Hello friends!
I am glad to show you what keep me busy these days. I am having fun folding fabric flowers.
Inspired by beautiful cards made out of pretty paper, I started to fold and sew my own fabric flowers. After a few trials, I figured out the easiest way to sew these flowers.
The 4-petal and 5-petal flowers are the easiest and quickest to sew, but they are not so spectacular.
With each added petal, the design changes and the flower becomes more complicated and looks more beautiful.
Now to finish these blocks. Or sew some tiny flowers? Or try a 10 or 12-petal flower? Finish some bags? Start a new bag? Hard to chose!
More about this project soon!
Edited to add:
These are so pretty! What a great way to showcase beautiful fabrics. Are you planning to leave them raw edged?
Hi Jill!
I appliqued these ones and covered all the edges with a fine zig-zag stitch.
I wish there was a way to do this without the raw edge. I love the flowers, but the raw edge look bothers me. I like clean seams and edges. Beautiful colors and designs of the flowers!
Actually, they can be made without raw edges, but it means more work, bulky seams and flowers that aren’t so pretty and neat! Not to mention the sewing will not be as easy.
I think they are all great!
Pretty! Looking forward to seeing what you make with them.
Dear Geta,
your flowers are looking great, your ideas are stunning!!!
Can’t wait so see how you’ll finish these blocks.
Have fun, Martina
Dear Geta,
The flowers are beautiful! You are so creative. Can’t wait to see what is coming.
These are Awsome! I love them!
Do you have a template for them that indicates the sewing lines. What stabilizer did you use between the two fabrics?
Love these! Will look great on a bag!
Yes, Carolyn, I made templates for each flower; I used fusible web to bond the fabrics.
These look like a lot of fun to make. Perhaps if someone did not like the raw edge look, they could make their templates a bit over-sized and do the traditional folding over the edge method. I think it would depend on the project and the fabric itself, though. Some fabrics lend to raw edge to get fuzzy and fray or a simple zig-zag or the like stitch, while other fabrics are more “formal” and need a bit of edging (a nice satin stitch) or the turned edge method. Quite frankly, I love the time-saver method of fusing fabric applique! I do not have the urge to set it aside out of frustration (or even sometimes out of boredom).
Bonnie, the fusible web that bonds the fabrics minimizes the fraying.
Do you have a pattern for these flowers that we can get or purchase?
Thanks
Are there directions to make these flowers somewhere?
Still working on the pattern, Kathy; let keep in touch, please subscribe to my newsletter.
Looking forward to this pattern!!
Is there a tutorial available?