Mitzi's Fabric Flowers
Mitzi's Fabric Flowers are an inexpensive and eco-friendly way to get into the mood for spring. These gorgeous DIY fabric flowers are made from recycled materials. When you make this project, you'll be giving Mother Earth and yourself a break, because you'll clean out those fabric scraps that have been piling up. These fantastic floral crafts look great anywhere. Make a bouquet to decorate your home, or give out individual blooms to loved ones. They'll adore the fact that these flowers will stay bright all year.
Once you create a handful of these handmade flower ideas, you can easily place them in a colorful, upcycled glass vase to add some greenery to your home that you do not need to worry about watering. Looking for an eclectic look? Combine these flowers with other sewn flowers to brighten your space with varying textures and prints.
For more beautiful handmade flower projects and how to sew a flower tutorials, check out our collection of 81+ Printable Flower Patterns.
Materials:
- Fabrics of choice
- Fabric stiffener
- Paper wrapped wire stems
- Assorted buttons
- Glue gun
- Awl
- Sponge brush
- Muffin pan
- Star template
Instructions:
- 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").
- 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.
- After pairing them up, I put the pairs on a paper plate and coated each side with Stiffy fabric stiffener using a sponge brush.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The tips of the stars/petals curled in a flower-like manner.
- The last step is hot gluing a vintage button in the center.
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Hannah
May 10, 2017
This is really really nice! It takes a lot of work though. Great for party decorations. It looks neat and very chic. The combinations of plain colors and those with patterns really went well. Very artistic! I hope I can make this.
Marilyn B
Mar 02, 2017
What a neat idea! I can also see this project using fabric scraps that are in the color ranges of actual flowers for a different look, and adding some tiny seed pearl beads here and there for a little dew drop effect! Great instructions and this would be a fun project with kids too! Thanks for sharing!
Sunnieeeee
Sep 08, 2013
I find Elmers Glue watered down just a little bit works as well as Stiffy and it is much cheaper if you need to make a lot.
beulah gene
Oct 24, 2012
I LOVE these flowers and started out to make thembut I must be missing something. Are the fabric pieces sewn together before the stiffening step? Hope to hear and answer from Mitzi or someone! Please help!
pecbot 5444238
Aug 12, 2012
I have a lot of left over fabric that I didn't know what to do with (1-10 inches). I never throw any away. Now I can use them. Thanks!
SUZAG
Jun 10, 2012
These have a lot more movement and I love the idea of fabric flowers to match the seasons! Buttons to match the theme!
belyinvon 2144314
Jun 09, 2012
I really like these flowers, I belong to a crafting group and can't wait to make these!
jillshope 123
Jun 09, 2012
I really like these flowers. You can make them in different colors or mix them together with solids and patterns!
rlnurse
Jun 08, 2012
I like the different options and colors that can be made with this patern.
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