Fabric Flower Tutorial

I love this fabric flower, you can use it as a pin or in your hair.

It is so easy and quick to make!

• First you buy the fabric.  I just go to Jo Ann's and buy their cheapest costume satin or lining.  I used raw silk but the flame leaves a dark singed edge.  It is pretty, but I didn't want that look this time.
• Cut the petal into oblong shapes, not circles.  Cut free hand and  it doesn't matter if the edges are jagged.  Cut about 12 or so petals.  I tend to cut two of each size.  Taper the sizes of the petals as you go, from big to small.  Just eyeball the sizes.

Now the fun part.....get matches or a barbeque lighter and petal by petal, run the flame around the entire edge.  When I use matches, I use one match per petal.  Be careful not to burn yourself......

 The fabric will melt and curl.

Burn the edges of all the petals.

Layer the petals, with the smallest ones on top and the largest ones on bottom.  Some people like to glue them together but I think it is so much easier to just take two stitches in the middle to secure the petals together.

I used a vintage button and sewed it in the middle, taking a few stitches with double thread.

Now you have the cutest fabric flower.  I buy pins at the craft store and stitch them to the back.  When I use them for hairbows, I buy alligator clips and hot glue them to the back.  I hope you like this fabric flower enough to make a whole garden of them!