First I cut Circles out of the felt you'll want 3 different sizes and about 15-20 of each size depending on the length of scarf you want to make. I'd recommend 5" ,4" and 3" circles. After you cut the circles you may want to cut around them to make them a little wavy to add dimension to your flowers.
I then cut three different sizes of tulle circles. (4 1/2" and 3 1/2" and 2")
I burned the edges of the tulle with a candle to make the edges curl.
After you have all the circles cut and burned, layer your flower pieces.
Fold the flower in half and sew through the middle. Do this a few times so that it is very tight and will hold.
Open up the flower and fold in half again the other way... Repeat the sewing this direction...
Open up the flower and sew some beads into the center to add some sparkle.
Repeat this with all of your flowers .
After you've completed the flowers cut yourself a 4"wide strip of felt to the length that you would like your scarf to be.
Start tacking the flowers to the felt scarf to get your spacing right...
Now pull the layers of your flower up and sew around the flower very close to the inside to attach it firmly to the scarf.. I then found that it was helpful to kinda pull on the thread so that the flower will pucker... now hold firmly and knot your thread....
Voila... a couple of hours later you will have a beautiful scarf.... Yes it takes a little while to make but the results are beautiful.
My first attempt I used 6 layers of felt on the flowers and that took forever and the flowers didn't gather as well since they were so heavy so I played and camed up with my 3 felt 3 tulle version. You could also use some poly satin in between the layers but I would also burn the edges to make them curl and keep them from fraying.
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