Daisies are such perky, cheery flowers, and they're among the easiest of fabric flowers to make. Worn as a hair clip or brooch or pinned to a hat, a felt daisy adds a fresh touch of springtime to any outfit.
To make this daisy, you'll need the following materials:
- 100% wool white felt (1mm thickness)
- tiny amount of yellow wool roving
You'll also need:
- daisy template - download or print the template here
- printer and paper to print the template
- felting needle (any size will work for this design)
- small felting pad
- scissors
- transparent tape or straight pins
Instructions
Download and print the daisy template. There are three sizes - small, medium, and large on the template. I used the large size, which will result in a felt daisy that's about four inches in diameter. To begin, you will need to cut two daisies of the same size. Tape the template on top of the wool felt or secure it with straight pins before you cut out the shape. To get the most accurate cut, do one at a time, rather than layering as we might do with fashion fabric, because felt is thicker. Note that the daisy is not symmetrical by design. I hand draw my flower templates so that the shapes will be a bit more like real flowers (no two flower petals will look exactly the same).
Weight them down with a spoon to keep them under water. Wool does not absorb water as quickly as other fabrics do, so just leave them in the water for about half an hour.
Remove the two daisy shapes from the water. Keeping them flat, gently press out the water (you could press them between folds of a towel). Now it's time to shape them a little. Shaping will be slightly different for the two. On one of the shapes, firmly finger press a crease in the center of each petal from the top to the bottom of the petal and leave it to air dry. You can repeat the finger pressing again as the petal is drying so that it will hold the shape better. If you want a really crisp crease, you can secure each petal with an alligator clip. I used the finger pressing method because I wanted a softer look.
After allowing both daisy shapes to dry, layer the shape with the creases on both sides of the petals on top of the other shape so that the petals of the bottom layer show between petals of the top layer.
Needle felt the two layers together in the center.
The center of your daisy will look something like the photo below. Needle felt the center until the two layers are firmly attached together.
Next, add a bit of yellow wool roving to the center.
Needle felt it to form a circle in the center of the daisy. Go a little deeper than usual with your needle (but no more than an inch) because there are two layers of felt on the bottom, rather than one. This should help attach the roving more firmly as well as shape the flower a little bit more.
Build up the circle in the center with more roving and continue needle felting it.
Needle felt the yellow center until you have formed a dome.
Viewed from the side, your daisy should look something like the following picture when you're finished.
Now that you've made a wool felt daisy, you may want to turn it into a brooch. Another option would be to make it into a hair clip as shown below.
If you'd like to get the materials for the daisy, I have a materials pack/kit available in my Paula D Sewing Patterns Etsy shop. Click here to check out the kit on Etsy.
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