I had a top that I really liked, but could no longer fit into it after I had my first kid *sob sob*. I just couldn't bear to send it to the Salvation Army, so I decided to upcycle it into a fabric flower hair clip.
First of all, I cut a template from a cereal box:
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Cut out a 5-petal flower template |
Use the template to draw out 9 flowers on your chosen fabric. I used a ball point pen here so that it shows up better. No issue, just cut slightly inside the pen markings
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Mark out 9 flowers on fabric |
Then cut them out:
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9 fabric flowers |
Fold 8 of the pieces into quarters. Don't match up the edges when you fold them, the more they don't match up, the better the effect. Here's what one of them looks like:
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Flower folded in quarters |
Now get ready a small circle of felt:
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Pink felt to match the fabric |
Using a hot glue gun, glue 4 folded pieces to the felt like this:
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3 folded pieces glued to felt circle |
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1st layer of 4 folded pieces |
Now, use another 4 folded pieces and glue another layer, offsetting the pieces like this:
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2nd layer of folded pieces should be offset by 45 degrees |
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2nd layer completed |
Now, with the final flower (number 9), fold it in half, roll it up to form a bud and glue so that it keeps its shape:
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All rolled up |
After rolling, the bottom gets quite bulky, so use your scissors and cut a little bit of the tip off, holding on to the bud firmly so that it doesn't unroll.
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Snip off the bottom tip |
We're almost there.... put a generous amount of hot glue in the centre of your petal layers and hold the bud firmly in place until the glue hardens
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Glue bud to centre of petal layers |
Ruffle up the petals as you wish, adding some glue here and there to hold the petals in place. And here's the final fabric flower:
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Completed fabric flower |
Since I'm going to use this as a hair clip, the final step for me was to glue on the clip and there you have it -- an upcycled fabric flower hair clip:
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Glue on the clip |
very nice fwollers!
ReplyDeleteVery cute! I've seen this idea using just circles, but I love the effect starting out with a flower shape and fluffing them up like that! :) lisa
ReplyDeleteThanks for submitting this fab tutorial to be featured over at And Sew We Craft. We will be featuring it this week!
ReplyDeleteAmy x
This is one of the clearer flower tutorials! Very nice.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone! =)
ReplyDeleteGreat tutorial, thanks! :-)
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