Gabriola

I have a burning desire to create some large fabric flowers from my stash of material! I have tried to find a pattern on google images without success. Have any of you creative people ever made flowers or come across a pattern? I look forward to hearing from you.

Lisanne

No pattern, but my mother made large fabric flowers years ago. She made the stems and outlined the petals and leaves using extra-long pipe cleaners (they call them something more politically correct now). She'd bend them into teardrop or heart shapes for each petal and cut the fabric to that shape, then I guess glue them together. I don't actually remember - I'm surprised I didn't pay more attention or that she didn't invite me to make them with her, but it was more her own thing.

Baysidegal

Do you want applique or freestanding flowers?

Here is a link for some:

http://sewing.craftgossip.com/read-a...ls/2010/08/31/

emerald46

Yep, that is the best link. All kinds of good things. I do the flowers to dress up straw purses/totes in the summer.

dglvr

Wow that a great site. Thanks.
Good luck on your flower makings. Would love to see what you make :thumbup:

Ramona Byrd

Do you mean for decorating purses or as pillows? I found a neat pattern online and made a few of them. One of my sisters asked for one to raffle off at her Moose lodge in Bakersfield, for charity. Said it brought in a lot more than she or I had thought it would.

They do take a lot of time and lots of poly batting, but are lovely things.

Gabriola

Do you want applique or freestanding flowers?


I am looking for freestanding flowers.