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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Mar 17, 2014 7:12:23 GMT
I am looking for some help or advice, I was asked by a friend to make flowers for a craft fair in the summer, as a rule I don't make flowers, these are my first attempt, I wanted the back petals to be light and airy but strong enough not to fall apart, so I cut out silk shapes from silk hankies then felted on top, the middle bit is pre made felt that I needle felted into so it would anchor the outer petals, then I added a little sparkle.  I would love to hear your ideas, they will be sold cheaply so I don't want to spend a lot of time making them, they will be going on hair grips and brooch backings. |
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Post by zed on Mar 17, 2014 10:20:20 GMT
I don't have any experience of this, but I like these, they look delicate but not flimsy.
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Mar 17, 2014 10:28:09 GMT
Thank you Zed, plus I've just read what Halay said about how she made her flowers and she has given me food for thought.
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Post by zara on Mar 17, 2014 13:37:41 GMT
It is in Russian and I don't understand a word, but you can follow it just by watching.
You can see flowers I made with my kids, after watching the tutorial, here: |
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Mar 17, 2014 13:43:12 GMT
thank you Zara, I'll check it out :-)
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Post by zara on Mar 17, 2014 14:04:27 GMT
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Post by MTRuth on Mar 17, 2014 18:14:12 GMT
I usually just lay the fibers out in a radiating pattern and don't worry about the ends at all. Then wet felt as usual and let the petals develop into their own shapes. We did this with kids in a ziplock bag and worked really well. You can shape the flower once you get it to prefelt stage.
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Post by zara on Mar 17, 2014 21:38:37 GMT
I can also recommend felting flowers in plastic bags when children are involved. Works well for grown-ups too. ;-)  |
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Post by Shepherdess on Mar 18, 2014 19:45:58 GMT
Lots of good advice. you can make the middle more solid and then cut down to where you want to make petal shapes and then do the fulling.
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Mar 19, 2014 2:13:09 GMT
Liked learning about how to make felted flowers. Was so inspired that I got my needle-felting stuff out today--but instead of making flowers, I repaired some "experimental" scarves and cat mats I had made in the past couple of months. You see, there were a few holes to be filled in. Along the way, I needle-felted my cats some catnip toys and they went crazy. Nothing much to show for it all, but it felt good to be needling again!
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Mar 19, 2014 2:15:38 GMT
Great photos, Zara, for the felted flower tutorials. Very easy to follow, will give it a try very soon.
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Post by Pandagirl on Mar 19, 2014 2:29:42 GMT
Excellent tutorial Zara. I followed a tutorial online and it was disastrous. This looks so easy and fun!
Carole, is using silk hankies going to make it more expensive? Just a thought.
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Post by halay on Mar 19, 2014 4:18:00 GMT
Carole, just yesterday I made flowers for a necklace shawl and here is a picture.  Such flowers are easy to make. They are approx. 5-6 cm in diameter. I took purple roving and pulled out pieces of wool which I then folded back and laid them down in a circle (5 petals). On the top I placed small wisps of wool of different colour (you can use silk or other embellishments). I then covered the piece, wetted it and felted it as usually, rinsed in hot water and using my fingers rubbed more to shape a circle and formed a desired shape of flower. - the edges were quite uneven but this is what I wanted. I dried excess water using a towel then I pushed a pencil from the top in the middle and took a tiny rubber band and tied the bottom of the flower and let t dry. I don't know if I am clear, ask me more if you don't understand. |
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Post by halay on Mar 19, 2014 4:25:51 GMT
And here is a picture of the scarf with such flowers  |
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Post by zed on Mar 19, 2014 9:48:43 GMT
All very nice flowers  |
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