Selvage Edge Scraps Spike Fabric Flower Tutorial

Since I make a lot of blankets, I have a ton of small selvage edge scrapsSelvage Edge Scraps Spike Fabric Flower craft idea tutorial brown and pink hair bow green I am always wondering what I can do you use them and not just throw them away. Its such a huge waste of money and resources. So I sat down and played with them and this is what I got. A cute fabric flower



Here are the instructions:

Selvage Edge Scraps Spike Fabric Flower craft idea tutorial brown and pink hair bow greenGet a pile of scraps/selvage edges. The longer pieces that I used were ones from squaring up my fabric before I would cut it

You will also need a needle and thread and a button.
Selvage Edge Scraps Spike Fabric Flower craft idea tutorial brown and pink hair bow greenThread your needle and make sure to double tie the knot so that it does not slip through your fabric. Start stacking pieces of fabric onto the needle. You can shape them as you go or shape before you tie it off. Some of the larger pieces I twisted around and around on the needle to create flower petals.

Selvage Edge Scraps Spike Fabric Flower craft idea tutorial brown and pink hair bow greenSide view of stacking the fabric
Selvage Edge Scraps Spike Fabric Flower craft idea tutorial brown and pink hair bow greenI had to use the pliers to pull the needle all the way through.

Selvage Edge Scraps Spike Fabric Flower craft idea tutorial brown and pink hair bow greenThen when you have gotten the desired look. Sew through the entire thickness of your fabric flower several times to get it so that it won't fall apart. Then sew on your button (or you can hot glue it on)

Selvage Edge Scraps Spike Fabric Flower craft idea tutorial brown and pink hair bow greenAnd now you have a gorgeous fabric flower! Use it as a hairbow, a brooch, decorations, whatever you can think of. It is a great way to use what you have to create something beautiful.

7 comments:

Fawnda@Fireflies and Jellybeans said...

Perfect for all the scraps that I have! Thanks for linking!

Angie Mae said...

I love that idea! So creative. I'm going to try it with my scraps soon!

Angie@treasures for tots said...

Very cute and creative! Thank you so much for linking on Thursday's Treasures!
http://treasuresfortots.blogspot.com/2010/01/thursdays-treasures-week-5.html

Angie - treasuresfortots@gmail.com said...

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Steph @ somewhatsimple said...

those are so great!!!

LeAnn said...

What a great idea!

michelle@somedaycrafts said...

I save my scraps and this is definitely something I can make. It is very cute!!!!

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