I saw these adorable JCrew like flowers on Such Pretty Things. Jessica’s flowers were so beautiful and she put hers on a tank top. Please take a look at her gorgeous blog. This woman has a way with a camera and there are just tons of such pretty things!!! I promise you’ll be inspired.
I thought I’d give it a try on this delicious teal spring sweater I got last year. I had some thin teal fabric so I didn’t even have to buy any!
First you simply make a pattern. I would have shown you my pattern but it was just awful! Anyhoo, then cut our 6 or 7 flowers.
Stack them on top of each other and pinch the center and make a bunch of stitches!
Then add a few beads. I used the same thread without ever tying it off until the beads were attached!
I added a pin and waalaa!
Notice the edges of the flower are frayed? I encouraged this by pulling some of the fibers out. The gentle fraying makes it all the better to me!
These could be used on your purse or on tee shirts too! Maybe I’m just weary with Winter and ready for Spring flowers!
xoxo
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Your so smart! Very Very Cute!
What a cute idea! I have a lot of ideas swirling around in my mind as to what I could do with that. Thanks for sharing, Robin!
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That is such a clever way to take a simple sweater up a notch! Gives it a touch of fancy and unique. Have you worn it yet? I’ll bet you get tons of compliments!
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This is so cute! I am thinking maybe I could make a snowflake…..yeah, I seem to have SNOW on my mind:):)
Oh how cute. Great job.
Thanks for sharing.
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Oh how cute. Great job.
Thanks for sharing.
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Loving this! I am new to your blog and I am also loving that! I haven’t yet looked around, but oh I will! I love your hearts on your main pic! Super Cute! Can’t wait to see what other kinds of fabulousness you have on here! Come and visit if you can!
So pretty. I love how delicate it looks.
This is perfect! I Love how simple and lovely the flower is – it gives a beautiful accent to the cardigan – sweetness!!!! Thanx for sharing!
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This is perfect! I Love how simple and lovely the flower is – it gives a beautiful accent to the cardigan – sweetness!!!! Thanx for sharing!
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Well, you did it! Good for you. That’s often all there is to it, isn’t it? What’s next? If you want to CROCHET some flower brooches next (the hip thing to do these), then check the free crochet patterns/ craft tutorials at http://www.finecraftguild.com .
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Nice! These would look lovely at Easter. Very sweet!
Cass
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Very pretty! Loving flowers like this right now!
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Those are so sweet! Flowers make everything a little bit better.
I’m hosting a party and would love to have you come and link this project up!
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Very cute, I love it. Thanks for linking up.
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Flowers do make everything better! Yours turned out so cute!
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These are really cute!
Thanks for the quick tutorial on the flowers. This is exactly what I was looking for to embellish an apron.
Lovely flower, it really compliments the sweater.
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Great idea!
Very cute! I’ve been having fun making flowers too.
So incredibly lovely! It adds so much personality to your sweater. Thanks for being apart of Poppies at Play!
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I’m so glad you came over to link this up! Great job!
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