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Mitzi's Fabric Flowers

By: Mitzi Curi

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Get in the mood for spring with Mitzi's Fabric Flowers from Mitzi Curi! This is a fantastic recycled craft that looks great anywhere. Make a bunch and decorate your home.

Mitzi's Fabric Flowers

Materials:

  • Fabrics of choice
  • Fabric stiffener
  • Paper wrapped wire stems
  • Assorted buttons
  • Glue gun
  • Awl
  • Sponge brush
  • Muffin pan
  • Star template

Instructions:

  1. Begin with star shapes cut from your fabric of choice. My stars were wonderful vintage quilt pieces, but using an 8-point star template on your favorite fabric should work just fine (just Google "eight point star template").
     
  2. You will need to cut two stars for each flower. I used contrasting colors for interest. You might want to use the same fabric for both stars, or have fun pairing various patterns and colors.
     
  3. After pairing them up, I put the pairs on a paper plate and coated each side with Stiffy fabric stiffener using a sponge brush. (Yes, there is a product called Stiffy. I can hear you giggling....)

    Mitzi's Fabric Flowers

    Mitzi's Fabric Flowers
     
  4. Once the fabric is coated with the fabric stiffener, I placed the stars up with wrong sides facing each other, that way the finished sides would be seen on both the inside and outside of the flowers.
     
  5. Put the pieces in a muffin tin to dry and give them a cupped shape. I checked periodically to make sure the fabric wasn't sticking to the pan as it dried. I could have used some Pam spray to help, so keep that in mind, especially if you are going to leave it to dry overnight.

    Mitzi's Fabric Flowers
     
  6. After these were dry, I punctured them in the center with an awl. Then I simply inserted a paper wrapped wire stem (purchased at JoAnn Fabrics in the floral department), with the tip bent at an angle to secure it inside the blossom. A dab of hot glue will keep the stem in place.

    Mitzi's Fabric Flowers
     
  7. The tips of the stars/petals curled in a flower-like manner. I think they are so cute.

    Mitzi's Fabric Flowers
     
  8. The last step is hot gluing a vintage button in the center.

    Mitzi's Fabric Flowers

 

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