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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Felted Flowers Tutorial


I adore these felted flowers and they are so easy to make. Here's what you need in addition to a stove and a dryer:

Step 1: Roll yarn (it needs to be 100% wool) into a little ball. Be sure to tie it up tight so it won't come apart.



Step 2: Add a little dish soap (about 1tablespoon) to a pot of water and bring to a boil. Toss your yarn balls into the pot and stir.

Step 3: Once your water starts to boil, turn heat to medium low and leave your project alone for a bit. Every so often give the pot a stir to agitate the wool. Also use your tongs to squeeze the yarn and agitate every so often.


Step 4: After about 45 minutes, put your yarn balls into the dryer and dry on high heat. They will come out looking like this:
Step 5: Attach the felted ball to a stem. I used flower stems from Artco Crafts. When I bought them they had a plastic flower attached to the top, which I cut off. These stems are great because they have wire inside, making  them easy to attach.
                                                                                                                                                            --Molly

Scroll down to bottom of page see Molly's flowers in these linky parties.

23 comments:

  1. HI-this is Alison. I wanted to comment on this post because I think these flowers that Molly made are sooooo cute! I have seen them in person and I can't wait to make them for my house. My daughter Camden wants them in pink, green, and blue for her room.

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  2. i am amazed at how easy this is! amazed!! i am definitely doing this project. so glad you guys linked up! those little flowers are very lovely. :)

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  3. Those are adorable. I do a lot of wet felting and needle felting with roving, never with spun wool. It looks beautiful. Those flowers look like the field of flowers in Horton Hears a Who. :-)

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  4. HEy im your newest follower! i love love love these!!! plz stop by and check out my little blog...i saw this on tatertots n jello!

    keepinitthriftyandrea.blogspot.com

    ~Andrea

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  5. These are sooo cute! I love their simple shape and the colors you picked!

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  6. These are SUPER cute! I have a TON of random bits of wool yarn left-overs, I think I just found a use for them!! Thanks!!

    I'd love it if you would link this project up to my new linky party!!

    http://littleeme.blogspot.com/2010/12/ok-now-that-i-have-tuted-your-turn-to.html

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  7. Oh darn! I missed your linky party Maleah, I hope you had a great holiday.

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  8. These are so cute! Would you share them on my linky party tomorrow? http://www.lovelycraftyhome.com

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  9. what a great idea! They look fab.

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  10. these are amazing! i can't wait to make some!

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  11. Thanks so much for linking up at my party! Hope to see you again!

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  12. HAHA SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love how you take something do a couple things to it and it comes out looking completely different!!! I was just looking for something new to put in my pitcher so this will be it!! Thank you =)

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  13. So darn cute! I love felted ANYTHING! these are fabulous!
    xoxo

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  14. That is amazing. I have always wondered how to "felt". Thank you so much.

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  15. I really love these! I might have to try it!

    http://aprettylifeinthesuburbs.blogspot.com/

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  16. Hi, I am featuring you tomorrow at A Crafty Soiree... thanks for sharing.
    Malia
    www.yesterdayontuesday.com

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  17. Thanks for sharing. I need to go buy wool yarn and get started on Valentine flowers for all the women in my life!!! What fun!

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  18. What an awesome idea! When I first saw them in the pitcher, they reminded me of Allium stems. With the right color yarn, you could easily duplicate the look of Allium. Oooh, I've got to try this out!

    Thanks for linking to my party. I look forward to having you join me each week.

    By the way, I just joined you as a follower.

    Liz @ the Brambleberry Cottage
    http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com

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  19. So cute and what a good way to use up all of those left-over yarns.(-:

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  20. VERY cute!!!! Got some leftover wool that would be great for this!

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  21. I'm doing this tonight for my mommy. She's going to love this. I'm also giving one to my girlfriend. It's combination of adorable and romantic. Love it. Love your crafts.

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