DIY Project No. 1: Fabric Flowers

DIY Project No. 1: Fabric Flowers

December 15th, 2010 @ 5:13 pm by Mrs. Pancakes
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I’ve decided to finally try to complete a DIY project that I started almost three weeks ago.

DIY Project No. 1: Fabric Flowers : wedding accessories costa rica diy flowers Pancakes {100 Layer Cake}

I do think of myself as crafty. I crochet, quilt, sew…I even know my way around a hot glue gun…I think. In honor of spring I have decided to make about two dozen fabric flowers to attach to my bridesmaids’ invitations.

So Mr. Pancakes and I went down to the fabric district and bought a yard of pink fabric and a yard of white tulle.

Things I forgot: felt, buttons, beads, and hot glue…It was a little overwhelming for me.

So this is the basic idea:

{100 Layer Cake}

Go here for the directions from to Lanie on 100 Layer Cake.

Here are some other DIY fabric flowers that I considered. Enjoy!

Have you tried any of these other fabric flowers? Or do you know of others that are particularly easy??

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9 Responses to “DIY Project No. 1: Fabric Flowers”

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Mrs. Glasses (message) 2,741 posts, Sugar bee

These are pretty popular around the Bee. The only really popular bee project I did was embossing and I had my Internet browser open the whole time Can’t wait to see how these turned out!

12/15/10 @ 5:21 pm (reply)

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neontl (message) 1,135 posts, Bumble bee

I’ve tried the fabric flowers from the Once Wed garland. They were easy to make (surprisingly!) but I had no use for a fabric flower garland. I tried to make the fabric flower into a pin, but the flower droops down…(better for a garland, not for a pin)

12/15/10 @ 5:22 pm (reply)

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Miss Jam (message) 309 posts, Helper bee

Every time I try to make a fabric flower out of chiffon, I end up swearing and/or bleeding and quitting the project prematurely. The fabric just moves around too much…don’t even try to cut a perfect circle out of it. Yeesh!

12/15/10 @ 6:20 pm (reply)

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Miss Pancakes (message) 85 posts, Worker bee

@Miss Jam: I’m totally with you.. I keep starting projects but end up getting so frustrated I never finish.

12/15/10 @ 6:58 pm (reply)

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duckduckamy (message) 100 posts, Blushing bee

I made a bunch of these Martha Stewart ones for my wedding, both big and small:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/64074763/beautiful-red-rose-hair-flower-on

12/15/10 @ 7:48 pm (reply)

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KLloyd1 (message) 814 posts, Busy bee

i’ve made the flowers that are on the yellow headband. it took me some time to perfect it but once I got the twisting of the fabric, the wrapping and the very light hot gluing (so that it didn’t get everywhere) it was super easy!

12/15/10 @ 8:09 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Locket (message) 2,837 posts, Sugar bee

Have I made flowers? m HEhehehe..we should all know the answer to that one! I’m obsessed with making flowers and am constantly coming up with new methods….I recently made my first anemones!

12/15/10 @ 11:06 pm (reply)

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Mary Poppins (message) 107 posts, Blushing bee

I did the Maize in Montanna version with dark green corduroy. Super simple, and they give my teacher outfits a little bit of spark, I’ve also done the dahlia version on Martha Stewart’s site using a light jersey cotton (very difficult to work with).

My fave so far was this one http://blairpeter.typepad.com/weblog/2006/03/fabric_flowers.html I used a plain, light weight denim, in purple. They frayed juuuuust enough to make it awesome!

12/16/10 @ 8:02 am (reply)