The First of Many Flower Tutorials

You will need:  Satin, or wide ribbon, felt, scissors, glue gun, lighter, and a pin clasp or hair clip

Step 1:  Cut several circles in several different sizes (I usually do two of each size for bulk) out of your satin. They don't have to be perfect, in fact, I like them not to be.

Step 2:  Use your lighter and burn the edges of all of the circles.  Do it slowly so you don't burn it too much.  They will curl up.

Step 3:  Now glue all of your circles together, being creative in how you stack them so they look like a flower.

Step 4:  Cut a small circle of felt, about 1 1/2 inches in diameter and glue to the back of the flower.  Then glue your pin clasp for a pin or a clip for your hair (or both if you want to use it both ways) to the felt.

Step 5:  You can now embellish your flower with beads or anything you'd like.  And here's the finished product.  One is never enough for me.  I always do two or three (or four) at a time!

I've been making so many flowers lately.  I'll try to do a different tutorial every few days!

Have fun. Aly