How to Make Roses From Baby Facecloths

Fold the washcloth in half. If it's more of a rectangle than a square, fold the longer edges together.

Lay the facecloth on a flat surface. Roll it into a cylinder, keeping the bottom edge where the two edges come together tighter than the folded edge at the top. Wrap the tighter edge with a rubber band doubled over several times.

Slide a wood skewer inside the washcloth from the end that has been rubber banded together. The skewer acts as the stem. The rubber band should keep the washcloth and skewer together. If you're making a corsage, use doubled-over floral wire wrapped with floral tape instead of the skewer as the stem of the rose.

Wrap floral tape around the rubber bands on the bottom of the facecloth. Twist and stretch the tape as you wrap. The tape should overlap itself about 1/8 inch apart for each turn of the tape. Break off the tape after you've wrapped the facecloth and wrapped 3 inches down the skewer. Wrap the facecloth and the skewer again but this time wrap all the way down the skewer with the tape. Do the same thing with the floral wire wrapped stem.

Fluff the face cloth cylinder into more of a rose shape by separating the cloth more at the outside of the rose and leaving it tightly wound at the center.

Add artificial rose leaves clipped from a silk rose by wrapping the stem of the leaves to the wooden skewer with floral tape using the same twist-and-stretch method.