Getting Crafty: In A Good Way: Felt Flower #4

What you need:

Two sheets of felt ( of two different colors)

Scissors (Sharp, trust me. If you don't believe me, try dull ones)

Glue gun

Glue sticks (cause your glue gun doesn't work with out them)

Alligator clips (optional...I'll explain later)

First things first, get your first sheet of felt. This is the color you want for the outside of your flower. I chose light purple. It's just a standard size felt sheet you can find at Michaels, Walmart, or Hobby Lobby.

From here it is EXACTLY the same steps as my original Felt Flower.

Cut a circle (the larger the circle, the larger the flower). Make a cut in where you plan on starting your spiral. PLEASE read my other Felt Flower tutorial, it has more detail.

Cut out your spiral.

Now, your scallop. (Confused?? You wouldn't be if you would have read my other tutorial like I told you...I'm just saying...)

Set this aside. Now, take your second sheet of felt and cut a strip about 3" or 31/2" from top to bottom, and as wide as you want. You can trim this down before adding it if you see it's too long.

Fold this in half. Now this is where the optional alligator clips come in handy. Technically you can hold this with one hand and work with the other...and if we had THREE hands, that would be fine! But since we don't, I found it's easier to use the alligator clips to hold the folded felt. My apologies to any three handed followers...

It's times like this I wish I was making a video tutorial for you guys (coming soon).

Take your scissors and cut on the folded edge of your felt about half way down. DO NOT CUT ALL THE WAY THROUGH...

So far, so good? Now, begin rolling from end to end.

This is what it should look like from the top. You can add a dab of glue the end of your roll to secure it for now.

Okay, go grab your spiral. Go ahead, I'll wait....got it? Okay. Take the end of your spiral and glue it to bottom of your flower center.

Begin wrapping the spiral around your center, scallop side up. When you get to the end, add glue to the bottom and attach the circle from your spiral.