It’s hard to say how much you should #needlefelt you want to make sure your rose is secure, but beyond that it’s up to you. I’ve found the more you work into it the more sculptural it becomes, so really stop when you ate pleased with how it’s looking. When you are happy with it, I would sew into the back, working in a spiral to the centre just to make sure the piece is secure, this also scripts the piece. Then you can either add a brooch pin, or a barrette or add it to an Alice band :) #tutorial #howtomake #felt #rose does anyone have any questions? (Taken with instagram)
Pull back the layers to #needlefelt in between. Don’t be afraid of ruining it, felt is very robust and forgiving #tutorial #howtomake #felt #rose (Taken with instagram)
Using a coarse needle, you are now going to stab stab stab and needle felt the coiled felt to the circles beneath. Work from the outside in, this will make the rose “petals” become quite sculptural and bend back. # #tutorial #howtomake #felt #rose (Taken with instagram)
Place this on top of your two circles. Now it’s time to get your needle felting gear out. #tutorial #howtomake #felt #rose (Taken with instagram)
Now loosely (v.important) coil the outer edge up. You can see how the lovely irregular edges give the rose a natural feel. #tutorial #howtomake #felt #rose (Taken with instagram)
Sit the smaller circle on top of the bigger circle #tutorial #howtomake #felt #rose (Taken with instagram)
Next, cut two sort of circles from the remaining flat piece. Size is up to you, but I wouldn’t make them smaller than 7cm. Make one slightly bigger than the other , and don’t try and make them perfect circles, we want them wibbly wobbly because nature is wibbly wobbly. #tutorial #howtomake #felt #rose (Taken with instagram)
So you end up with this. #tutorial #howtomake #felt #rose (Taken with instagram)
Now cut all the way around the outside about 2/3cm width do you get that nice wibbly wobbly outer edge, don’t worry about cutting straight, cut in one long continuous line. #tutorial #howtomake #felt #rose (Taken with instagram)
You need to start by making a piece of flat #felt in the colour of your choosing. I make my pieces quite big as I like to have scraps to play with or use as pre felt, but you can make a piece aprox 20 x 30 cm. make sure you add highlighting colours and darker tones. #tutorial #howtomake #felt #rose (Taken with instagram)
