Felt Flowers Revisited And A Prize

Hi there Kerry here

I've decided to revisit my little post on making a felt flower from the recently blog hop we had. 

I originally offered a prize which is the last picture but the prize was never claimed so I am re-offering this and will pick a random commenter from this post to win on 17th July.

Here is the original tutorial. 

There are tons of tutorials around the interweb so I'm not taking any credit for the idea.

 Start with a strip of felt - any length over about 8 inches will do and I made mine approx 1.5 inches wide.

Place a line of glue along one of the long edges

fold the other long edge onto the glued edge

I've found that unless you use an extremely fast drying glue then it helps to fold the strip up a bit and hold it together with a couple of clothes pegs until it dries.

 Once dry unfold it and then make some cuts into the folded edge making sure you don't cut all the way through the glued edge.

 the next step is to start rolling it from one end adding a spot of glue as you go

keep rolling until you reach the end trying to keep the glued edge as level as possible.  You should end up with something a little like this - mine isn't as level as I would like but never mind.  Next put some more glue on the base and cut a small piece of felt large enough to cover the base.

Stick the piece of felt over the base and leave it all to dry.

Once it is dry trim off the excess from the base - it doesn't need to be exact but it finishes it off and gives you a surface to add sticky pads/tape/glue to adhere to your project.

 Last step is to turn it over and arrange the petals.  I find flattening it a bit with the palm of my hand helps.

The winner will be drawn at random on 17th July and the prize is this selection of flowers and embellishments

 

Thanks for looking :)

Comments

[sharon Peters]

These are so pretty. Going to have a go myself. Thank you for the chance to win. Sharon X

[BevDel]

This is fab.. I've used this technique with denim, just single layer and it looks great. Must go and have another go.

[S Lane]

Love the little pom pom flowers. I`ve not tried them with felt only with organza. Thanks for the chance of some goodies.

[Judith Lovatt]

Today is the day I discovered your blog. How refreshing and exciting. I will be back tomorrow and the next day - seems a good way to start the day. Loving the flowers which I will have great fun experimenting with. Thank you for sharing :-)

[val]

Hi Kerry, Thank you for another great idea. I regularly look into IACW and love all the great ideas you all give to us. We are very lucky, its feels like one big creative family, with so many ideas you could never be bored. Looking forward to seeing lots more new ideas soon. I would love a chance to win these flowers, thank you. Val x