 1/4 inches across (diameter). 2 1 / 4 ().
To make a flower that size, I cut out a circle that was 1 3/4 inches in diameter and used that as my circle pattern piece. , , , 1 3 / 4 .
I cut some strips of fabric that were about 2 inches wide (just a bit wider than my red circle pattern piece) , 2 ( , ) ... ...
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And then folded my strip again and again until I had several layers to cut through. , , .
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I then used my little red circle as a guide to cut through all of those layers. , .
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Keep in mind, the circles don't have to be perfect and can have uneven edges. , . No biggee. biggee. (But if you're going for perfection..trace your circle piece on your fabric over and over again and then cut them all out. And good luck!) ( ... .. , , . !)
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You should have a nice stack of circles (I used about 30 circles). ( 30 ). Then cut out one more circle (the same size) out of felt. ( ) .
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To begin, grab one of you fabric circles and grab it in the center from the bottom. -, .
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Then squish the outside of the circle towards you (the messier the better), while holding the center tip from behind. (, ), .
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Now place that messy little scrunched up piece on top of the felt circle, with the raw edges facing outward. , , . Allow the edges to overlap about a 1/4 inch. , 1 / 4 . Sew the tip in place, down to the felt. , .
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Now do the same thing with your second fabric circle, and place it under the presser foot and sew the tip in place, just like the first. , , . You want to place each scrunched up circle nice and snug next to the first, so that your flower will be nice and full. , .
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Continue adding more and more circles, keeping the outer edges even, about a 1/4 inch over the felt circle edge.until you complete the full circle. , , 1 / 4 ... .... .
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Then start a new layer of scrunched circle on top of the firstbut place them so that the edges aren't out quite as far as the first. ... ... , , . This will help your flower look rounded as it gets smaller and smaller towards the center. , .
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Continue around the circle with this layer, keeping the edges in slightly more towards the center. , .
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Now depending on the size of your flower (how big your circles are, etc.) you may only need to sew 2 layers or you may need more. ( ..) 2 . But for this sized flower, I sewed on a 3rd layer. , . And with this layer, I used a pin to help shove the tip in towards the center before sewing it down. , , . Try it, it may help you too. , .
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This is how it looked after my 3 layers were sewn on. 3 .
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To cover the center, I trimmed down 3 of my remaining fabric circles by about 1/3 of an inch, all the way around. , 3 1 / 3 , .
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Then I scrunched them up the same way, and hand sewed each of those 3 scrunched up circles to the center. , 3 . This filled in the empty space nicely. .
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Make sure while going up and down with your needle, that you go between layers and don't mess up any of the fullness of the outer edges. , , .
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And that completes the flower. . Feel free to trim off any wonky edges with some scissors..and that's it. ... ... .. .
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And here's a view from the back. . If you want, you can cut out another circle of felt and glue it to the back of this, to hide the sewing. , , . But it just depends on how you'll use the flower. , .
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Now make more. . In lots of colors. .
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And use them here, there, and everywhere. , , .
(I have a project coming up, showing how else I used these little flowers.) ( , , .)
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