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Sunday, February 27, 2011

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Felt Bougainvillea Garland Tutorial {Guest Post – Art Threads}

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 05:27 PM PST

Check out this fabulous tutorial that combines two great things… felt and flowers! Deborah from Art Threads created beautiful felt Bougainvillea to brighten up your home.

Materials:
*felt – bougainvillea comes in lots of colors – fuchsia, light purple, white, gold, light orange, light pink, …
you’ll also need brown for a garland base, greens for the leaves, and white or off-white for the little flowers in the centers
*large yellow beads
*patterns

1. Cut out a colored leaf/flower with the patterns found here. The colored part of bougainvillea is actually a leaf and the flowers are the little whitish centers. Using a double strand of thread and running stitches, sew around the center in a large circle.

2. Pull the two ends of the thread until you draw the circle up and crinkle the leaf/flower points. Tie thread very tightly.

3. Cut out three small flowers. I found it easier to just free hand these, but I’ve included a pattern in case you have very small scissors and want to try it.

4. Sew onto the top by bringing a needle up through the bottom, through the flower, through a large yellow bead, and back down to the bottom.

Repeat this for the other two flowers.

5. Cut a piece of brown felt about 3/4 inch wide and as long as you want your garland to be. I had a 2 yard piece of felt, so that’s how long I made mine. If you don’t have any long pieces, you can sew shorter pieces together. Fold in half and zigzag along the edge.