Design by Night

Need a last minute gift? Make this no sew felt flower brooch.

Supplies
1/8" yard of felt for flower
Pin backer
Hot glue gun
Scissors
Printer

Print out the pattern below and cut out 14 petals, 1 pin cover and 1 base from the felt. (Use the scale to make sure the print out is the correct size).Take a dab of hot glue and place it at the bottom middle of the petal and fold down the right hand side. Place a second dab of glue in a similar area and fold the left side so it forms the shape below. Note the concave edge of the petal is the bottom. Repeat step with the remainder of the petals.



Take four of the petals and glue them on the outside edge of the circle backer in a north, east, west, south manner (like the points of a compass).

Take four more petals and glue them between the "compass" petals.



Take the remaining five petals and glue them closer to the center of the backer, arranging them in a circle.

Cut a strip of felt 12" long by 1" wide. Fold in half and place a f…

I week or two ago I posted a tutorial for a no sew flower. By taking the same principle of that flower and changing how you cut it slightly it can produce an entirely different type of flower. So I thought I would share with everyone.

Supplies
5" square piece of felt for flower
3" square piece of green felt for leaves and backer
Headband
Hot glue gun
Scissors
Printer

Print out the pattern below. (Use the scale to make sure the print out is the correct size).Using the large scalloped pattern, cut the shape out of your felt for the flower. Note: You can use the pattern more as a guide. You do not have to be precise when cutting the pattern, if you look at the picture below you will notice that I rounded out the "corners".

Cut a scalloped spiral (see fig. 3) in the circle trying to keep the thickness of the piece somewhat uniform. Keep in mind the circle doesn't have to be perfect.

Wrap the center upon itself to create a roll and dab a little hot glue on it to keep it …

I always have flowers on the brain, how to make them, what to do with them, how to make them into hair accessories... I am always on the look out for new inspirations, so when I saw someone make a paper flower using a similar technique I figured I would try it with felt. I think it totally looks cute and not a needle or thread in site!

Supplies
4" square piece of felt for flower
3" square piece of green felt for leaves and backer
1-Bobby pin with glue pad (the sell tons on ESTY)
Hot glue gun
Scissors
Printer

Print out the pattern below. (Use the scale to make sure the print out is the correct size).Using the large circle pattern, cut a circle out of your 4" felt for the flower.

Cut a spiral in the circle trying to keep the thickness of the piece around .25" to .375" wide. Keep in mind the circle doesn't have to be perfect.

Wrap the center upon itself to create a roll and dab a little hot glue on it to keep it in place. Continue to wrap the felt around the center.



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As you might be able to tell from my last tutorial I have been playing around with using leather for my flowers and other creations. Well I finally have come up with a leather flower I like after several failed attempts. Although leather is great because it does not fray it is a beast to sew and it is bulky. After many hours of fumbling around I finally came up with something I like and wanted to share.

If any of my readers have any good tips for working with leather or know of any good tutorials I would love to hear from you!

Sorry I haven't done a tutorial for awhile. Things have been a bit busy this summer between my day job all a bunch of opportunities to do outdoor craft shows. But I am back! So in true fashion for this blog I have come up with a folded fabric flower tutorial--big shocker huh?

Unlike my other tutorials I have made this one into a downloadable pdf. To download the tutorial click here or on the image below.

Even though I am not what I consider a "girly girl", if you have followed my blog for a little while you will notice a slight girly obsession with making flowers. I have no idea where this obsession came from but I constantly look at items and ask myself...can I make a flower out of that?

So it should be no surprise that I have yet another flower accessory tutorial. This flower is very easy to make and you only need basic hand sewing skills.

Supplies:
4 foot length of Doily Lace
Small piece of felt
Needle and thread (matching lace color)
Medium to large sized buttons
Gator clip and/or pin back
Hot glue gun
Scissors

Cut a 4 foot length of lace. Using your needle and thread, tightly gather one side of the lace.
Note: If your lace has an unfinished side or is pre-gathered, stitch along this edge. Even if it is pre-gathered you want to gather the lace as much as you can.



Print out the Doily Lace Flower backer pattern. Cut out one of the shapes from the felt (Use the scale to make sure the …

Although I do not scrapbook, I am often drawn like a moth to a flame to the scrapbook isle in the craft store. I love all the miniature stickers, brads, stamped metal plates, colorful papers and above all anything glittery. Since I am a addicted to craft supplies, it is very hard to fight off the impulse to buy these things but usually I can turn away knowing that I probably will never design a scrapbooking page in my life.

Well about six months ago my addictive personality won (my name is Kolleen and I am a craft-o-holic). A tiny little glass jar of Fabric Fancies caught my eye. Fabric + flowers + glitter was too much temptation for me. I purchased this little jar of flower happiness and needless to say that jar has sat on my shelf for six months unopened…until this week.


Who said you need to use scrapbooking embellishments for scapbooking? No one did! I think the key word here is "embellshments." So I took that jar off the shelf, broke the seal and started working. These cut…