Sewing Pattern Flower Tutorial…

May 5, 2009

This super easy tuto­r­ial has so many pos­si­bil­i­ties. If you don’t have access to a sewing pat­tern you could sub­sti­tute it with cof­fee fil­ters, old book pages, vin­tage sheet music, wall­pa­per or pat­terned paper. If you cre­ate one I hope you share your fin­ished project. I would love to see how you use this flower. I think it would look great as a sweet pin for a hat or bag or as an embell­ish­ment for a card, lay­out or project. Such fun. Enjoy!

Sup­plies Needed:
Sewing Pat­tern (pur­chased mine at a Thrift Store for super cheap)
1– Vin­tage But­ton
2 — Small Beads
Embroi­dery Floss

Tools Needed:
Sizzix Die (Flower, Daisy #4)
Sewing Nee­dle
Martha Stew­art Seal Punch
Adhesive

Instruc­tions:

• Cut a por­tion of your folded sewing pat­tern and folded pat­tern instruc­tions just big enough to cover the flower por­tion of the Sizzix Flower Daisy #4 die. I left my pat­tern folded so I could get as many flower lay­ers as possible.

• Crum­ple the stack of folded sewing pat­tern and folded pat­tern instruc­tions in your hand.

• Sep­a­rate the lay­ers of the sewing pat­tern and sewing instruc­tions and stack on top of each other alter­nat­ing the lay­ers between the sewing pat­tern and sewing instructions

• Using a sewing nee­dle and embroi­dery floss attach your but­ton. To add a lit­tle inter­est to your but­ton sew a small bead to cover each but­ton hole. To acheive this look bring your nee­dle up through the but­ton hole, place a bead onto your nee­dle then go back down the same but­ton hole. Repeat this in the next but­ton hole.

• To fin­ish the back punch a seal from the sewing instruc­tions and attach it over the area you stitched your button.