Boiled wool flower

Beginner - Less than 1 hour - Complete

Keywords :

Romantic style - Hair jewellery - Sewing - Flower patterns - Thin felt cloth - Wool stuffing

As a brooch, barrette or just as a decoration, this beautiful boiled wool (or felt) flower needs nothing but to bloom under your fingertips.
Here in boiled wool, you could make this romantic camellia with all sorts of fabrics!

Supplies

Tools

Sewing supplies
- Sewing needle
- Fabric scissors

Materials

Boiled wool 25cm x 6 cm (10 x 2.4 inches) (or fleece/felt...)
Matching thread

Directions

Download and print the template of the flower petals.
Cut out the fabric according to the template.
Do forward stitches (stitches of about 3 mm/ 1.2 inches) at the bottom of the 3 rows, at 0.5 cm/0.2 inches away from the edge.
Tighten the thread in order to have :
- 2 cm (0.8 inches) on the 3 small petals:
- 4 cm (1.6 inches) on the 5 medium petals:
- 8 cm (3.2 inches) on the 8 large petals.

Start with the flower’s stamen:
- fold the first petal:
- fold the other 2 petals on either side:
- sew the bottom.

Wind up the 2nd row around itself without overlapping.
Sew it to the stamen, firmly but without squeezing.

Ensure that the base is as flat as possible.
Repeat this process with the 3rd row: sew it onto the 2nd row.

Always make sure that the base is as flat as possible.

If you’d like your flower to be a brooch or barrette, attach the support onto the disk.
Sew this disk onto the bottom of the petals, without tightening them.