We went to the coolest art/craft/hobby store near Denver for Art Gypsies this month. Then to chow on yummy soup, salad and rosemary lemon shortbread cookies. To top off all that goodness we made felt flowers. I've seen them at posh gift shops around (and they aren't cheap) but never knew how to make them.
Thanks, Nancy...you rock!
We took old sweaters (wool) and felt you can buy any craft store. You create a circle base for this one. You then cut out some crescent shapes, bend them a bit and poke the fibers together with a unique felting pin. That is it! You pokey-pokey up and down 50-100 times each petal and the wool fibers bind to attach to eachother. It's amazing how the layers hold on.
Then you embellish (sew or glue) with buttons, beads... whatever you want in the center.
This one was done by curling up the edges of the felt/sweater and attaching them to the base with a hot glue gun. I thought it turned out lovely, Connie!
Attach a pin on the back and voila! you have a cutie accent to add to a purse, hat, scarf, sweater.
