Making Felt Roses

This tutorial will show you how to make felt roses in a few quick steps. These roses can be used as embellishments in clothing, for decorating pillows, for making a bridal bouquet and so on.

Glimpse of the Result:

How To:

Step 1:

Cut out a broad piece of felt. The length of the strip can be 14 – 18 cm for a regular size rose.

Step 2:

Fold the felt strip in half and start gathering them at the edge using a needle as shown.

Step 3:

Make spaced out stitched for the entire strip.

Step 4:

Now just hold the start of the strip and wrap it to get a rose structure.

Step 5:

Secure the rose by making a stitch at the end of the strip and cut off the thread.

You can make a wreath, bouquet or a ball of such roses…

These are good for arranging in a vase as well. Only thing is that, in case you want to arrange these roses in a vase, you will in Step 4 wrap the gathered strip around a string and then use some floral tape for the stem.