Easter Flower

So easter is now just a few short days away. So I guess it would be about that time for last min me to post a simple and cute little easter flower that can jazz up any skirt, basket, or head for Easter. Not that this has to be just for Easter, it's just a puffy and full fabric flower, for any reason you have to wear one. 

Start by cutting out some petals, as many and as large as you want the flower to be. 

Then cut out the same amount in a smaller size.

Then take your larger petals first and stitch back and forth along the bottom of the petal.

Then pull it tight to gather the petal.

Continue adding petals.

When you are done with the large petals you should have a circle of petals.

Then do the same with the smaller petals. Creating a circle of petals on top of the other.

next cut a strip of fabric.

fold it in half several times and then cut the top into a petal shape.

unfold it and it should look like this.

Then wrap it around the flower petals

next I cut out some "stem" like shapes.

spread out the petals and then sew the stem pieces in the center, fanned out. Then I glues I rhinestone to the center.

lastly I glued a small circle with elastic sewn to it to the back of the flower. You could use a safety pin, brooch pin, snap, anything you like really.

Now what to do with your new flower? Well I used the elastic to wrap around the button of the pleated skirt. Or you could add it to an Easter basket like I did for the prop in the Easter Tea Skirt. Either way you have a little something something to spruce things up.

Enjoy!