I know you all know how much I love to make fabric flowers.
I hope you aren’t getting sick of them yet!
I’m going to show you a fun twist to make a fabric flower more unique and festive.
Flowers are so easy to make, and when you finish it you can’t help but smile.
The real reason I made this flower is because I failed miserably on another craft I was working on.
If you ever have a discouraging moment after a craft, maybe you should make a flower. It will make you feel better!
–Supplies–
Fabric Strip (Mine was 24″ long and 4″ wide)
1/2″ Ric Rac (3/4″ would be really cute too)
Needle and Thread
Button
Single Prong Clip
Felt Circle
I do apologize for the quality of these pictures. Sometimes a girl just has to craft at night. 
Iron down the raw edges of the fabric strip. I folded my edges over about 1/2″.
Fold in half and iron it again. Putting folded edges together.
Place the Ric Rac in the fold so half of it is still visible. Pin the Ric Rac as you go.
Sew the Ric Rac in place.
Now you will stitch along the bottom and gather it to form your flower. There are more detailed instructions on this in my tutorial Simple Fabric Flowers.
I glued a Felt Circle and a Single Prong clip to the back. To finish the flower I added a lovely button to the front center from my Flirtation Button Jar.
You could add other things to this flower besides Ric Rac. Satin and Sheer Ribbon would be cute. Double Ruffle Ribbon would just be over the top!
The Ribbon Retreat has so many different styles and textures of Ribbon the possibilities are endless!
This flower put me in a better mood and I’m ready to dust myself off and try again!
5 Comments
Great idea Lynnie! Thanks for sharing! – Shirley
I love your flower. I suggest you get some specialty feet for your sewing machine…vintage are great. You can make binding, add the rick rack and do all kinds of things without all the pressing first.
wooow very nice and simple
thank you so much p^_^
Sherrie, I love the idea of a ric rac center! I actually wanted to do it, but I didn’t have enough ric rac. You should try it out!
ric rac makes everything more adorable. Well maybe not your little black dress but… Love it thanks for sharing. A thought just popped into my head, I wonder how an itty bitty ric rac flower would look in the center? Might just have to give that a try.