Looking to make some fun and crafty florals for around your home? Antonio Bellusci shows you how in this step-by-step tutorial.
Fabric Peonies
Materials & Tools
– Fabric – Synthetic Satin or Silk
– Scissors
– Styrofoam balls 2.5” in diameter
– White craft glue
– Paint and brush
– Exacto knife
– Elastic band
– Wire hangers & Wire Cutters / Pliers
– Tea Light
Instructions
1) Cut 10 circles of fabric – each 6” in diameter and shape into four leaf clovers.
2) Paint few edges of petals in a complimentary colour to peony fabric.
3) Using lit tea light, pass petal edges over flame – approximately ½” – 1” above flame – petals will curl inward from heat – repeat along all edges of all petals. If an edge burns, trim off burned edge and recurl with tea light.
4) Cut top and bottom off styrofoam ball & create puck shape – approximately 2 inches in height.
5) Cut / trim off sides of puck to create a crowning shape on one side.
6) Using one four leaf clover – cut one petal off leaving a three leaf clover.
7) Glue three leaf clover to bottom side of styrofoam puck (crown facing up) and glue sides three petals to cover styrofoam ball – bunching petals together at top of crown.
8) Turn upside down and begin gluing remaining four leaf clovers to bottom side – slighting rotating position of each layer.
9) Add drops of glue in between layers of fabric and bunch petals upwards and secure / wrap with elastic band.
10) Allow assembly to dry for 20-30 minutes.
11) Remove elastic band and adjust / pull out petals to achieve a full flower effect.
12) Cut green fabric (synthetic satin or silk) into leaf shapes and pass over tea light flame to curl edges of leaves.
13) Glue to underside of peony assembly.
14) Using an exacto knife, cut a slit in bottom of flower assembly.
15) Cut wire hanger to approximately 14“ in length and curl one edge using wire cutters / pliers.
16) Insert round end of wire hanger into flower assembly.
Approximate Cost – $5 per flower
Cherry Blossom Branches
Materials & Tools
– Fabric – Cottons in White, Pink & Off White
– Scissors
– Dark branches
– Glue gun and glue sticks
Instructions
1) Cut fabric into 1” diameter circles.
2) Fold circles three times – first in half, then quarter shape and then eighth shape.
3) Glue points of folded circles to branches.
4) Repeat using different colours.
Approximate Cost – $3 per branch.
Courtesy Antonio Bellusci