The Prickly Posie - TUTORIAL

- The Prickly Posie -



- The Prickly Posie Tutorial -



Recently my Mom gave me this fabric. Like so many of us she bought it & never found the motivation to make anything with it...so rather than hoard it, she passed it on to me. 

Well, let me be candid with you...I'm NOT diggin' the pattern of this fabric. And I'm certainly NOT going to make so much as a bandana out of it. BUT, I DO like the colors! So would it surprise you if I said I was inspired to make flowers with it?

Hahaha, it's becoming "my thing" - to make flowers, isn't it?

Let's get started, shall we?

You Need:
Fabric, Scissors,
Hot Glue/Gun, Coordinating Felt,
Bar Pins or Hair Pins, & Fingers

GO IN CIRCLES

WITH YOUR SCISSORS!

Cut the fabric into several circles.

I cut out approx 75 - 2" circles.

This was enough for two 2" pins & one 1" hair-pin.

FOLD 3 TIMES



 



SNIP-SNIP

Start snipping in the middle of your folded circle.
Aim your scissors toward the middle of the raw edge.

    
Repeat from the opposite side ^

 Unfold to reveal a pointy-star

Bunch 'em & Scrunch 'em

Now, squeeze some hot glue in the center of the wrong/dull side of the fabric-star AND...

Pinch the star together from the unglued/right side of the fabric...continue to do this to ALL of your circles. I used 25-30 stars for my flower-pins that are on a 2" felt circle.

Gather some coordinating felt (cut into a circle - mine is 2" around), a bar pin or hair clip,  and of course grab your glue gun again!

IT'S GLUE-TIME

Begin to glue the stars on, near the edge, leaving a small space as you go.

I like to work from the outside in but you may also work from the inside out if you prefer.

^ 1st Row glued on.

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^ 2nd Row glued on.

Just fill in those gaps left from the 1st row.

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^ 3rd Row glued on.

Again, fill in the gaps left from the previous row.

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^ Finishing it...

Squeeze a dollop of hot glue in the leftover center space.

Place 3-4 more stars into the center...or more if needed.

FINISH

I don't have a pic for this part :( Sorry about that...

Glue your bar pin or clip onto the back of your felt base.

*I like to position my bar pin towards the top of the circle.
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With the leftover stars I made a smaller flower for a hair pin.

This one used 20 stars & the felt circle was 1" wide.

Aren't they great? I think the fabric looks much better this way :)

Colorful & sassy!

And surprisingly they're not pink like every other flower I make!

So my friends, the next time you come across some fabric in your stash, that you just DON'T know WHAT to do with, or have some scraps that you really love...think about this flower! The points of the star take away from the pattern & allow the colors to POP!

...now, I'll let you in on a little secret...

This is exactly how I made The Pretty Pink Posie except for the snip-snip step I did a curvy-cut rather than a pointed-cut.

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