I've been fiddling with strips of fabric this afternoon, trying to re-awaken an old skill. (sigh!) I am teaching fabric flower making this coming Sunday afternoon (Make & Take, class #7) so I figured I'd better get my act in gear - so to speak:) - and make a few samples.
There are basically four different types of fabric flowers from what I can tell, having looked at maybe a hundred different tutorials online. There are rolled/folded flowers like the "rose" I made shown above - you work from a strip of fabric or maybe ribbon and form the flower.
There are stacked/posey flowers where you cut out floral shapes, usually in an assortment of sizes, and sew them into a stack - generally with smallest inside graduating to largest on the outside of the finished blossom ... sometimes the posey sections are folded into shapes first.
The third common type of fabric flower I've found are gathered ones - sometimes called rouched (French for gathered:) - which can be wrinkled up in various ways. Sometimes these are worked with strips of fabric but I've also made rouched/gathered flowers from squares and triangle shapes.
And, finally, there are fabric flowers made from petal subunits that are gathered up or sewn together into blossoms. I'm planning to teach at least three of these four basic types on Sunday afternoon.
Assuming, of course, that I can get my fingers to cooperate for making my samples (sigh) - I'm always pushing something 'down to the wire' to finish at the last minute. More organizational talent would sure be nice!
:) Linda
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