I created a selection of fabric flowers, hand stitched only, for my winter slow stitch piece. Here is the first flower tutorial in the series.
I chose a selection of purple and tie dyed fabric circles. The circles I cut out using plastic from the inside of a coffee bottle as my template it is approx 6 cm across
I used 4 circles for this gathered flower. Lay them down in a row overlapping each other by approx 1 cm
Threaded 2 needles. Knotted the threads on the far side.
Sewed a row of running stitches slightly off center using one of the needles
Left the needle in the thread
Sewed a second row of running stitches using the second threaded needle off center to the other side leaving a small space between the 2 stitched rows.
Cut in between the 2 sewn rows
The 2 cut rows
Gather each row
To form a flower
Gathered fabric flower
Fabric flowers
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