How to Make Chrysanthemum Style Fabric Flowers

Use the round flower head filled with a seemingly endless number of petals of the Chrysanthemum as inspiration for an afternoon spent indulging your crafty side. Fashion your own fabric Chrysanthemum from colorful wool felt to adorn a headband, make a lapel pin, embellish the front of a pillow or garment, or attach to a canvas for colorful wall art.

Paper
Compass
Scissors
Tailor's chalk
1/2 yard wool felt
Dime
1-inch brad fastener
Decorative 1/2-inch button
Hot glue gun

Instructions

- 1
  Draw a 2-, 3-, 4- and 5-inch circle on your paper. Cut all the circles out. Trace each paper circle three times onto wool felt. Cut out all the felt circles.
- 2
  Separate the circles into stacks according to size. Hold the stack of 2-inch felt circles in one hand with a dime in the center of the top circle. Make snips every 1/2 inch along the perimeter of the stack from the edge of the circle in to the edge of the dime. Repeat with the remaining stacks of felt circles.
- 3
  Stack the four piles of felt circles from widest to narrowest. Push a 1-inch brad fastener through the center of the stack, and open it on the bottom to hold all the felt circles together.
- 4
  Attach a decorative 1/2-inch button to the top of the brad with a dot of hot glue. Fluff the petals of the flower with your fingers. Twist and curl some of the petals with your fingers to give the flower more dimension.

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