Every year I try to get my mom flowers - usually a corsage for Mothers Day. This year I decided that I'd like to make a corsage that wouldn't wilt - a fabric corsage. I found several really cute tutorials around the web, but the one that I thought would work best for me was at Cool Mummy. Of course, I couldn't do any project without some embroidery, so I used the basic idea of Cool Mummy's flower and added some stitching with a couple of free hand patterns.
I started off with 4 inch circles. I transferred the patterns I drew using transfer paper. The pattern is only drawn on the top half of the circle as each circle is basically a front and back of each petal.
I actually did a few with just the top half of the circle as my plan was to use a different fabric for the backing.
As this corsage is for my mom, I stitched the pattern onto some light lavender fabric which is my mom's favorite color. I found some coordinating fabric for the backing and drew a few 4" circles on that as well.
I cut these circles in half and cut out the half circles I'd embroidered.
This left me with 5 half circles to be stitched together.
I put the right sides together, stitched them and then flipped them right side out.
I then used a running stitch on the bottom of each "petal" to close the bottom and string all of the petals together.
When all the petals are pulled together it looks like this:
A simple slip stitch brings the two sides together. This is a great time to take out your button collection to put a little "bling" in the middle of the flower.
I picked a sparkly lavender button for my Mom's corsage:
Cool Mummy does a very nicely finished backing on her corsage and I would recommend going and checking out her tutorial because it looks great. I was in a little bit of a rush to get this in the mail so I just stitched the safety pin on the back.
And that's my first tutorial! If you'd like to try this yourself, feel free to use the patterns to make something all your own!
I've started another corsage using some fun print fabric and another of the patterns.
I love the colors and I'll post the finished corsage when I'm done! Hope you've like this project. It's been fun to share it and I will do more in the future.
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