DIY - Linen Flowers - The Bride's Cafe

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Wednesday, March, 3, 2010 | DIY Projects

DIY - Linen Flowers

I am beyond excited today...stopping by is the oh-so-sweet and AMAZINGLY talented DIY expert, Laurie Cinotto of La La Laurie .....Laurie has designed the prettiest DIY for us....Linen Flowers....so cute and so girly! You can use these blooms as a corsage to pin on dress or wear on your wrist. You can attach them to a clip for your hair, dress up a handbag, or pin to a sash on a dress. Let's check out Laurie's DIY - Linen Flowers....Enjoy!

Materials and Supplies:

Heavy linen fabric (roughly,twelve square inches)
Other fabrics will work, but linen is best because it holds it's shape so well.
Tulle (roughly, twelve square inches)
A scrap of felt
Ribbon
Thread
Needle
Scissors

Instructions:

1. Cut a small circle of felt, 2 inches in diameter. SEE IMAGE A

2.Cut 9 linen squares ranging in size from 2 to 3.5 inches. Cut 8 linen squares in the same size range. SEE IMAGE B

3. Take a square, fold it in half, then eighths to make a small triangle. Hold it by the point, and round off the top. Unfold, and you'll have a small flower shape. Fold and cut your remaining linen and tulle squares, and create 16 more flower shapes. SEE IMAGE C

4. Thread and knot your needle and stitch your largest flower to the center of the felt circle. SEE IMAGE D

5. Add a tulle flower, and stitch it on top of your linen flower. SEE IMAGE E

6. Continue adding your flower shapes, largest to smallest, alternating linen and tulle, stitching each layer as you go. SEE IMAGE F

7. Once all the layers are stacked, run a few more stitches through the center of the stack to secure. SEE IMAGE G

8. Knot off on the back side of the felt and trim your thread, SEE IMAGE H

9. Take the first few layers of linen and tulle and pinch them between your thumb and index finger to "fluff" your flower SEE IMAGE I

10. Once pinched, the creased linen will hold it's shape. SEE IMAGE J

You can use your bloom as a pin-on or wrist corsage. For a pin on, you can finish it off by stitching it to a scrap of ribbon with a chevron cut.

For a wrist corsage, just cut a length of ribbon long enough to wrap around your wrist and tie off in a bow. Stitch the bloom to the center of the ribbon length.

You can attach them to a clip for your hair, dress up a handbag, or pin to your dresss sash. You can make just one, or a cluster of blooms.

Make these blooms any size you like, vary the sizes of squares or number of layers....Experiment!

Laurie....thanks so much for stopping by today...it's so wonderful to see you back at the cafe...we can't wait to see what you have coming up next.....xoxo!