Posts Tagged ‘Fleece Flowers’
Fabulous Flowers Can Be Felt, Too!
During my last week of Summer Scrap Camp <<sniff, sniff>>, I wanted to give the kids a chance to use what we’ve learned all summer to put together some projects of their own. And since we were back to having all girls for this session (unlike last time), we were a-okay to do flowery projects again.
I put out felt, fleece, hot glue and a variety of Big Shot Dies, and let the girls go to work. We probably could have had a short lesson on how to cut fabric efficiently to create as few wasted pieces as possible, but oh well, we all had a good time 
Some girls chose to make the Faster Fleece Flowers with the Scallop Circle Die (remember those?), and some girls made wonderful layered flowers with the Flower Folds Die.
We also used the Flower Folds Die to create some Back-To-School treats with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (check those out).
Kayleigh’s flower here really impressed me with its perfect color combination. What an eye for color! She cut out the flower layers with the Flower Folds Die (3 flower sizes starting with the smallest one) and layered them with hot glue.
The girls created flowers for all kinds of embellishments–hair clips, key chains, backpack tags. But my favorite was the bookmark version. Just make the flower of your choice, then attach it to the end of a 10″ piece of wide ribbon. The ribbon tail marks your place in the book and the flower hangs over the front as decoration!
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Accessories: Big Shot (113439), Flower Folds Die (115970), Buttons
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This week is the Stampin’ Up! Convention in Salt Lake City — that’s 4 full days of thousands of crazy stampers all in one place.
One of my favorite parts of Convention is trading ideas with other Demonstrators. We like to call it “swapping” and we swap everything from cards to scrapbook pages to 3-D items.
Stampin’ Up! has a fun evening event planned for us with a Flower Power theme, so of course I had to come up with a fun “flower power” type item to swap! The Fleece Flowers I’ve shared recently are great (check out that Video Tutorial) but I wanted to come up with something a little quicker.
Hence the “Faster & Fresher Fleece Flower” was born! These little flowers are created using the Scallop Circle Die. The steps are simple:
- Cut a Scallop Circle from polar fleece fabric using the Big Shot Die Cut Machine
- Cut the Scallop Circle into a spiral, about 5/8″ wide all the way to the center
- Use hot glue to attach a 2″ fleece circle to the back of the spiral (cut with the Big Shot Circles #2 Die)
- Use hot glue to attach leaves cut from the Big Shot Island Floral Die
But I can do one better than just directions and photos. Here’s a Video Tutorial that I created to teach you how to make these simple flowers using fabric and your Big Shot Die Cut Machine.
Want to see other Video Tutorials? I have more! (click here to check them out)
And be sure to check back this week for more posts about the Stampin’ Up! Convention!
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Accessories: Big Shot Die Cut Machine (113439), Scallop Circle Die (113468), Circles #2 Die (114526), Island Floral Die (118871)
Fabulous Fleece DOUBLE Flowers: double your fun
Okay, if you’re tired of these flowers, then I promise that I’m almost finished!
And if you’re not tired of them, then you’ll be excited to see the latest video–with the ‘how to’ on making the double flowers with the nested petals.
If you have no idea what I’m talking about, then check here for my original post and here for my recent Video Tutorial on making the smaller single flowers.
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Supplies: Island Floral Bigz Die (118871), Circles #2 Big Shot Die (114526), Big Shot Die Cut Machine (113439),
Technique Video: Fabulous Fleece Flowers
Remember those Fleece Flowers I showed last week? Well I promised that I’d post a Video Tutorial for them, and here it is!
These little flowers are created using the Big Shot Die Cut Machine from Stampin’ Up!, plus the Circles #2 Die. The leaf is from the Island Floral Bigz Die in the Summer Mini Catalog. You’ll also be needing some thread, a needle and a button, plus a pin back or hair clip, depending on how you’d like your flower to be used.
You could turn these into headbands for little girls (or grown-up girls!) or use them as accent pins on purses or jeans jackets. But however you use them, it’s definitely cheaper to make several using your own Circles #2 Die than to purchase them for $20 each at a boutique. You never know, maybe you could sell them at the local boutique yourself! 
Since the fleece is relatively inexpensive, these would also make a great Girl Scout project idea–or use them with any group of kids. I’ll let you know how it goes with my Summer Scrap Campers this week!
Be sure to check out some of my other recent Video Tutorials or Fabric Projects!
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Supplies: Island Floral Bigz Die (118871), Circles #2 Big Shot Die (114526), Big Shot Die Cut Machine (113439),
