DIY Tutorial
Always In Bloom
|by Heather Valentine
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Materials:
• Out Grown Clothing
• Spray Starch
• Twigs
Tools:
• Hot Glue Gun
• Sewing Machine or Needle & Thread
Instructions:
1. To create your flower, cut clothing into strips 14” long by 4” wide. To add stiffness spray with
spray starch and iron. Fold in half. Your piece is now 2” wide.
2. Straight stitch along the folded edge. (Note if you do not have a sewing machine, this step can
be skipped or done by hand.)
3. With a long basting straight stitch; start at the folded edge; stitch along the length of strip
edge; curving back to end at the corner. You will notice that I created a half moon shape.
Leave the threads long at each end. Trim excess fabric away. Pull the top thread of your basting
stitch to create gathers.
4. Apply hot glue to the top of your twig and attach your flower fabric. Twist and turn the twig
applying glue as needed. Tuck the tail of flower at the base of bud/twig.
5. If you would like to attach a leave, cut a leave shape on fold; glue in place, wrapping around
the twig.
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Heather is the inspiration behind The Sewing Loft. The mission of all patterns
is focused around the 3 R’s: Reclaim, Recycle, Recraft.