Tutorial: Another flower...

****I apologize for this being so late, but it has been in the works for a couple weeks now and I just got around to finishing it today!****

Sorry for all the flowers... I'm sure you must get sick of them after a while...  

I don't know if I have many more flowers after this one though!

They are very easy and simple, but they look so professional!

Here goes!  

Step One:  Cut 5 or 6 circles out of fabric.

Step two:  Fold each circle in half, and then in half again to make a wedge.  Iron the wedges.  These make the petals of your flower!

Step three:  Sew a running stitch along the open and rounded edge of each petal, connecting each one to the first without cutting the thread in between petals. 

Step four:  Once you get to the end of the last petal, pull the thread so it gathers the petals in a circle.  Then tie it off tightly. 

Step five:  Next you are making the center of the flower.  Cut a strip of fabric however long you want.  Hot glue and twist the fabric to make a coil-type of circle.  Cut off the end if the strip is too long.  

Step six:  Hot glue the coil to the middle of the petals and Voila!

***Optional: Glue to a bobby pin, hair clip, headband, or anything else you think works!***

More to come!

Tutorial: Gathered Ribbon Flowers

I made these puppies for some friends of mine since i needed something quick and easy to give them... And they are!    Simple and Easy!  Here is the tutorial:

Materials needed:

• Ribbon (doesn't matter if it has wire or not)
• Sewing Thread 
• Needle
• Hot Glue Gun
• Button
• Hair clip/bobby pin (optional)

***I found that the ribbon with the wire actually works a little better because the thread will stay in the ribbon and you wont take that chance of the ribbon fraying there.

Step 1:
To secure the ends of the ribbon and make sure they don't unravel, burn the ends slightly so they melt and have a hard ending.

Step 2:
Cut about a 9 inch piece of ribbon.

Step 3:
Sew a running stitch right along one of the edges. (if it has wire, sew right along the inside of the wire)

Step 4:
Pull the two ends of the sewing thread together so the ribbon bunches up and creates a circle.

Step 5:
Tie the two ends of the sewing thread together.

Step 6:
Hot glue (you could also sew it) on a button or embellishment.

Step 7: {optional}
Glue or sew a hair clip or something similar on the back!

Here are a few I made for friends...

Cute but also super easy!

Satin Flower Tutorial

Finally I have time to post this tutorial as promised!

So here goes nothing! It only takes 5 easy steps!
Tutorial for a Satin Flower!

Here is the one i made.  You can have fun and twist the directions to fit what you are looking for!


Materials:

• Satin- {or any shiny fabric that will melt when burnt instead of just burning}
• Lighter/matches
• Hot glue gun
• Filler beads or anything you desire to put in the center

Step one:
Cut 5 circles out of your fabric.  they should be smaller than the one before it like these:

***the wrinkles were ironed out before I burned them!


Step two:
Burn the 5 circles around the edges so they turn up towards the middle.

Step three:Hot glue each circle on top of each other.

Step four:
Put a big blob of glue in the center of the smallest circle on top.  Then push the beads {or whatever you decided to use} into the glue so they cover the blob.

Step five:
Glue a bobby pin on the back.  Or you could just glue it straight to a headband, but this way you can wear it different ways with or without a headband! 

Voila!

Hopefully there will be some more tutorials in the near future!

Look what I made!

Otherwise stated as "Look what I had time to do!"

I made a Satin Flower Hair thing!

Tutorial to come!!!!

This is what the "flower" part looks like:

I attached a bobby pin so I didn't have to wear it with the headband or the headband could be used for other things as well...

And here it is as on a headband!


As I said, Tutorial is to come in the next week!

Well that's all I had time for so until next time, C ya!