Flower pins, flower barrettes, flower necklaces, flower headbands…they are everywhere! Here’s one version of the handmade flower accessory that can be used in all sorts of ways. So, get your supplies together, and give it a try.
You will need:
silky, polyester fabric (ie. satin, organza, etc.)
beading, or super fine needle
pearly beads
hot glue gun
felt
pin or clip backings, barrettes, or headband
tealight
tongs or clothespin
1. Cut roundish petals of various sizes from your fabric. The circles don’t need to be perfect–they look better when they aren’t!
2. With your tongs, carefully hold each petal just close enough to the flame of your tealight to slightly melt the edges of your fabric. Turn, and seal all edges of the petal. The edges of your petals should curl up slightly as they melt. If your fabric is bubbling and looking gnarly *technical crafting term,* you’ve gotten too close to the flame.
3. Assemble and stack your sealed petals to form flowers. The more petals, the fuller the flower, naturally.
4. Using a fine needle, stitch the layers of petals together, adding one or more beads as the center of your flower.
5. Cut a small circle of felt. If you plan to cluster several flowers, you may want to lay them out, then cut a piece of felt that will fit accordingly.
6. Hot glue one or more flowers to your felt backing.
7. The pin backing can be attached either by cutting slits in the felt prior to Step 5, or as shown here: hot glued to felt, then reinforced with another piece of felt.
Alternatively, you can stop short of Step 7, and attach your flower to a headband, a necklace, a hair clip, or just about anything that could use a bit of that little flower love. And, just to clarify, this is not the same flower that was featured on this necklace, which is made with cotton. We’ll get to that project next time…
See…so easy. Have fun making your posies!
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Thanks for the beautiful tutorial! These will be fun to make. The first photo in this post in gorgeous!
I don’t know how you find time for fun stuff like this with the little ones running around!
You are so wonderful!
Beautiful:) I want to try!
These are adorable! Thank you so much for the clear tutorial…I had so much fun making them!!
I’ve really enjoyed reading your articles. You obviously know what you are talking about! Your site is so easy to navigate too, I’ve bookmarked it in my favourites
Thanks for sharing how to make these. I’m sure we Spencer Ladies will find a few moments this summer to add some of these flowers to our lives. How generous of you for sharing your know how.
Thanks, ladies! I’m happy to share and spread the love of DIY pretty things!
thank you so much for sharing this! my daughter will be delighted to see mommy can make her own posy clips, headbands and pins! <3 it!
I don’t know how you find time for fun stuff like this with the little ones running around. Thank you so much for the clear tutorial.
wow thanks so much for this tutorial! I’ve been trying to find out how to make these for a while now!
How do you prevent the white fabric from showing the burnt edges? (or any colour fabric for that matter). I like the burnt look for some colours but if you want it to look more pristine, like in the last photo with the white flower headband, how do you keep the fabric from darkening?
Thanks again!
Jess–good question. You keep the edges from showing a “burnt” color by not getting to close to the flame. If you keep the fabric edge away from the flame, melting results from heat rather than the flame itself. Hope that helps!
I love this tutorial and the photo atop is so very pretty! My first time on your site, followed a link from FB. Thanks for sharing your beautiful work sister.
Thank you, Victoria! Glad you came by!
so beautifull….good job…i love it (: