Work your way outward from the center of the plant. The leaves should be lightly pinched before you begin adhering them together with glue. A wooden skewer can be used as a basis as well. We prefer using a wood skewer because it provides us flexibility in how we use and arrange the finished product. To achieve a wonderfully imperfect look, slightly alter the leaf location.
When you think the succulent shape is full enough, stop adding more leaves using the glue. You can truly alter the shape as you go because you are placing one leaf at a time. thus, making mistakes much more difficult!
Step 1: Cut the pieces out using the felt succulent templates
With my Cricut Maker, I enjoy cutting felt with the rotary blade. Use the firm grip mat when using the blade if you don’t have a Maker.
How do you make a rose out of felt flowers?
Remove the petals. I typically cut out a bunch of petals in various sizes, some of which have dimpling in the center and some of which have a small bulge on top. Just make sure that the bottoms are all trimmed somewhat straight.
- On the center of the base of each petal, dab a tiny bit of glue.
- Hold a tight fist between the petals for a few seconds.
- Flip the petal over and look at the tiny wedge you just formed.
- Trim the extra wedge without completely chopping it off.
- Use every petal but the four largest to carry out this action.
Let’s give ours the same small curls that roses have on the tips of their delicate petals! There are two options, and I’ll apply around half of each to my petals.
A. Apply a tiny dab of glue to your petals that have a small hump on top, then fold it over toward the rear.
B. Apply a thin line of adhesive over the top of the petals with flat tops.
Roll the edge down gently, then hold it in place as you wait for the glue to set for a few seconds.
You can apply this method to one or both sides of a petal that has a dip.
- Grab a tiny petal, shape it into a tube, and glue it.
- Take a petal and wrap it around the center after applying glue around the base of the petal.
- On the opposite side, repeat. You’ve finished making the first ring.
4. Use 3 petals in the following ring and 5 petals evenly spaced in the one after that.
5. Only the four large petals will be present on the outer ring. Making two snips in the bottom and stacking them with glue will replace the squeeze technique from previously. In doing so, a deeper cup shape is created, which enables them to maneuver around your lovely bloom. This step is complete once you glue the final four petals onto your flower.
- Put the thicker floral wire through the center and fix with some glue if you didn’t start your rose on a stem (as described below with the rose bud). If the small hole in the middle got covered up, simply poke a hole through the glued petals with your snips.
- Snip a tiny hole in the center of the five-pointed leaf after cutting it out. Through the middle, insert the wire.
- Secure the underside of the rose by adding glue to the base.
- 6 leaves should be cut out, with three snips added to each side.
- Apply a thin layer of adhesive to the floral wire’s tip and attach it to the top leaf.
- On one of the edges of the second leaf, apply a line of glue.
- Put that leaf, the wire, and the third leaf together to form a sandwich.
- the second leaf branch, and so on.
8. Attach one leaf branch to the main stem using floral tape, and there you have it! You’ve used scraps to create an incredible, lifelike rose!
- Draw a thin line of glue down the edge of a little petal. Wrap the petal around the stem wire and fix it by placing it in the adhesive.
- Around the center, glue three petals.
- Make a hole in the center of a four-pointed green leaf bottom, then secure it to the base of the rose bud.
- Attach the second leaf branch to the rose stem using floral tape.
- I’m done!
My favorite to make are these tiny flowers. The nicest part about them is that I can use up my growing scrap pile while they look lovely, are simple to learn, and can be given a realistic flare.
Like Butter and Ecru, Peony and Pink, Red and Crimson, or Linen and Oats, try using complementary hues in the same flower. The color combinations are endless, much like a rose garden.
As the holidays are coming up experiment with making orange and black roses for Halloween or make a “Black and White version using only the greys, white and black!
Which felt type works best for felt flowers?
*While you may make these flowers with synthetic felt, I strongly advise using wool felt instead because the completed flowers have a much nicer texture and weight.
Start by cutting a circle from the color of felt you intend to use for your flower. (Your finished felt flower will have a diameter that is approximately half that of the circle you cut.) Cut a spiral around the circular with the shears as shown.
Apply a small amount of hot glue to the spiral’s end to hold it in place. Set the blossom aside with care.
Cut a circle piece with shears that is about the same size as the flower’s reverse side. On the entire backside of the rolled flower, liberally spread hot glue.
Attach the circle-shaped piece of felt to the flower’s backside by pressing hard to fasten. Be very generous with your usage of hot glue in the preceding stage so that the flower won’t come unrolled.
Cut out leaves from the green felt if desired, then glue them to the sides of the finished felt flowers.
It only takes a few minutes to make these rolled felt flowers, but they are so much fun and useful! I made a cute centerpiece for spring with mine.
How should felt flowers be made?
Choose the color you want your flower to be in the first phase. I really like using colorful felt for this!
Take the felt sheet that you intend to use for the petals of your felt flowers, which measures 812 inches.
It should be cut into four equal 2 x 12 inch strips and should be oriented with the longest side towards you.
It’s not necessary for these cuts to be completely straight because the edges will end up becoming the bottom sides of the felt flower. I simply fold the felt in half, then cut along the fold, never even measuring these.
Once more folding it lengthwise, glue the two longest sides of the felt strip together. In the video, this process is really apparent.
The petals can now be cut. Start by making a series of tiny openings that are between a quarter and a third of an inch apart on the felt tube’s unglued side.
You decide how far apart these cuts should be. I’ve discovered that smaller is preferable, but you don’t want them to be absurdly little.
You want the piece to remain intact as a whole. The end result should be a strip of tiny loops.
Once more, the video makes this step of creating felt flowers very apparent.
The strip will then be rolled and adhered together to create the felt flower.
Roll your felt tube tightly together after applying a tiny dab of glue along the seam where it is linked to the other end.
For a more polished appearance, I typically cover the felt flower’s end seam with the leaf.
These felt flowers can be transformed into a variety of items. In order to finish this project, I simply attached a magnet on the back.
Check your freshly made felt flower for any strings of hot glue that may still be attached, and then carefully peel them off.
These tiny gifts of felt flowers are wonderful. They can also be used for a variety of other things, such as headbands, wreaths, or in place of bows on gifts!
What is the cactus’ pattern?
Nature’s heavenly designs
Yesterday, I was wandering around the neighborhood when I took this picture. The designs of Mother Nature are masterful.
The renowned Fibonacci number sequence, which has the elements 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8,…, where each is the sum of the two numbers before it, is sometimes encoded in the beautiful spiral patterns found in cactus and other plants.
Cacti have circular heads covered in little bumps, each with a sharp spike, or “sticker. You can begin in the middle of some cacti and “To make a spiral pattern with 3, 5, or 8 branches, link the dots from each sticker to its closest neighbor. The Fibonacci sequence consists of these three numbers in succession. This or other triples of Fibonacci numbers can be seen on other cacti, sunflowers, and pinecones.