Do It Yourself: Fabric Flower

I have a beautiful, but bald, baby girl and to combat the baldness, I have become quite skilled at making headbands. In this post, I will walk you through the steps of making a no-sew fabric flower.

For this project you will need 6 things...

     >Fabric (a stiffer fabric makes a fuller flower)

     >Paper to make a flower pattern

     > Scissors

     >Straight Pins

     >Hot Glue
     >Measuring tape or Ruler (optional)

     >Felt for the base of the flower

Cut a flower out of paper to use as a pattern. I make mine about 4 inches but you can do any size.

Pin the flower pattern to your fabric. I suggest folding the fabric so you can cut two at a time. 

Cut out 9 flowers and one circle out of felt. I usually make the felt circle about two inches wide

                     

Fold 8 of the 9 flowers in half and then half again. Put a dime sized amount of glue in the center of the felt circle and then attach four of the folded flowers. Put the folded edges against each other and the open edges against each other.  

Put a dime sized amount of glue in the center of the felt circle and then attach four more of the folded flowers. Put the folded edges against each other and the open edges against each other.  

Lift up the folded petals and put a bit of glue inside and then refold. Do this to each petal.  Just a little bit, right near the center of flower.

Next step is to glue the next four petals to the flower. Add another dime sized amount of glue to the center of the flower. Offset this layer of petals, so that the edges of this set are not aligned with the edges of the bottom set.     

Again, add glue to the inside fold of the petals.

    

Take the 9^th flower and fold it in half, then roll it up and cut off about a half inch from the bottom point. 

Glue the rolled petal to the center of the flower.

This part can get a little confusing, but it is important to make the flower look full. Add glue around the base of the rolled petal and attach the top single layer of peddles to the rolled petal.

After you make the flower, you can attach it to a clip or attach it to elastic to make a headband. I usually just glue the elastic right to the felt under the flower.

If you are looking to skip all of the DIY work but still want cute bows for your baby girl visit the etsy shop CarterMaxine!

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