Felt Flower Tutorial for Valentine's Day

January 21, 2011 by Kara | 38 Comments

Valentine's Day is less than a month away. I know. I can't believe it either. I've got no less than 25 crafts, home decor ideas, and recipes that I want to try. I'd better get busy, that means I have to complete one project per day! OK, probably not going to happen. But I did get my first one finished.

If you've been reading long, you know that I have a slight obsession with fabric flowers. Totally love them! I'm always thinking of new designs, and it is so much fun to make them. I've come up with a few new Valentine theme ones that I am listing in my Etsy shop. If you don't have the time for crafting, you can purchase one there. But just in case you do want to make your own, today I'm going to show you how to make a layered felt flower with a pretty rose center.

In keeping with the Valentine's Day theme, I made mine red. Isn't it pretty?
Here's what you gotta do to make one for yourself. Let me know if you have any questions. Have fun!!

Layered Felt Flower Tutorial

1-Cut out 2 flower shapes. Mine were about 2 3/4" across. They do not need to be perfect.

2-Stack them on top of each other.

3-Now you want to gather the middles together so the petals curl up all cute like. Take a needle and thread and make a big stitch in the back in the middle. (Make sure you tie a good sturdy knot.)

4-Keep going through the same stitch over and over, pulling tight as you go. The fabric will pinch together.

5-Repeat going the other direction. (You'll be making an X.)

6-When you have it like you like it, tie off the thread with a sturdy knot.

7-Now it's time to make the middle flower. Cut a circle about the same size as your original flowers. Mine was slightly smaller than 2 3/4".

8-Starting at the outside edge, cut the circle into a spiral shape. Again, it does not need to be perfect.

9-Now take that outside spiral edge and start rolling it up. Grrr! My camera focused on the fabric in the background instead of the felt. Sorry.

10-It will look like this as you keep going. And aren't you glad that you don't have freakishly wrinkly dried out hands like I do? Hanging my head in shame now.

11-When you get to the end, there will be a tiny circle.

12-It may be tiny, but it is very important. Take a little bit of hot glue and attach it to the back of the spiral. It should just fall right into place. Isn't that awesome!

It will look like this on the front:

13-Add a dab of hot glue to the front of the gathered flowers, right in the middle. Add the little spiral rose.

Cute, isn't it? We're almost finished.

14-Cut a little felt circle and got glue it on the back of the flower to hide your stitches:

15-Add a hair clip to the back with hot glue. I like to cover my clips with ribbon, but you don't have to.

That's it. You could use these pretty felt flowers as hair clips, brooches, or even attach them to a wreath. I made mine with Valentine's Day in mind, but you can make them any size or color you need. The possibilities are endless!