Waaay back in May of last year I made a silk flower, and several people asked about a tutorial. Well I finally finished the tutorial for making this giant, gorgeous bloom! You can download the pdf here:
Download Big Bloom Sewing Tutorial
This is a really big flower, but of course you can scale it down in a variety of ways:
- Make the pieces smaller
- Sew the petals together closer together
- Only use the small petals
It would make a big statement on a bag. Or you can do like I did, and add an eyelet to the back and hang them on the wall.
Pardon the messy stitching on the back. That can be covered with another piece of wool, or avoided all together by carefully hiding your stitches in the wool.
Here are some other versions using the same basic construction:
