Gathered Fabric Flower

This gathered fabric flower is one of my favorites.

Love the embellished center!

I'm thinking of the boxes of vintage jewelry I have and

the mismatched earrings that I could use as an embellishment.

One of the things I love about this tutorial is that you don't

need a sewing machine to make this flower, it can be hand

stitched.  I still can't get to my sewing machine :)

This flower is awesome as a hair barrette, but the possibilities

are endless!  How about using it on pillows, purses, clothing

and on and on and on!

Click here for the tutorial

Petal Pillow Tutorial

I'm seeing fabric flowers everywhere!

My favorite was on a cute little clutch bag . . . the flower, made of the same material as the bag, was slightly bigger than the bag.  I plan on making one, but I didn't have a tutorial for the type of flower that was on that bag . . . the flower on this pillow comes close.  It seems easy enough to scale it down . . . we'll see!

I'm also loving these Petal Pillows . . . click here for the tutorial.