Info about the Here we are going to show you how to make a flower using fabric petals. It is a lot like the Simple Flower. It is a little more intricate, fluffier and a lot more fully dimensional when it is moving. It is a great flower to add to your costume to attract the judge’s attention.

Supplies:

Fabric
Ruler
Needle
Thread to match fabric
Straight pins
Scissors

Directions:

Choosing Your Materials

This flower allows you to choose whatever fabric you wish. So, your criteria would be what material goes best with the costume – the same material as the costume, same as the trim or a coordinating color. Another consideration is that the fabric does not ravel.

Cutting the Fabric

To cut the fabric for this flower, you start off with squares. We have already done several petals and for this one, we are going to cut a three inch square. Do not worry about the ragged edges because they will be cut away anyway. Fold the square in half and then in half again. You will end up with a smaller square about a quarter of the original square. Hold the folded corner with your thumb and pointer finger. Start cutting into the folded edge around your thumb and back out the other folded edge. This will create the shape of a teardrop.

Sewing the Flowers

When you have several petals, start stacking them on top of each other with the centers directly on top of each other. You will use a lot more petals in this flower than in the Simple Flower. The more layers you do, the fluffier the flower will be. In the Simple Flower, we stacked the petals from largest on the bottom to smallest on the top. With this flower, we will stack them in any order we want. Be careful to stagger the petals so the petals are not on top of each other but haphazard. There will be large ones, then small ones, then medium ones, then large ones, and so on.

Take your needle and insert it directly into the very center of the stack and sew it all the way through the stack. Then from the other side of the flower, push the needle back the way it came from. Pinch the center together and go through all the layers. Fold the flower in half and starting about a quarter of an inch down, sew through all of the layers of fabric creating a pinch from the front side. Open the flower all the way up and fold the flower in half in the opposite direction and repeat the stitch you just made. Then you can go through and fluff these out. You can then sew the flower directly onto the item you want it to go on. If you use stiffer fabric, it will turn out just a little bit perkier.

There are many different flowers you can make with these petals. We have already cut several pieces.