When I made my 3D Flower Doll Quilt I was asked to do a tutorial to show how I made them. So here I will show you how to make 3D Flowers and Butterflies my way. This is not necessarily an original idea just something I have picked up over time.
These flowers are stylized flowers or flowers that are not true to any particular flower. They end up being whatever they end up like depending on the decisions I make as I work on them.
Here is the Doll Quilt I made for the DQ Swap
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you can see the blue flower is not sewn down. It is only sewn at the center allowing the petals to move freely.
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Here is the Pink flower also sewn only at the center
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The butterflies are sewn down here but the antennae are free moving as I made them out of craft wire. I curled them around a pen to get the wavy look
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This butterfly is sewn down and the antennae are also craft wire,. Because is was so much smaller I used a large plastic embroidery needle to curl the antennae.
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