Do you have an overflowing pile of fabric scraps? I particularly have a number of squares from creating box-bottom bags. Well, I just sewed some great curtains, and wanted to make some curtain tie backs. What could be cuter than fabric flowers? For the flowers:
Squares of home decorating weight fabric Bead or rhinestone for center Hot glue Felt square Cut the fabric squares into circles. Fold them, right sides in, into fourths. Use the felt square as your base and glue them down around the edge. Build up until you get the height you want. Finish off with a bead or rhinestone in the center. For the tie-back: My original plan was to use magnets, and I built this elaborate plan to use felt cut down, insert magnets, and attach. But these flowers (about the size of your hand) were too heavy. As soon as I snapped them around the curtains, they just slid down. In the mean time, I am using safety pins (chic, right?) I highly suggest velcro Measure around your curtains. This is the length of your rectangle. Now decide on a width that will support your flower. That is the width of the rectangle. Add 1-inch. Cut out 1 rectangle per tie back, fold, iron, and hem each side. If you are using iron-on batting/interfacing, wait. If you are using sew in, sew it in with the hemming. Attach your flower with hot glue to the center of your rectangle. Attach velcro to the two ends so they overlap cleanly. Ta da! What else could you use these flowers for? Bailey
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