Pretty Posies

After seeing flowers all over blogland I decided it was time to try my hand at making some.

There are many various mediums and techniques to use making flowers. You can use ribbon, fabric and even paper. I am sure there are more but that is what I have started with.

I went to Youtube and just typed in fabric flower tutorials, there were a gazillion videos to choose from.

For this one I used 1/2" wide wired ribbon (about 30" in length). This one is made from fabric. I just cut out about ten 2" circle of fabric then folded each on in half then in half again to form petals, using hot glue to secure the folds. I then glued the petals to a piece of felt about 1 1/2"around.

This was also from 2" wired ribbon.
This ribbon didn't have the wire in it so I just did a running stitch along one side and pulled it up. Then I just started rotating it until a rose began to form.
This small flower is actually made from card stock. I cut out eight flowers with a punch then misted each one with water to soften it. I then wadded each one up to crinkle it then flattened them out and layered them on top of each other. I then punched through the center with an awl, inserted a small brad, then pulled each layer away from each other and fluffed until I had it the way I wanted it. I then spritzed it with some antiquing solution. This one is also wired ribbon but only about 1 1/2" wide. I pulled up nice and tight.
So here are my finished flowers. I can't wait to learn more techniques to make some more flowers.