Tutorial: NO SEW Fabric Flowers

 

these no sew fabric flowers are deliciously beautiful and SO easy to make! grab your glue gun and here we go...

what you'll need:

- glue gun

- iron

- heavy starch

- no fray spray

- fabric

spray your fabric with heavy starch and iron.

cut out 3 different sizes of petals, lay out on a piece of paper and spray with no fray spray. this stuff is STINKY and potent.  make sure you spray it in a well ventilated area and wear a painters mask if possible. 

now you can go get a snack, dream up of all the different colors you can make this in, and let the petals dry.

the combination of the heavy starch and no fray spray make the petals really stiff and fun to work with. take a petal and fold over on the bottom. 

 place a small dot of hot glue on the folded part of the petal. 

wait for a couple of seconds before folding the petal over so you don't burn your fingers. one dot of glue is enough to hold both sides of the folds together. 

 i like to vary the depth of the folds to give the flower more dimension. see the difference in these two petals?

 use an unfolded petal as the base and start hot gluing the smallest petals on.

overlap your petals a little and continue gluing them on in a circular fashion.  it only takes one little drop of hot glue to keep them on. 

it takes about 5 small petals to create the center part. look at how cute!!!

trim away the excess base. 

 take your mid-sized petal and place it staggered behind the small petal. don't glue it yet.

hold the petal in place and flip it over. then place a small dot of glue at the base and hold the petal down. i might be a little OCD... i just liked doing it this way because it ensured that my petal would be just where i wanted it.

continue gluing the mid-sized petals on in a circular fashion. it takes approximately 8 mid-sized petals.  then glue on the largest petals... it takes approximately 8 as well.

for the center, cut a circle out of one of your petals or just use one of your extra small petals and fold twice. 

 place a small dot of glue on the bottom corner. 

 press it down off-center in the inside part of your flower.

it takes about 4 of these folded circles to fill up the center. 

here it is all finished!!! what a cutie you are!!!

i just realized... i made this flower smaller.  i just used 5 small petals, 8 mid-sized petals, and 4 small folded circles to make it. 

i can stop making these beauties!

i need to either give some away or start selling them! my house is going to be overtaken.  i can only wear so many on my clothes and in my hair...

i'm feeling giddy seeing these beauties all around me. 

SO I'M GOING TO GIVE ONE AWAY! :O)

this one...

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i hope you enjoyed the tutorial and happy flower making!!
have a blessed week!!!

nori

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