Fabric Flowers

If you have ten minutes and a scrap of material, you can make a fabric flower. This is the same technique I used to make the white flowers for this chair.

Cut 6 circles of fabric: 2 large, 2 medium, 2 small. Stack the like sizes together.

Cut slices into the circles, leaving the middle intact. This will give it the floppy petal look. If you want yours to be un-floppy, you can leave them uncut. I rotate my circles so that none of the cut lines match up to make them more organic and haphazard looking.

Stack your sets of circles from largest to smallest. With a needle and thread, sew a gathering stitch in small circle.

End the circle with your needle on the bottom. Pull gently and firmly to gather. Sew through the base a few times to secure, finish off.

I decided to make mine into a pin, so I hot-glued a small felt circle on the back and attached a bar pin.

All done! You could sew these on a pillow, a shirt, a headband... anything! If you're using several together, make them in varying sizes to add interest.

Here is one that my sister Julia, the queen of fabric flowers, made for me. She attached it to a hair clip with hot glue. I wear it all the time.

Want to know who my lovely dark-haired model is? I'll give you a hint: he has a beard, like to draw monsters, and does not typically wear flowers in his hair. Yes, my husband is a dear.