How to sew a fabric rose yourself: step by step for beginners

Roses made of fabric, made with your own hands, look beautiful and expensive. From such an accessory you can make a bouquet, a brooch, a decoration for clothes, various boxes, boxes. From such flowers you can make excellent gifts for various events or beautiful products for yourself. Everyone can create roses, the main thing is to learn the sequence of actions and tricks.

Let's make a simple rose with smooth edges

Such flowers look beautiful and can become a worthy gift for a celebration if you create a bouquet. To make a rose, you need to cut out blanks in the form of equilateral petals, it is best to do this using a pattern.

The average length of each petal should be approximately 6-7 centimeters. The number of pieces depends on the size of the product. For a small flower, 7-8 pieces will be enough.

Work order:

1. First, each petal needs to be folded in half along its entire length, with the front side of the material facing out.
2. Then each piece is placed on top of each other, with the unprocessed sides. The right half of one piece of fabric needs to be aligned with the left half of the adjacent one. All the petals need to be connected according to this pattern, forming a chain.
3. When all the blanks are fixed together, you need to sew all the raw edges with small stitches, then pull the threads together. After that, the blank is folded to form a rose and fixed with threads at the bottom.
4. To make the work look complete, you need to attach green leaves to the flower.

By combining such products into a bouquet, you can create a worthy gift for a wedding, birthday, or other special occasion.

Roses from raw fabric scraps

Absolutely any material is suitable for the work.

The sequence of execution is as follows:

1. First, you need to pick up a piece of fabric approximately 45 centimeters long and 1.5 centimeters wide. From such a scrap you will get a rose approximately 3.5 centimeters in diameter.
2. To make the task easier, you can tie a loose knot at the beginning of the ribbon.
3. Then the free edge of the flap is wrapped around this knot. When wrapping, the fabric needs to be twisted and intertwined. The result should be a workpiece that looks like a snail shell.
4. To ensure that the fabric rose retains its shape, it must be secured with pins.
5. If desired, the finished product can be decorated with beads or shiny rhinestones.

6. The finished flower needs to be sewn or glued onto a piece of felt. Then the rose is attached to clothing or accessories with threads, glue or Velcro.

Peony roses made of organza

This flower has a more complex manufacturing procedure compared to the previous ones.

To make a peony rose, you will need the following materials:

• synthetic organza of the chosen color;
• tweezers;
• a needle and thread in the color of the material;
• scissors;
• candle or alcohol lamp;
• decorative elements (beads, beads or rhinestones).

There are two ways to make flowers:

1. classical;
2. with heat treatment.

Each method has its own technology and sequence of actions. Each beginner or experienced craftswoman will eventually choose the most suitable scheme for creating floral masterpieces.

The classic way

Master class on making a peony rose in this way:

1. First, you need to prepare the petals according to the previously drawn pattern.
2. Each piece of fabric is then treated with a solution of starch or gelatin, and some use polyvinyl alcohol for this purpose.
3. Once the processing procedure is completed, the shape of each petal is formed using the boulder tool.
4. "Important!" For ease of forming the petals, it is worth placing a floral cushion under the workpiece, because the bubble is heated before work and has a high temperature, if used carelessly, you can get burned.
5. When all the petals are prepared, they are joined together, creating the shape of a peony rose.

Thermal method

If with the classic method the prepared leaves are simply immersed in a solution, then with the thermal method before making the perfect fabric rose, you will have to work hard and get your hand in.

The sequence of actions is as follows:

1. The first thing to do is to singe the edges of each petal. This is done over a lit candle or spirit lamp. During the heat treatment process, you can change the shape of the blanks, stretching them out or, on the contrary, deepening the edge to give them interesting outlines.

2. When all the elements are processed, they need to be assembled into a flower, putting the petals into each other. You need to start assembling from the larger leaf to the smaller one.
3. At the last stage, you need to sew the elements together or fix each subsequent petal with hot glue.

The result is a beautiful flower. Using this technology, you can create not only a decoration for clothes, but also make a decorative element for the design of an apartment.

Satin rose from ribbon pieces

Satin ribbons are a great material for creating flower arrangements. Craftswomen will be able to make fabric roses with their own hands, having studied the sequence and technique of work. First, you need to prepare ribbon scraps approximately 10 centimeters long. The amount of material depends on how many roses you plan to make.

A bouquet with different colors of products will look especially bright.

To complete the task you will need:

• ribbons;
• a needle and thread that matches the base material;
• pins.

The process of creating flowers includes the following steps:

1. The end of the tape is bent at an angle of 90 degrees.
2. Then the shape of the bud is twisted in a circle, each new turn begins with a bend in the ribbon.

3. When the bud is ready, you need to make leaves from the ribbon, folding the material at a right angle. Then you need to sew the flower to the leaves using the "forward needle" technique, then tighten the thread.

4. The finished rose needs to be fixed to a felt circle with thread or using a hot gun.

Craft with curly edges

A bouquet of such floral compositions will please even the most selective connoisseurs of handicrafts. Even a school-age child can make such a craft, since the technology does not require complex manipulations with fabric.

The creation process consists of the following actions:

1. First you need to cut a strip of fabric with wavy edges on one side.
2. Then the “waves” need to be sewn along the edge.
3. Then grab the raw side with small stitches and pull the thread together to form a bud.

4. When the bud is ready, it needs to be fixed on a metal stick or a large wooden toothpick.
5. Leaves are attached to the bottom using hot glue or thread.

The result is pretty flowers that can be combined into a bouquet and given as a gift for a holiday.

Rose made of fabric (felt or tulle)

Floral compositions are created from various materials. The most popular are:

• Felt flowers.
• From Fatin.

The technology of creating products is quite simple. The main thing is to make a pattern correctly and think through the color scheme.

Made of felt

This material is flexible, so you won’t have to spend a lot of time and patience to create a rose.

It is enough to simply cut out the petals and connect them together with a thread or liquid glue. As a rose stem, you can use regular branches or thick wire. Petals are also made of felt.

Made of tulle

This material is light and airy, it makes beautiful, delicate flowers. To create, you need to cut out the petals and connect them together with a thread or hot glue. You can decorate the finished product with beads or seed beads.

Fabric roses are a great gift or accessory for decorating a room. If desired, you can make a floral composition from different fabrics, the main thing is to stick to the sequence of work and approach the issue patiently.