Felt Dahlia Flower Brooch

I found this amazing flower with tutorial {thank you Jen} and decided to make it in honor of Mother's day. Glad I did. This is from Holidash - a blog about holidays and making them beautiful. Very fun.

I called a friend and we had a girl crafty party after the kids went to bed. We ate artichokes {they are such good conversation food} and made felt flowers. An evening can't get much better.

I just love these flowers. Who knew felt could look so good! The orange flower has netting on the top underside and a button for the center. The cream flower has a small twisty flower {see head band tutorial} in its center. I even thought that it would be so cute to make a variety of centers with velcro sewn onto the back that could be changed out to match different outfits.

If you're following the tutorial from Holidash, this is what I did differently. I still cut the pieces the same and the same amount. You only need one sheet of felt for this project.

However, I used hot glue instead of felt or other glue. This goes much quicker although more stringy.

The easiest way I found to glue the petal together was to pre-fold the petal to the gluing position, then open it up just enough to put a small line of hot glue in. This was quite efficient. The rest {besides different centers and eliminating the picture pouch on the back} was the same. I hope you make one with your own twist!

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