Well I have caught the Big Shot Flower Craze! And who new how easy it would be to make these. Look at all of these great flowers I made using the Big Shot, Circles 2 Die, and the Small Scallop DIe. And because you use polar fleece there is no hemming. Can you say quick and fun. And did I tell you that my teenage daughter loves it and wants me to make up a bunch for her and her high school friends!
These flowers look great as pins, on headbands, and on hats. They are great for people of all ages.
I originally saw a polar fleece flower made by Sherri Barron - the Gardenia. And I just had to make it so I bought the tutorial and I was hooked. Once I made a Gardenia, I had to make a pom flower and then I decided to design my own. I call it the Daisy. And I want you to be able to make it also!
There are two styles of Daisy. The "regular petal" and the "backwards petal." The directions are the same for both styles only the petal placement changes.
To make the Daisy you need: Big Shot, Circles 2 Die, Paper Piercer, 1 Corduroy Brad Button, Polar fleece (1/8 yard), needle, thread, adhesive backed pin if you are going to mount as a broach. (Optional fabric adhesive or Tombow Multi).
Cut 15 2" circles from the polar fleece using the Big Shot and Circle 2 die. Fold circle into triangle and use the needle and thread to tack the triangle together at the tip (about 4 or 5 stitches). Knot on back of petal. Repeat this for 13 of the circles.
One of the 2 remaining circles becomes the base of the flower. Attach petals to the circle base with the petal opening facing up. 7 petals become the first layer of the base. These petals fan out. This is the regular petal.
For a different look you can also put the petals backwards which means the opening is towards the base of the flower. 
Put 7 petals on the first level. The first picture shows the regular style petal. The second flower shows the backwards petal daisy.
The second layer contains 6 petals. Be sure to put the petals close together in the center of your flower. Slightly overlap the petals so the bottom and top layer are not lined up.
Here is the 2nd petal pulled in close to the first petal on the 2nd layer.
After you have all of your petals in place it should look like this.
Use the paper piercer to make a hole in the center of the flower. You will use the hole to place the corduroy brad button through.
If you are not going to make it into a broach (and put a pin on the back), then place the remaining circle on the back by using fabric glue or needle and thread.
If you are going to make it into a broach then you will need to put a pin on the back of the flower. Fold the circle in half. Line up the pin, use scissors to cut a little slit in the fleece. Slip the pin through the fleece.
Adhere the adhesive on the pin to the back of the flower. If desired you can user fabric glue to glue the entire circle to the circle base. (I don't do that. I find that the pin and base are very secure without fabric glue.) Now the back of your Daisy should look like this.
Instead of putting a button in the center of the flower, you can put beads. I used a 1" circle punch on some scrap sticky pages (left over from my sticky letters) and some silver beads. Then I stuck it to the center of the flower.
There are so many possibilities. They are so much fun!
Make some today!!!
If you don't own the Big Shot and Circle DIe 2 and want to make one, you can order a kit from me. Each kit Costs $5 and includes 15 cut polar fleece circles, corduroy button, and adhesive pin. Shipping Costs $1.50 for up to 5 kits. (Only available to US residents.) You will only need needle, thread and paper piercer. If you wat other colors than those listed or want to buy more than 1 kit - Email Me what you want and I'll send you a Paypal invoice.
Thanks for reading!
Stacey
