Thread: Show me your hand-made flowers

My next costume will feature a large hand-made flower. I want it to be a beaded flower made out of fabric (not an artificial flower). I have never made one of these before and I am curious to see what others have done. The costume is inspired by dahlias, but I doubt I will get that intricate. I am thinking it will end up looking like some sort of large tropical flower.

Please post pics! Thanks!

I did not make these but I think you might enjoy looking at them:

Just a quick set of links:

Silk Lotus Flower - Martha Stewart Sewing Projects works with dupioni silk, suggests singing the edges with a candle.

This is a dahlia DIY Mother's Day Corsage: Felt Dahlia Flower Brooch - Holidash News which shows the pattern for the petals. I would make it in stronger silk instead of felt -- stitching two layers together in that shape and then turning.

There are a lot of pix and links to tutorials posted on Pinterest under DIY and crafts. Let me know if you need an invite.

How timely! I just finished this costume over the weekend!

I explained how I did it in this months What Are You Working On thread...

Originally Posted by mlacombe

How timely! I just finished this costume over the weekend!

I explained how I did it in this months What Are You Working On thread...

Um, this costume is severely gorgeous....

Great job!!!

Thanks everyone!

This tutoral uses paper, but you can do similar process with fabric

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