How Do I Make Folded Fabric Flowers?

Folded Petals

• 1

  Cut out six uniform fabric circles, about the size of the end of a spool of thread.

• 2

  Fold one of the circles in half twice and sew it through the bottom. Repeat this step with the other circles.

• 3

  Connect the folded circles at their corners by sewing them together--each folded circle will be a petal in a folded flower.

Silky Flower

• 4

  Trace a series of circles graduating in size from small to large on a piece of silky fabric.

• 5

  Cut out the circles. Fold and unfold each one a few times to wrinkle them.

• 6

  Hold each one a few inches over an open flame, rotating them to expose the edges rather than the broad sides; be careful not to burn them. This causes the edges to wrinkle and curl.

• 7

  Stack the circles with the largest on the bottom and the smallest on the top. Sew them together through the middle.