Shaggy Flowers Tutorial

Shaggy flowers are a great way to use up some scraps

and as they are meant to be shaggy your

stitching doesn't need to be perfect , 

just right for someone like me !

You will need fabric, wadding and felt scraps

as well as a button and a bit of cardboard to make a template .

The flowers I made are about 3" .

Draw a very basic flower shape onto the cardboard .

Cut the shape out , this is your template .

Trace the flower shape onto the backing fabric

(this can be plain as you won't see the back of the flower)

Sandwich a piece of wadding between the prepared backing

and the printed fabric .

Printed fabric down , wadding , prepared fabric with outline on top .

Stitch slowly and carefully around the penciled flower shape

through all three layers .

Only joking it really does not have to be perfect ,

 wonky is good !

Use pinking shears to cut around the flower shape

 close to the stitching .

Cut a circle of felt a bit larger than your button and

stitch the felt and button together to the centre of your flower .

All done and so easy !

These can be used on gift cards or stitched to ribbon

and used as shelf edging .

Or you can secure them to the front of a bag instead of a button .

You could even have one to match your outfit made into a brooch .

 Stitch them to fabric and put them into a hoop

as a decoration for your space .

Let me know what you think of these and

if you make some please tell me as

I'd love to see them .