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.