Fabric Flower - Peach Organza

My aunt offered me some organza for making a flower so I went ahead with cutting circles.  I cut four 5" circles, four 3.5" circles and two 2" circles.  I sewed the layers together.  Started by folding the circles in quarters then overlapped the points of 2 of the circles and stitched then repeated that and placed these offset from the first set. Now I had a full circle of organza.  Repeated the same process with the 4 medium circles.  The small circles I folded in half and then in thirds to make the center. This was stitched horizontally to keep the petals pointing forward instead flattened.  Once this was done I secured my thread carefully. 

I added a 2.5 inch cardstock circle to the back of the flower with thread and then stitched the wire stem to the flower and card stock to ensure it would stay in place. I cut a piece of the lining fabric from the fern wrap and and hand stitched that to cover the mess at the back of the flower.

Fabric Flower - Yellow Fluffy

I am trying different techniques to ensure all my flowers are unique.

For this flower I used yellow cotton fabric which I ripped into .5 inch strips.  I cut the strips to 4.5 inches long and wrapped them onto a metal ring that measured 1.75 inches in diameter. I used 25 strips to fill the flower. 

Once, I had that done, I cut a piece of cotton in yellow gingham about 2 inches square double and added a bit of batting in between the layers and a 2 inch circle of card stock to provide support. I placed it on the back of the flower and stitched all the way around through the yellow cotton petals. I then secured the metal wire (4 lengths of 24 gauge wire twisted together) stem through its circle at the top to the center of the flower back. I cut a 2.5 inch circle from the same yellow fabric and hand stitched over the wire to hide that connection.

Fabric Flower - Red and White

Now that I had a vase maybe I needed a fabric flower to go into it.  Well, that was a rabbit hole.

There are all types of tutorials on line.

There have been 4 versions to get to this final flower. 

I have combined a die cut flower which was proportionally too small for the vase.  I am lucky to have a sister who attended design school who gives me feedback.

Okay, back to the drawing board.  The large flower is made with 12 circles of fabric. Four 4.5" circles red, four 4.00 circles in cream, and four 3.75" circles in red again.  These are folded in quarters and adhered to a base circle which measures about 3.75 inches.  They recommended hot glue which I followed but would not do it again. I will stitch the next ones.  I then made a hole through the large one and inserted the gold wire which attached the smaller flower's layers together through it.  I used a pop can tab to provide leverage to tighten the wire to the large flower.  I then stitched a backer piece of matching red fabric to cover the ugly bits.

The wire is four lengths of 24 gauge wire measuring 20" all twisted together to a final length of about 13 inches.  You can see how in this Wire Twisting video. 

DIY Project - Twisted Wire Stems

2026 03 02 Twisting Process

2026 03 02 Bouquet Wire Stems

I needed wire to support my fabric flowers and I decided to use what I had.

I used 24 gauge gold wire and chose 4 strands twisted together.

The hole at the end is handy to attach the flower easily.

I will have to re evaluate the next set of wire and maybe make them a bit stiffer. 

These ended up being about 18 inches long.

They were used in bouquets and were twisted on a bamboo skewer inside the bottle so much less wire from the bottle to the flower thus less problems.

2026 04 09 - Wire Stems for Single Flowers

I decided these stems would be about 12" long.  I determined that 27 inch lengths fold in half would work.  The 27 inch length is folded in half around a skewer to create the eye at the end of the stem.

These measure between 12-13 inches after twisting.

I found nice colored wire in the 26 gauge in the stash and decided to try those. 

Too thin at 6 strands.

I put hot glue on the pointy end to ensure no harm to the one using the flower.