fabric 3d flower tutorial

I had fun creating a small flower from painted
fabric today.  This is just the prototype.... the next
ones will have lots more printing and stamped images.

To make the flower I took painted/printed fabric and drew flower
petals.  I backed the shape with another piece of fabric and stitched
around the drawn petals.  I then cut around the petals just outside the
stitched lines (leaving rough edges and the centre uncut).

Make a centre for the flower using heavy gauge wire (slightly more
pliable than coat hanger wire).  I made a wrapped circle for the
centre of the flower and a corkscrew stem to hold the flower up in
the glass vase)

Cut a small hole in the middle of the bottom layer of fabric.  At this point
some of the petals can be stiffened with inserted loops of fine wire or
you can use fabric stiffener. Then the corkscrew centre is threaded through
both layers of fabric until just the flower centre shows in the middle of
the bloom.  If necessary, a small length of fine wire can be wrapped
around the base of the bloom to hold the petals in the desired position.

More ideas for using similar types of flowers in 3d journaling can be
found in Cloth Paper Scissors May 2011 issue.