This is one rose that truly stands out from the rest. Grow your own by felting an old-world technique with the Baby Lock Embellisher. Download printable instructions.
Materials:
- Baby Lock Dissolve-Away Mesh stabilizer*
- Wool roving - several different hues of the same color from light to dark for the rose
- Wool roving - several different shades of green for the leaves
- Fibrous strands of yarn in shades to match your rose (optional)
- YLI Pearl Crown Rayon for leaf accents
- A bead for the center of the rose to hold it together
- Construction thread to match color of rose
- Construction thread to match leaf color
- A small plastic cup
- Spray starch.
- A sprayer with water
- Long pins
- Small piece of green felt
- One 1 1/4” steel jewelry pin clasp (available in most craft stores)
Tools:
- Baby Lock Embellisher
Steps:
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Cut two pieces of the water soluble stabilizer approximately 9” x 5” for the rose.
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Stabilizer used for this project needs to be a the fibrous type not a see-through clear wrap type.
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Cut two pieces of water soluble stabilizer approximately 6” x 4” for the leaves.
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Lay the two pieces of rose stabilizer on a flat surface close to your Embellisher.
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Take the darkest piece of roving and separate the fibers. Lay them out on the stabilizer as shown in picture below.
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To create the felting for the flower you will be repeatedly creating thin layers of felt using your dark roving placed onto each side your 9” x 5” piece of water soluble stabilizer.
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Repeat the layering process on each side until you cannot see the stabilizer when you hold the felting to the light.
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If you wish to add a little texture to your rose take some yarn and felt it in between the layers of roving.
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You probably will end up with seven layers of felting on each side of the stabilizer. Make sure you felt every piece so the roving is secure.
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Take a piece of paper and draw a leaf on it. Use this as your template. Cut out two leaves from the green felted stabilizer.
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Cut a piece of pearl crown rayon about 2 inches longer than your leaf. Place down the center of the leaf and felt it. Repeat this process for the veins in the leaf. Trim any extra away.
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Take a piece of paper and draw a circle on it approximately the size of a small bowl (4-5 inch diameter).
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Lay this piece of paper on top of the rose stabilizer. Cut out a circle. After the circle is cut start at the outer edges and cut a spiral.
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Take the leaves and rose spiral and place them on a towel. With your water spritzer thoroughly spray both the rose and the leaves. Let them dry overnight.
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After the rose spiral has dried coil it starting at the center and working out to the edges. Hold the rose in place with long pins.
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Stitch the rose bottom together gently pulling the opening closed. Secure thread. Attach bead to center of rose. Put rose in the plastic cup center of rose facing up.
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Take your spray starch and spray rose. After rose is wet gently shape petals. Leave rose to dry overnight in the plastic cup
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Putting it all together:
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Take leaves and stitch to back of rose covering up the rose stitching. Next cut a piece of felt to cover the back of the rose.
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Sew the clasp to the felt and then sew the felt to the back of the rose.
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