If you are looking for an easy and beautiful decorating idea,
these Fantastic Flowers from Reese Dixon are simply lovely. These
organza flowers will make any project special in a snap!
Materials:
Materials:
- Organza (could be leftover from a previous project)
- Candle
- Small Beads
- Needle and Thread
- Cut four or five flower shapes out of an organza. I’m sure mine
was a poly blend, since I got it all at JoAnns. You can see from this
picture that I’m being generous by calling this a “flower shape” I could
really just say cut four or five little blobby guys that have vague
suggestions of petals.
- Hold each petal over a lit candle. You don’t want to touch the
flame, just let that hot air kiss the fabric. This takes a little bit of
practice, but don’t worry about any messups, this is one project where
sloppiness is only in your favor. The worst thing that could happen is
that you’re petal looks extra curly and crunchy. Once you layer these,
you’ll be amazed at how great it looks.
- Layer the petals together. I usually put the extra crispy ones
on top and the floppier ones on the bottom to really emphasize the
curling in of those petals. Arrange them so the petals aren’t stacked
neatly on top of each other, but kind of go all over the place.
- Use a thread that matches the organza, and come up from the back
of all but one layer. This way your knot will be hidden by the bottom
most petal. Sew on a scattering of beads, making some loops of five or
more beads to look like little stamens. When you’re finished, go back
down through all but the last layer to tie off your thread.
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