How to Make Fabric Roses From Scrap Fabric
Today I’m going to show you how to make simple fabric roses. Making these DIY fabric roses is a great way to use up your scrap fabric while creating beautiful decorations that can be used in so many different ways.
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Tools and materials:
- Strip of fabric
- Needle and thread
- Scissors
- Candle (optional)
Cut
Cut a strip of fabric that is 4 inches wide and about 30 inches long. It can be almost any type of fabric.
Clean up edges
If you’re worried about fraying edges, you can use a candle or other small flame to very carefully burn off the stray threads.
Fold
Fold the strip of fabric twice in half lengthwise.
Roll and sew
Next, start rolling one end of the fabric strip. After three or four rolls, use a needle and thread to make a few stitches to secure the rolls.
Twist and roll
Once the center of the flower is made, you’re going to start twisting the fabric backward once before making another roll. Keep doing this until you’ve made it around the center of the flower once.
Stitch
Insert the needle on the side of the flower, and pull it out on the opposite side to secure the fabric you have already folded and rolled.
Fold, roll, and stitch
Continue folding and rolling the fabric, periodically putting in a few stitches around the sides of the flower to secure the fabric.
Secure
When you reach the end of the fabric strip, stitch the edge to the bottom of the flower. Make a few more stitches around the base of the flower, knot the thread, and cut the excess thread.
Ta-da! Your flower is finished.
This is such a simple way to add elegant details to your sewing projects. They can be added to clothes, purses, or hair accessories.
Let me know what you think of this fabric rose tutorial, and to what items you will be adding your fabric roses.
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Really lovely! Somehow, I feel they wouldn’t look that nice if I made them — they’d probably look more like a used Kleenex….
SPECTACULAR!!!
What a beautiful use for scrap material!