Easy Scrap Fabric Flowers

One really cute way to make something lovely out of scrap fabric is to make scrap fabric flowers. You can add a pin to the back and turn them into brooches, or you can sew them directly onto a hat, bag or lapel as a permanent accessory.

Materials Needed

– 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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