Tutorial- How to Make Fabric Flowers #2

Last week I showed you how to make fabric flowers that had a rounded petal HERE.

Today I am going to show you how to make fabric flowers with a pointy {for lack of a better word} petal like the ones on my Patriotic Wreath!

Ready?

You need:
Fabric
something round to trace (I used a drinking glass)
pen/pencil to do said tracing
scissors
iron
needle and thread
button to be used as the center of the flower

First- Take your fabric and trace your circles on it- you will need 5 circles for each flower. And then cut them out





After they are cut out you are going to fold them in half and then press with the iron






And then fold them in half again, and press






I cut and pressed all my petals first, then moved on to the next steps.


{yes, I am now showing pictures of the red fabric. When you have 2 kids- you don't always get to start and finish a project in the same sitting... lol}


You are now going to take your needle and matching thread and make a gathering stitch along the ROUND edge of the petal piece








Continue across the entire round edge





Then lightly pull the thread to gather your petal. DON"T cut your thread- you are going to keep adding each petal on the same thread






Add your next petal and continue with your gathering stitch just like you did with the first piece.






When you are adding each petal, make sure the opening from the fold on each piece is on the same side. Mine were all on the left.  See in the picture below?








Once you have stitched all the way across, lightly pull the thread again to gather






Continue this with each petal.






After you have added your last petal, you need to join the first and last petals together. To do this, flip the flower over, and stitch through the back of the first petal






And then pull tight and you have a flower!






Tie it off and flip it back over to admire your work! :)






At this point you can add whatever center you want to the flower. I set a goal to make my Patriotic Wreath with only materials I had at home, so I just grabbed some plain white buttons and glued them to the center. You could certainly dress this up with some cuter centers!






There you go!  Now you know how to make 2 super cute and easy fabric flowers!