Flower Power

I know everyone has seen the cute fabric flowers popping up all over the internet.  I’ve been wanting to make some and finally got the chance last week.  I embroidered some cute little Easter t-shirts and embellished them with a ruffle across the bottom.  Of course, I totally forgot to take photos, so I’ll have to show you those later after my friend gets me some pics of her girls wearing them.  Anyway, I thought it would be cute to make some little hair bows to coordinate with the shirts using some fabric scraps.

Here’s what I came up with:

There are tons of blog tutorials about how to create fabric flowers, but I just kind of winged it.

I did a zig-zag stitch around the raw edges to minimize any fraying, although some people prefer the frayed edges.

I sewed a running stitch along one edge and pulled the bobbin thread to ruffle the fabric.

Then just wound the fabric around and sewed it together by hand at the back.  I found a couple coordinating buttons in my stash and stitched them to the middle.

Finally, I glued a circle of felt to the back.  I figured my friend could either attach a pin or a hair clip to the back depending on how she wanted to attach it to a larger hair bow.

 

Too cute, right?!  Since I used leftover fabric and felt scraps and those extra buttons you get when you buy a new shirt/pants, this was a totally free project!   They’re so quick and easy to make, I’m planning on designing some more to coordinate with some fleur de lis appliqué t-shirts I’m working on.    

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