Satin Fabric Flowers - I Did It!

 

My First Melted Satin Fabric Flowers!

 

Bonjour mon cheri!

 

(that's French for "Hello my darlings"!)

 

I'm feeling a bit Frenchy today hehe!

 

I am so over the moon excited today!

Looky Looky at what I made!! I did it...I did it!

 

(I only used four layers of satin for each flower this time, next time I'll use more
plus some tulle and lace. The one on the right looks like a magnolia flower doesn't it!?)

 

I finally made those flowers that you see people making

all over the place in forever! I crack up at my self, because

it seems every project that I think will be hard, ends up

being the easiest ever! Then the stuff I think might be easy,

ends up being the hardest lol! Geesh....I have wanted to

make some of these for a long while! Until now, I thought

this would be to hard or to complicated to do, just like

when I first learned to shir fabric, which I had put off

trying for two years, but once I sat down and did it, bang,

it was so stinkin easy to do and I was shirring

everything in sight. I'm such a procrastinator!

 

 

 

Plus with these flowers and having to use a candle to melt

the edges was like....yea me and a flame!? You're either

looking to call the fire department at worst, or here I come

emergency room at the least! The flower would end up in

the trash to boot! Just couldn't get my head wrapped around

me and fire no matter how much I envied how pretty they

were! Well now.....look out, here I am!

 

What really kicked me in the fanny to try it, was my

friend Carol at The Polka Dot Closet. She has a

tutorial on how to do them here. After reading her post

all the way through, I thought...girlfriend you can do this!

The flower she made for the tutorial was stunning too!

 So I sucked up some courage and determination

and did it!

 

Not bad for my first attempt! And I only had a couple

of small singes on a couple of the petals!

 

I didn't burn myself either! It got a little

toasty on the fingers a few times, so I'm

thinking maybe some tongs might help?

 

Now if I can figure out how to make friends

with my glue gun, I will be a happy girl!

That bugger gets me every time lol! My fingers

are scared for life!

 

Ok, now ya'll know I have a new photo editor so of

course I had to play with the pictures of my flowers!

 

Here is just a couple, few I did! :)

 

 

Using the spotlight feature.

 

 

Using the ray of sunlight feature.

 

 

A fancy focal shot.

 

 

A close up with sun glow.

 

A gritty shot and some other features....I forget all of them.

 

 

 All done! Thanks for coming along....it was fun!
I used an old half slip that is way too small for me now
to make these flowers with. Recycle is good! :)
 

Thank you Carol for such a great tutorial!

 

Until next time!

 

Love, Hugs, and Blessings!

 

Au Revoir! (giggling)

 

Debi