These sweet summer daisies can be used to add a natural feel to an endless number of summer crafts. Of all the DIY felt flowers, daisies are some of the easiest. Learning how to make felt daisies is simple if you take your time and invest in quality felt and a good set of scissors.
Wool or wool blend felt works well for little petals like those in this felt flower tutorial. Bamboo and most acrylics aren’t going to hold the smaller shapes as well and may fuzz out along the ends. The key to this felt flower is a clean cut. It’s important to use a pair of scissors that are small but sharp enough to handle tight edges and curved petals. I highly recommend holding your felt daisy pattern in place with packing tape, you can re-use your template again and again this way. The daisy centers can be freehand cut and varying the length will make your daisy larger or smaller.
Created with hot glue, these felt flowers are no sew. The addition of floral wire allows the daisies to be used in wreaths or tossed into a vase or bouquet. What will you use these easy little felt flowers for? We’d love for you to share your creations with us on our facebook page.
You will need:
For 12 flowers
9″ x 12″ sheet of high quality felt for flowers, I used white
9″ x 6″ golden yellow felt for felt flower centers, I used Egg Yolk
8″ x 6″ Green felt for leaves and end caps, I used Fresh Cut Grass
Hot glue gun and glue
Free pattern to make felt daisies.
Optional: Floral wires for stems, packing tape or clear tape for cutting
Cut:
1 flower shape from white felt
1 center from yellow felt
Leaf and cap from green felt
Making felt daisies – the easy way
For loose felt daisies, carefully cut out daisies from white felt using clear tape on top to help hold your template as you cut.
Place a small drop of glue on the end of the center strip and slowly roll upwards, gluing occasionally.
Once the center is rolled add glue to the side and wrap your daisy around the center gluing as you go. Glue cap on as shown below.
To create a daisy on a stem place the floral wire at the end of the strip, add glue and roll as before. Add the felt flower with glue as show above.
Cut a small slit into the center of the end cap and slits along the sides as marked so it curls around the base easily. Slide cap up the stem and glue down the sections trimming if needed so the green doesn’t extend past the flowers base.
To add a leaf, place glue along the center and part way up the leaf and fold onto the floral wire. Trim off any extra along the ends and side.
Happy Crafting
~Andie
~American Felt & Craft ~ Blog 
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