Felt is one of my absolute favorite things to craft with. And at about $0.25 a sheet, it’s no wonder that felt is so popular.
With spring quickly on the way, I’m all about flowers now. I seem to have a problem keeping real flowers alive, so I’ll settle for fake ones that don’t require a lot of attention. Plus allergies make having real flowers kind of a drag sometimes.
But, back to felt. These adorable felt flowers are so insanely easy to make. This is a great way to use up old felt scraps, by the way! Add these adorable flowers to bobby pins, packages, pins, or even glue a whole slew of them to a wreath (that’s my next project to tackle!). Once you make one or two, you’ll be completely hooked on this super fun and felty craft!
Felt Flower Tutorial:
Materials:
- Felt in the colors of your choice
- Scissors
- Pen
- CD
- Hot glue gun
Instructions:
1. First you’re going to want to cut a circle out of felt. You can create a scalloped edge if you’d like to give a nice look to your rose, but it’s not essential. I’ll do one of each here so you can see the difference. Use the CD to create a circle and cut it out. To create a scalloped edge, you can do it freehand or trace the cap of the pen over and over around the circle.
2. Cut into your circle and continue cutting until you have a spiral, like shown below.
3. Starting at the small end of your spiral, begin wrapping the felt around itself until a rose begins to form. Secure the tail end with a little bit of hot glue.
4. Place some hot glue on the bottom of your rose and cover it with a scrap piece of fabric. Cut off the excess and there you have it! An adorable felt rose!
Here you can see what the plain circle looks like (white), as well as the scalloped circle (green). Like I said, once you start, it will be hard to stop…and here’s some proof. I went through all my felt scraps and made tons of felt roses!
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