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How To Make Fabric Flowers

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Use up your fabric scraps and transform your offcuts into beautiful, fabric flowers.

This easy, 7 step how-to craft is perfect for beginners and an excellent sewing project to do to give your home a touch of Spring. Whether you use them to complete your little one’s nursery, give as a gift for Valentine’s Day or to add a Spring décor into your home, this simple fabric flowers craft is just for you.  

For this tutorial, we used Strawberry Thief Minor Ochre for a classic, arts and crafts style but any craft fabric would be ideal for this project. Take a closer look at our craft fabrics here.  

You will need:

You will need:

  • Craft fabric 

  • Thread and a needle 

  • An Iron 

  • Button 

Step 1

Step 1

Firstly, cut six circles with a diameter of 12 cm from your fabrics, these will form your petals.  

Step 2

Step 2

Then, fold one of the circles inwards into quarters and press with an iron. 

Step 3

Step 3

Next, sew a running stitch along the curved edge and pull the thread to gather the fabric. 

Step 4

Step 4

Repeat the last two steps for all your circles, using the same thread.  

Step 5

Step 5

Now, tie the ends of the threads together tightly. 

Step 6

Step 6

Then, cut a circle out that’s big enough to cover the middle hole on the back of the flower and sew the circle in place over the hole.  

Step 7

Step 7

Next, find a button big enough to cover the front hole and sew it in place.  

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