Burlap Flowers make beautiful embellishments for wreaths, frames, and so many other craft projects.
Burlap flowers are easy to make and take very little time.
To make a flower you will need these materials:
Burlap
Needle & thread
White glue
Scissors
Ruler
Pins
Use hot glue to attach to wreaths and other projects.
To begin, cut one square of burlap. Mine measures 14" square. Using your ruler, measure out 3 inches and mark it with a pin.
Cut the fabric using the natural strand of fiber as a guide to follow as you cut across.
Count in 5 fabric strands on one side and place a pin. Repeat on the other side.
Beginning with the 6th strand (on the inside of the pin), begin pulling out fibers.
Continue pulling fibers until you reach the pin on the other side. Place the fibers you have pulled in a pile to save for making more embellishments.
Fold the strip in two and pin together the un-pulled sections. You will now have a strip with loops on the top.
Sew or glue the strip together. If sewn, you can pull the tread to gather it into a flower, or if glued, you will roll it into a flower. Play around with this until you create just the right look you want for your creation.
Roll into flat designs, or tight rolls as desired.
Do the same with the loose strands to create another type of flower.
Glue the back side of your coil to hold it all together. A dab of glue will secure any loose strands that might pop out. White glue drys clear so none of this will show on your finished flower.
This is an example of sewing the strip so that you can easily lay the flower flat. I like to use this method so that I can add a variety of centers to the flower. At the top left of this picture you will see a gourd & seed flower I made. It will be put into the center of the burlap to create a cute duel medium flower.
Here are a couple of other centers I created in gourd to create my flowers.
Just a few of the flowers I put together. Notice the ribbon strip created by simply folding an in-tact burlap strip. This makes a nice base for mounting some of your rolled flowers.
Arrange your flowers as you like on wreaths, picture frames, hair pieces, or anything else you can think of. Enjoy!
