My friend Jamie says I'm the only person she knows that has a stock pile of felt...haha! There's nothing wrong with that! How can I NOT when there's so many great projects I can make?!
What you need:
Two sheets of felt
(one for the flower, and one for the leaves... technically you can use scraps for the leaves. There's NO way you will need a whole sheet!)
SHARP scissors (like I said last time, you can use dull ones...but you'll be sorry...)
Glue gun
Glue sticks
Paper (I suggest a card stock, because you will be using this over and over)
Pencil
Ready? Okay, first thing you have to do is make your paper pattern. It can be whatever size you like. The larger the template, the larger the flower...the smaller...well surely I don't have to spell it out for you, right? Ok, good. The template is a 8 petal flower design. Draw your template and then cut it out. Mine is about 3" wide.
Now, take your felt sheet and cut a strip as wide as your template, and long enough to get four flower shapes.
I then cut the strip into 4 equal squares. Now, if you have sharp scissors, you can probably cut out two flower shapes at a time, if not, cut out all four shapes one...by...one...(bet you're kicking yourself now for not listening to me about those scissors, huh?) You can cut around the template (which is what I do...cause I'm awesome like that) or you can trace it with a pencil first.
So far, so good, right?
Take one flower shape and fold it in half.
Then fold it in half again. It will have this triangle shape.
In between the second fold, add a dab of hot glue and hold it together.
Repeat for the remaining 3 flower shapes.
Cut a small circle for the base of your flower. This is what holds it together (well, this and glue..)
Begin attaching with glue...all four pieces.
Looks pretty similar to felt flower #2, I know. But now you add some dots of glue to the up-facing petals, and fluff them up and hold them together.
And that's it! Add some felt leaves, or whatever your little heart desires!
Hope it made sense, feel free to comment with any questions. Enjoy!
Couldn't resist sneaking a pic in of it in use. ;)
