How To: The Top of The Dress
Materials: Needle, Tread, Fabric and Scissors.
There is no exact science to making fabric flowers. The longer and wider the strip of fabric the larger the flower will be in the end. The key is to not show your stitches and to not twist the fabric too tight.
Start by cutting a strip of fabric, be sure to keep in mind the size you want the flower to be in the end and threading a needle. You will also want a larger piece of fabric so that you can sew the fabric flower down.
The strip I made (1.5" by 16" roughly) will produce a 2" flower.
Take cut strip and fold the top 4" in half.
To make the center of the flower thinner with less excess, you will need to remove some of the fabric. Start about 2" from the top and place scissors on the two open sides. (The opposite of the fold.) Do not cut at a complete angel, the goal is only to taper the top.
Starting from the top roll down the fabric. These folds need to be as small as possible.
Roll down 2 more times.
Since the flower will be about 2" when completed, place the rolled strip about an inch down and an inch left from the corner of the larger fabric that the flower will be sewed to. Keep the folded side of the strip towards the left side of the large piece of fabric.
Holding the rolled fabric in place with left thumb (if you are right handed) with your right hand make the first stitch. The first stitch needs to be in the center of the fabric.
Once the first stitch is complete, grab the folded edge of the fabric strip and twist it to the right. Keep the twist close to the right side of the rolled strip.
Holding fabric down with left hand put in second stitch.
This is what it will look like after the 2nd stitch. Continue following the same steps.
1. Grab left side of fabric strip, twist to the right side.
2. Hold twisted strip down, make a stitch.
Twist strip,
Hold with left hand and make a stitch.
Keep repeating the steps.
With each twist and stitch the flower will become larger. To make the stitch so they wont be seen make the stitch so that it will be covered by the next twist.
Continue the same steps until the end of the strip.
Keep the end as close to the flower as possible or tuck it under the outermost layer.
Turn the larger piece of fabric over.
Tie knot in the thread and cut off excess thread
Wahh La.
Here is a picture of a couple of them close together. It took me about 5 tries to make one that was useable on my dress. I am planning to use these in my boutonnieres and mother of the bride flowers.
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