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Decorative Flowers
Easy to make flowers you can glue or staple to bulletin boards, curtains or any other item you may want to beautify.
 Press here to watch video
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THE “SET-UP"
Materials
One piece of Yellow Smart-Fab according to dimensions below.
One piece Orange Smart-Fab according to dimensions below.
One piece of Green Smart-Fab according to dimensions below.
( use these colors or choose your own)
Ruler
Pen or marker
Scissors
Fabric glue
Needle and thread ( you can use an elasticized thread)
Flower petal pattern
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Preparation
1. Cut a strip of Yellow Smart-Fab 2 ½ ft. X 4 inches.
2. Cut strip of Orange Smart-Fab 2 ½ ft. X 4 inches.
3. Cut a square of Green Smart-Fab 3 inches x 3inches.
4. Create Flower petal pattern (click here to print the pattern)
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PROCEDURE
1. Measuring with the ruler, use a pen or marker to mark the orange and the yellow Smart-Fab strips at 2 ½ inch intervals.
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2. Using the marks you’ve just made, fold each strip of Smart-Fab back and forth, accordion-style. After folding, you will have two 2 ½ inch by 4 inch rectangles.
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3. Place the flower petal pattern on each of the folded rectangles, along the bottom where the measurement is 2 ½ inches wide.
Use a marker to trace the pattern onto each of the fabric strips.
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4. Following the outline you’ve drawn, cut only along the top, part of the petal. Be careful not to cut the folded sides. This will cut the strip into pieces
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5. Unfold the petals of the two strips of Smart-Fab.
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6. Lay the two strips of petals on top of one another, staggering them slightly, so that they alternate in height, like two sets of waves.
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7. Using needle and thread, attach the two overlaid strips of petals to one another. Use “over-under” basting stitches along the entire length of the lower broad edge of the petal strips.
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8. Pull the thread while sewing in order to ruffle the fabric.
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9. Continue to pull the thread so that the fabric begins to take
on a circular flower shape. Knot the end of the thread.
Continue creating the circular flower by turning the petals on top of one and other using a circular motion. You will have a double layer flower.
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10. Use the fabric glue to attach the two layers of the flower together (near their base in the center) in order to hold them in place.
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11. Cut the piece of Green Smart-Fab into a circular shape. You can do this by simply rounding off the corners.
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12. Attach the green circle to the center of the flower with the fabric glue.
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