Handmade Flowers

I've always loved flowers...especially since they are so versatile. I needed to make a few different kinds for my swap at 2Peas in a Bucket. I signed up for 4 groups. White textile, black textile, white paper and neutral paper. I made the black textile flower out of felt. I picked up thin sheets of felt at the dollar store. I first cut circles out and then cut each circle in a spiral.

I rolled each spiral starting at the open end, rolling in towards the middle. I don't roll mine super tight as I want some of the layers to be loose to show more petal. 

I made the next flower out of some embroidered trim that I had in my stash. I first began by weaving my threaded needle through the straight edge of the trim. 

Then I pulled the thread tight leaving enough thread at both ends to tie the two together in the middle of the gathered trim. That make the flower. I sewed a button in the middle to complete a flower. I'm really happy with how they turned out. Now on to my paper ones! :]