Tutorial: Simple Felt Daisy. This tutorial was originally posted on Whip Up August 2007. Now that everything's blooming, I thought it was a perfect time to post it here, too. Quick Felt Daisy Tutorial Here's a quick way to make cute daisies from felt. Supplies * White and Yellow Felt* Yellow Floss and a Needle* Disappearing Ink Pen (or some other marking fabric marker/pencil)* Two round things to trace: one big one little*Scissors, and manicure scissors, if you have them Directions Trace your big round thing on the white felt. Trace the little circle in the middle of the big circle. Cut out around the large circle. Cut from the edge towards the center on the top and bottom side of the circle. Cut from the edge towards the center on the left and right.
Cut between each of the four cuts. Cut between each of the eight cuts. I used my cuticle scissors to cut the curve at the top of each petal. After I go around the circle cutting the right edge of the petals, I flip the daisy over and cut the other side of the petal. Handmade Felt Hairclips. That Jolie Girl: Felt Flower Tutorial. I've been a bit obsessed with felt flowers for the last few years. It started when my sis asked me to make her wedding bouquet and 3 bridesmaids bouquets. I posted a tutorial on how I made her bouquet that you can see here. I'm so glad I got to create something so important for my sis's wedding.
It was such a wonderful labor of love. I've gotten so many comments on that post asking how to make the actual flowers that I wanted to post this felt flower tutorial. I use the Sizzix Big Kick Machine to cut out all of my flowers. I highly recommend the Big Kick and I've had no issues cutting thousands of flowers with it. The embroidery on the petals of the flower is what really makes these flowers shine. Design your flower Select the color and sizes of the felt pieces you want to use. (3 to 5 pieces works best)Select a bottom piece with no hole. I would love to hear from you! This Felt Flower Tutorial was first posted on Handmade in Portland.
Hand Cut Felt Flower Tutorial. Go and get some felt. I used eco-felt made from recycled bottles. You can get it at pretty much any craft store. Some more specialty stores sell great, thick wool felt. Maybe next time! Use a circular object to trace a simple circle, the size of the flower you want, onto the felt in chalk. Now, here’s the part where I got creative. Using scissors, round off one corner of each section, ending the cut right along the line.I found it was easiest to do all one side first, then flip it over and round the opposite corners. And, there you have a relatively even “cut-by-hand” felt flower. By making smaller circles into smaller flowers you can make a layered bloom… Then add some felt leaves and a button center! Layers and layers of one color is beautiful, too!! A little hand stitching and some different colors makes a great little bouquet. Okay, ready for a different one? Grab your pinking shears and cut the darkest color into a circle as big as you want the flower to be.
Okay. Easy cell phone cozy from eco felt. Uh-oh...your cell phone is ringing. Can you actually find it in the bottom of your purse in time to answer it? Has everyone in the store become familiarized with your ringtone yet? Oh if only you could just grab it and answer the thing! Yeah. That's my mom. Which is why for her birthday I made her a cell phone cozy from incredibly affordable eco felt and grosgrain ribbon.
I could have bought her one, but she uses a pretty big purse and I wanted one that would hang safely inside, long enough she could zip her purse and not have problems. I've never made a cell phone cozy before, didn't have a pattern and didn't have a clue how to blanket-stitch but that was the plan! I started by stealing her phone and measuring its size on my selected color. Then I cut out two equally sized pieces using all my handy rulers, grids and a rotary cutter. I knew I wanted an embellishment on the front of the cozy so to get that started I freehand drew on regular lined paper one of my favorite things - a flower!
Felt Rose Tutorial. This post has LOTS of pictures, but they are pretty!! This is a tutorial on how to make and dye felt roses to be used for whatever you want! I am using them on the covers of some journals I am going to be selling. I needed some shades of flowers that I don't have in my felt stash and I am kind of on a craft-spending freeze right now, so I had to be creative with what I have. I found this patten at The Purl Bee and printed it, cut it out and cut out my felt. I used her template for the smaller size roses. After I did the first few, I didn't need the pattern anymore and just eyeballed similar shapes for the larger roses. You can assemble the flower just like she has in her {rose barrette template} the directions are pretty easy to follow. Roll it up & secure with needle & thread. It will look like this: So pretty! This is what the back looks like all done: Now, get out your fabric dye, watercolors, markers or food dye or whatever you have on hand to dye the felt!
Pretty! DIY Mother's Day Corsage: Felt Dahlia Flower Brooch - Holidash News. Apple Coasters. When I was a kid I dreaded the day that I would start seeing commercials for school supplies and my mom would suggest we go buy a new backpack. I didn't even want to think about giving up my summer freedom. Sometimes, to add insult to injury, the first day of school would be on my birthday!
But these days, with first-days-of-school far behind me, I actually look forward to this time of year more than any other. I love the crisp weather, the foliage, my birthday, and I really love apples! Since apples are so quintessentially autumn and because they're so graphically appealing, I was inspired to celebrate this beautiful time of year with a super cute set of Apple Coasters. They'll add a barrel of autumnal cheer to any table! The Apple Coasters are close cousins to my summertime Citrus Coasters, which is to say that they are a total breeze to make, no fancy stitches or skills required. Materials To make 10 coasters: One Apples Felt BundleDMC Embroidery Floss in colors to match the felt.
Crafty Tutorials. How To Cut Out Felt - REVISED. EDIT: Whenever somebody works with any materials long enough, they come up with shortcuts and techniques that save time and give better results. Last year I shared a tutorial on how to cut out felt. I got so many "thank yous" from people that followed the instructions and got the results they were looking for. I later realized there was something else I do, that I didn't consider sharing.
When cutting out 2 pieces of felt, I often staple the pattern and felt pieces together. The staples lay flatter than pins, which is why I tape, and the staples can be removed (I have broken more than 1 nail doing this, however :) and most felts will be left without a trace. One of the most common questions I get is "How do you cut your felt so straight and even? " One of the biggest secrets to great looking felt projects is to have clean cut edges. Then, when I'm cutting out felt, I use wide packing tape. How To Cut Out Felt Pieces: 1] Cut out a paper pattern rather close to the cutting edge.