– Scraps of fabric – Pinking Shears and/or Fabric Scissors – Buttons – Scraps of Quilt Batting (optional) – Sewing Machine/Needle & Thread – Sticky Back Felt & Brooch Pins (optional)
Method 1: Easy Scrap Fabric Flowers
The easy method is ‘easy’ because it involves one less step than method 2. I made two versions using this method – one with a mix of scrap fabrics in blues and greens; and one all in the same fabric.
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STEP 1: MAKE YOUR SCRAP FABRIC “PETALS”
I started off with making the petals of the flowers. For the tweed/blue one I decided to make them a bit more pointy and for the red and cream one a bit more rounded.
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STEP 2: SEW THE EDGES OF YOUR PETALS
Next I used a zigzag stitch around the edge of each of my petals. I used a shorter stitch for the thin men’s shirt cotton and a longer one for the tweed and quilted fabrics.
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STEP 3: HAND SEW YOUR FLOWER TOGETHER
To assemble your scrap fabric flower, all you have to do is lay out your petals in the design you like and pick out a pretty button (or several) to finish it off.
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