Sometimes we just need a safe project. Something we know and can do in our sleep. I love dreaming and creating new things, but there is a sweet comfort that comes with a staple that I have done for years.
To me, making chiffon flowers are something that I have come to find as a quick downtime activity. I love the many color options and variations you can do with this flower by the types of buttons you give them and how you decide to use them. I am going to show you how I make them, and then give you a few easy ways you can use them.
Start with getting some chiffon fabric, sharp scissors, thread, needle, and buttons together. Once you have all your supplies out, you are ready to start!
1. The first thing I do is cut some strips of chiffon about 1/2″ to 1 1/2″ inch wide.
2. I then double thread my needle and weave it in and out of the chiffon strip all the way down.
3. I then push and scrunch my fabric close together
4. I then knot the ends of the thread as tight as I can to the other end of my thread, so the fabric has turned from a strip into a flower.
I like to make several of these with the different widths and lengths of stripes. The longer strips will create a more ruffled, full flower. I usually do a 1/2″ wide strip flower as my first flower and then a 1″ flower, and then a 1 1/2″ flower on the base and I tie all three-layered flowers together. Then for the final embellishment I add a button in the center of my top flower. Use your needle and thread to attach the button by going through the flower four or five times.
Tying several flowers together will give it a taller, fatter look that I love. This can be the hardest step. But don’t stress. Most of the time I go back and add a little hot glue to reinforce my layers and make sure it all stays secure.
There are lots of ways you can use these flowers. I love to make them as baby shower presents. You can easily glue a clip to the back of your flower and clip it to a headband like I did here.
For newborns, I love my DIY newborn headband. It’s soft and doesn’t leave marks on the baby’s sweet head.
There are lots of other ways to use these flowers! Glue them to plain picture frames as a fun embellishment, or you can make a bunch and glue them to a wreath. Those are just two ways to use these flowers. I know they would be cute glued to baskets, cards, etc. How would you use them??
Thank you so much for stopping in! Friday is coming! I hope you have a great weekend and get to use your imagination! The possibilities are endless!
**I shared this project over at my friend, Wait ’til Your Father Gets Home‘s blog.
Imagine walking down the hair bow aisle at one of your favorite stores and realizing that you can make some of the same pretty items that are marked for $5+ for just mere pennies. You can. You don’t have to imagine it. You can create this simple felt hair bow quickly.
The first thing you need to do is to cut out four circles that are the same size. I eye balled mine, but you could easily trace the rim of a cup onto your felt and cut that out to get a perfect circle that you can be sure to have four of equal’s in shape and size.
Next step, is to fold your circles in half and place them intertwined with each other as shown in the picture below. This step may look harder than it actually is. Have you ever folded a cardboard box top closed where each flap had one corner sticking up? It’s kinda like the same concept. With all four of your felt circles folded in half, stack them while rotating each one so they have that intertwined affect. By the time you have all four folded and pinched in your hand it should look like a complete circle with half of each felt piece facing up. It gives your flower a fun 3D kind of texture.
I then used my thread and sewed stitches all around that caught all four circles and bound them together.
Before completing knotting my thread and cutting the threads off, I cut out a scalloped circle and sewed that and a button on top of all my first ugly stitches.
I then knotted the thread and cut it off my felt flower. I wanted to add another color to my flower, so I cut some leaf petals and hot glued them onto my clip. I then simply glued the felt flower on as well, and it was done!
One of the beauties of knowing how to create these felt hair bows is you can make as many as you want and personalize them to each child or outfit and not break your bank account. Giving hair bows is a fun personal gift and you can also use the same steps of creating this felt flower to make a bunch of flowers and glue onto a wreath, sew onto a shirt or bag, or even glue a small one onto a greeting card. There are lots of possibilities, if you just use your imagination!
Do you love felt too? All these cold winter days make me crave a good felt project. Something like this would be an easy Valentines gift to make your little girl or use as party favors!
