Folded Flower Tutorial

To make the folded flower, start by using scraps of black felt that you have leftover from when your dear mother made your husband his Elf costume for Halloween....

Find round based items to trace.  If you only want one layer of petals then stick with one item.  For this particular flower I used 3 layers of petals...

Trace 4 circles of each size (I used a pencil for the pink and brown material, but needed the chalk for the black)...

Cut out the circles...

Take your largest circle and fold it in half...

Then fold in half again...

So that you have a triangle type shape...

Put a small dab of hot glue on the inside edge...

Then press the edge together...

Take one of the four smallest circles that you cut (or cut a small circle if only doing one layer).  Poke a hole through the center (I used a pencil for the pink and brown flower, and a nail for this one)...

Glue your first triangle to the small circle leaving the small hole visible...

Continue with the rest of your large circles.  At this point you can slip your fastener through or repeat the steps with your remaining circles making layers.  I offset each layer...

I used this little black fastener...

Poke it through the small hole you made.  Squish the flower down as tight as you can and press out the fastener on the back side...

My flower was so fluffy with using felt that the cute little fastener was swallowed up...

At this point you can turn this baby into a broach, glue it to a frame, or - in our case - glue a gator clip to it...

And then grab your daughter as soon as she walks through the door from dance and beg her to model for your tutorial... 

Most all materials work great, just make sure to have some sort of felt on hand, or other sturdy item you can cut into a circle to glue your triangles to....I would think a small cardboard circle would work just as well.


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