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A Blooming Tutorial (from a Winner of the Tote Bag Challenge!)

comments (4) September 16th, 2008     

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ErinMichelle Erin Brumfield, contributor
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With a few hairpins, this flower makes a great accessory!
Your triangles will be approximately 4 inches tall and 3 inches across the bottom.
Every other one will be upside down.
With a few hairpins, this flower makes a great accessory!

With a few hairpins, this flower makes a great accessory!

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8. Get out your thicker material for this step. You can use decorator fabric or stabilizer. For this I used some upholstery fabric I had lying around. Cut a 4-inch x 4-inch square.


 From the thicker material, cut a 4-inch x 4-inch square.

9. You will be hand-sewing from here on. Starting in the center of your square, sew on the end of the sewn side of your bloom. As you work from the middle of the flower outward, pleat your bloom as you go. Sewing around very closely to the inside will allow your bloom to stand up more.


 Your bloom will stand up more by sewing very closely.

10. Once at the end, gather the fabric and sew through a couple of times. Next, trim off the excess thick material.


 Cut away the excess thick material.

11. There you have your bloom. Next, add some buttons or embellishments to make it your own!


 Finish by adding some embellishment.

 

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wildenfunky writes: Erin, I've 'made' this!! But!! I have no machine so I kinda changed it because I was so desperate to make it. I cut a length of scrap I had, and folded it over and sewed it up and gathered it.....then I revisited your picture....eesh!! I'm going to try again. I don't know how to 'post', when I get help from the man in my life or a child in my life, I will POST it!! My FIRST POST!! Watch this spot!! :)!!
Posted: 10:18 am on November 15th
thefairymaker writes: Like the design not for the hair though too bulky but definitely 4 a bag or present, scrapbooking and quilts. THANKS
Posted: 12:21 pm on September 20th
queenopearls writes: Great tutorial Erin and so many possibilities for embellishment with the holidays looming large. Thank you for sharing this!
Posted: 7:43 am on September 20th
groggyfroggy writes: Really cute. Thanks for the tutorial!
Posted: 4:03 pm on September 16th
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