https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/puffy-fabric-flowers • Posted by Bead Crumbs
Made in the Japanese yo-yo style but puffed up.
Made in the Japanese yo-yo style but puffed up.
I used a 45 mm Clover yoyo maker for my project but if you don't have one just cut out a fabric circle in the size you want using a cup or something round with a circular shape as your template. Your completed flower will be half the diameter. Do a running stitch on the edge.
Once you've stitched the edge, pull the thread just a little to gather the fabric.
Stuff your yo yo with fiberfill and close up the hole. Knot securely. Don't cut the thread.
This is a side view of the puff - a little odd looking but it shows the gathered bottom of the puff and the top. Flatten you puff and bring your needle and poke it through the top center of the ball and out through the gathered bottom. Do this 5 times, evenly spaced and you'll get petals...
...that look like this from the top. Tie a secure knot and if you have enough thread, don't cut it.
For the beads in the center of your flower, bring your needle back through the gathered bottom and straight up to where the petals intersect in the center. Thread a bead and go back down. Knot. Do this for each bead your add. Cut thread and you're done. Lots of stuffing will make a rounder flower.
This is the bottom of the flower.