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Home » Crafts » Felt Crafts

How To Make Folded Felt Flowers

Mar 21, 2020

See how to make felt flowers using my 4 free templates. Get them now and craft your own beautiful folded flowers! Also scroll down for an additional type of diy felt flowers - those are the easiest of all I know!

how to make felt flowers

Spring is here, let's talk flowers! Last time, I showed you how to make rolled felt flowers. (You can see a few in this photo, too) Today, it's a new tutorial, this time for folded felt flowers.

So easy, and so soft! They give an amazing structure to any of your decorations, they are light and perfect for attaching to little bins and boxes. And scroll down to get your free template, it will make it even easier!

If you like easy crafty tutorials, check out these too:

  • LILI Clutch Purse (Free Pattern)
  • Diy SLEEP MASK (Super Cute!)
  • How To Make A SCRUNCHIE (Fun!)

And you can embellish any of the above using folded felt flowers, too!

How To Make Felt Flowers

If you are able to cut a few circular forms out of a soft sheet of felt (using a free template), fold them once or twice, and use a needle and thread to make them stay folded, you're ready to make these felt flowers within minutes. Easy and quick!

how to make felt flowers
Simple to make but a beautiful DIY decoration for all occasions.

All you need is a few scraps of felt, my free template and several minutes of your time. Check them out, I am sure you'll want to make your own spring flowers too. 

Supplies Needed:

  • felt scraps
  • scissors, needle, thread
  • your free templates in 4 designs and 3 sizes (available in the subscriber-resource library for all newsletter subscribers - join the free newsletter here!)
how to make felt flowers

Your FREE Template:

4 designs, each in 3 sizes. Free template is available in the Free RESOURCE library to all AppleGreen Cottage newsletter subscribers.

Sign up for my newsletter and get access to the full template once you confirm your subscription!

You'll also get a pattern from my shop for free.
If you’re already a subscriber, you can access the template with the password in each newsletter, in the resource library:
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How To Make Folded Felt Flowers:

1)Using your template, choose one of the 4 designs, and one of the 3 sizes. Then cut out 6 pieces - the same size and design.

Start sewing in the middle of one of the pieces. You'll use this one as the base.
how to make felt flowers

And here's a video slide-show for a little sewing trick that makes my hand-stitching even easier. Always! Check it out here:

2) Let's get back to this tutorial: now take a second piece/petal. Fold it in half - twice, first in half, and then again in half - so you get it stacked into a quarter. Pull the needle through the middle part, catching all layers. It can be just a few millimeters away from the very center of the folded petal.

how to make felt flowers

3) Pull the thread through and attach it to the base. (In the photo, I'm pressing the scissors against it, just to show you how to position the petal.)

diy felt flowers

4) Take the next 'petal' piece, fold it in half - twice again, and stitch to the base, just  next to the one that's already there. An image is better than words:

diy felt flowers

5) Repeat until you have sewn four pieces to the base piece. So you've got four pieces sewn, and the last, fifth petal piece comes to the central part of the flower: fold it again and attach to the center of the flower. It should be easy:

diy felt flowers

6) When done, pull the needle through to the back side of the flower.

diy felt flowers

7) By now, you've made this. Time to add a few green leaves!

how to make felt flowers

8) I just placed three leaf-form pieces of felt below the bottom of the felt flower and stitched them to the base. Doesn't get any easier than that! For a more elegant, wavy and three-dimensional effect on leaves, check out my first felt flowers tutorial - here. Still easy!

how to make felt flowers

9) Enjoy your work! And make more of these little cuties, of course!

how to make felt flowers
Here's your folded felt flower. Isn't it beautiful?

BONUS TIP: HOW To Make Felt Flowers Even prettier

Instead of attaching the last, central flower petal, you can add a finishing touch using a small pompom, or another soft item (whatever strikes your fancy actually), like this:

how to make felt flowers

The folded flower will be a bit smaller and this little trick is welcome when you need to get more diversity.

free template for diy felt flowers
free template for diy felt flowers

I hope you'll enjoy making them. For me, it was a fun break from regular sewing projects!

how to make felt flowers

 

They will look gorgeous as gift toppers! You can even combine them with real flowers in a bouquet, they will add that special unique touch to your table arrangement. Have you ever thought of putting them on a string and using them as flower mobiles? A great idea for nursery rooms!

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how to make felt flowers

 

If you like, you can also check out my first post on felt flowers. It's about rolled flowers, the easiest felt flower decor you can possibly imagine! Here is my Rolled Felt Flowers Tutorial.

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Plus get tons of other goodies.

Or …check out my PDF pattern – the Mia Clutch pattern. One of my quickest and easiest pouch patterns, and it has a nice little folding hack you'll love!

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Get Mia snap pouch pattern HERE.

Beginner-friendly, no zippers at all.

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Comments

  1. Angela Ikerd

    March 16, 2021 at 3:48 pm

    I love the tutorial for the felt flowers! I have made the fabric bins so they will look great on them! Thanks!

    Reply
  2. Judy

    March 05, 2021 at 1:23 pm

    I love these. I’m knitting covers for plastic hangers and wanted a special touch near the hook. These are perfect for this. Thank you

    Reply
    • Damjana

      March 05, 2021 at 1:54 pm

      Judy hi,

      I'm so glad my 'folded flowers tutorial' is helpful. Enjoy!
      Damjana

      Reply
  3. Näh begeisterte

    April 14, 2018 at 4:32 pm

    Hello Damjana,

    Thank you very much for your great tutorial. I think the flowers are totally awesome. 🙂

    Have a great spring weekend and greetings the Nähbegeisterte

    Reply
  4. Cucicucicoo: Eco Crafting & Sewing

    April 11, 2017 at 3:20 pm

    These are so pretty! I've seen similar flowers made with hot glue, but for whatever reason I never see them actually sewn! 🙂 Lisa

    Reply
  5. trixi

    March 30, 2017 at 6:37 am

    Great tutorial and love your flowers!

    Reply
    • Damjana at AppleGreen Cottage

      March 30, 2017 at 7:34 am

      Thank you Trixi!

      Reply

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