To date my most viewed post has been these felt roses found
HERE. Mostly because it has the pattern to make them, the original source wasn't available for the pattern last time I tried their site. Luckily I had saved it and was able to turn it into printable for others {it still gives credit on the pattern to the original creator}.
I have done a couple other projects using felt flowers like my Fall wreath
HERE, Felt Flower Ring
HERE, and my Valentines Day wreath
HERE. I love felt! It's super inexpensive, comes in great colors {even if it's just from the local craft store and not the fancy stuff}, and there is so much you can make with it. I thought today I'd give you a refresher course in how to make the {5} different felt flowers featured above. They are all easy and simple.
What you need:
- Felt {whatever colors you want}
- Scissors
- Glue gun / and or / thread
- Buttons or Rhinestones {optional}
Flower #1 - Looped MuM Felt Flower
Start with a long strip of fabric. For these big ones I typically use felt by the yard, if your making smaller MuM style flowers like in my previous ring post you can use the 8.5 x 11" felt sheets from the craft store. This particular flower is about 4" in diameter and I used a 26-28" long x 1.5" wide piece of felt.
Using a glue gun, glue the edges together all the way across.
Once it's glue along the edges take your scissors and snip every 1/8" - 1/4" depending on how big you want your loops to be. You can have bigger loops if you want, I prefer them closer together. Snip the entire length of your felt.
It should look like this when your done.
Starting at the end place a small dab of glue from your glue gun and begin to roll your felt like this. And continue to glue as you go until you reach the end.
When your done it should look like this. You can place a rhinestone or button in the middle if you'd like, but they are pretty plain too!
