Felt Flower Pillow Tutorial

Howdy friends!  I have a few projects in my file that I need to share with you - so today, I'm showing you how to make a large felt flower to pin on a pillow for your home decor.  I bought a pillow form from Joann's and made a simple pillow cover from canvas.  I put in a zipper so that I could clean it if needed.  My first flower looked like this:

I cannot remember where I first saw how to make this, so I apologize for not giving credit where credit is due.  I used this flower in the Fall right after I got these 2 zebra chairs for my anniversary (thanks honey!!). Now that it is Winter, I wanted to change the color scheme a bit.  With the beauty of a safety pin, I can change out the pillow decor very quickly!  Here are some pictures showing how I created my grey flower.

What you need:
Scrap of heavy weight fabric - I used canvas I found in the clearance bin at Hobby Lobby.
Plate - I used a salad plate
Pencil
Scissors
Felt in color of your choosing
Low temp hot glue - I promise, you WANT low-temp glue!!!!  Don't ask.
Safety Pin
Embellishment if wanted

Trace your plate onto canvas

Trace circles onto felt (use a glass) or free hand them like I did.  Cuz that's how I roll!

Cut out circles, then cut circles in half.

Lay half-circles around outer edge of canvas circle.  Glue into place.

Layer half-circles, continue layering and off-setting circles as you approach the inside of the circle.

As you approach the center, the half-circles will start to really overlap.  That's okay.  Just pinch together.  See below.

When you get as many half-circles glued in as you want, then you can finish the center.  I glued a button into the center to hide the edges.

Finally, use a safety pin to attach the flower to the pillow!

Voila!  Instant decor change!  Ok - not instant, but this project took me about 30 minutes total!  

One more look:

                                                Before                                              After

Thanks for stopping by today!

p.s. I'm linking up today for Brassy Apple's Make It Monday series!!

Winter Wreath

Howdy friends!!  Whew - its been a crazy start to the New Year!  Super busy already.....

I wanted to make a new wreath for my front door for Winter, but did not want to spend any money, so I looked around blogland and my new favorite place, Pintrest!  I found lots of inspiration out there and realized I had everything I needed on hand to make a quick wreath.

Using an old wreath that had seen better days, I dismantled it completely until I was left with only the bare bones.  Then I took felt and made felt flowers, glued it onto some canvas fabric, then pinned the canvas onto the wreath. I also had some snowflakes I bought at the Dollar Tree last year and put those in as well. 

Now, you are probably asking yourself "why didn't that silly Aggie just glue it directly onto the wreath?"  Well, let me tell ya - I think I want to try and get a bit more mileage out of my wreath and reuse it to change it out quickly - and I don't have to store a bunch of different wreaths!!!  Just change out decor.  We'll see how that goes!

Here's a close up:

LOVE!!!!

Have a great day!

I'm linking to Beneath My Heart January DIY party!

Jenn