She's Crafty...Linda from Craftaholics Anonymous!

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Welcome to my weekly feature... "She's Crafty", this is where I feature one crafty mamma, her fabulous craft and tutorial too!  Because let's face it, if I'm going to successfully get my craft on, I need a great tutorial!

 I've mentioned that I'm not very crafty, but every once in a while I pull it off.  Well this is one project I will try...fabric flowers!  I've seen them everywhere lately on headbands, sweaters, and even bracelets.  Well, here they are in a cute white burlap wreath made by Linda at Craftaholics Anonymous! 

 I'm tellin' ya, Linda is one crafty chic!  She's so crafty she could take a brown paper bag and make something fabulous!  Check out her crafty blog when you get the chance, she really has great ideas we all can do.  Here's Linda's tutorial in her own fabulous words:

These are the easiest fabric flowers I have made... hands down. All you need is:
 

scissors

fabric (can be scraps)

hot glue gun

buttons, jewels, or beads

First, cut a circle out of fabric. Mine is roughly 5" in diameter. I used a roll of scrapbook adhesive and cut around it for my circle. No need to make it a "perfect" circle.  Fold in both sides to find the middle of the circle.

Take the next little bit of fabric and fold it over to create a pleat. Be sure to keep your finger in place to hold the pleats down.

Keep going around the circle and making pleats.

Adjust the pleats so that you like the shape of the flower. It will most likely be a little lopsided. But that's part of the "cute factor", so don't stress about making it completely perfect. (all you darn perfectionists!:)

Put a couple dots of hot glue under the pleats to hold them in place. Then put a circle of glue in the center of the flower and attach a button, bead, or jewel (or whatev bling you choose).

There you go! Easy, huh. These would be cute for headbands, clips, handbags, pins, etc. I made 3 of these flowers for my White Burlap Wreath:

I've had a lot of questions about my Burlap Wreath. So I decided to post a few tips and tricks to making a burlap wreath (sorry, not a full blown tutorial. It's a tag along today :)

I used a 14" round hard foam ring (avail at craft stores.) Paint the foam ring white (or the color of your burlap) so that the green foam ring doesn't show through.

 I just used craft paint. Before you cut your burlap, lightly spray it with a water bottle. This helps with the mess. a little.

 I cut about 1 1/2 yards of burlap into 1"x16" strips.

I very highly recommend using a rotary cutter to cut your burlap. You can use scissors and a yardstick, but I'll just warn you, your wrist will hate you after! (added later)

 I wrapped the burlap strips around the foam ring and then tied a double knot.

 I overlapped the strips and bunched them up as I went. If you try to undo a burlap strip after you've tied it, the burlap will shred! :)

Ack...how fabulous is this white burlap heart shaped wreath?  I have to tell ya, the wreath is a bit much for my crafting skills, or lack there of, but those fabric flowers?  I can most certainly make those chic little fabric flowers!  And when I do, you'll be the very first to know! 

Thank you Linda for this wonderful tutorial, your a truly one crafty chic!  And thanks for all the crafty inspiration too!  Again girls, if your looking for some great crafting ideas...go visit Linda over at Craftaholics Anonymous!