Crafty Corner: Fabric Hair Flowers...Round 3!

I have shown you a few ways to make fabric hair flowers in past posts (Flower #1, Flower #2) and I have one more to share! This one is made with felt....who doesn't love felt?

You will first need to create a template using a thick cardboard. Make a 5 petal flower (just do your best to make it fairly symmetrical, but don't stress out. Total perfection is not required). Also cut out a double leaf pattern:

Trace out one leaf and four flowers on whatever colors you desire. I usually go for the standard green for leaves. But if you want to go wild with a different color or a pattern, do it! There is no wrong answer when it comes to the creative process:

Ok, the next step is a little tricky to explain but not actually hard to accomplish. Take one flower and fold it in half:

Fold in half once more:

Do the same again with a second flower and hold the two folded pieces together:

Grab a needle and thread (as close to the same color as the felt) and sew the two touching ends from the center points up about 1/2 inch...and then back to the point. Add another folded flower to an open end and repeat that process:

Add a fourth folded flower and sew just like the others to complete the circle:

Great! Next we will finish it off with a button and the leaf that you cut out earlier. Place the button on the top in the middle of the flower and center the leaf on the middle in the back. Grab some thread that is the same color as your button and sew back and fourth thru the flower to secure the button and leaf:

Once you feel like they are sewn into place, sew once more thru to the back and slip a small circle of felt (the same color as the thread) onto the needle and slide down to the leaf:

Sew all the way around the circle (make sure to get that needle into the actual flower as you sew...you want that circle to be secured down to the flower/leaf all the way around and in the middle). Grab a little glue and your hair clip and tack into place. Make sure to check it every few minutes in the beginning and press it down as it is setting. Once you feel like it is set, let it dry for 24 hours and you are ready to dazzle the world: