Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Flower Power Tuesday!

Crepe and Seam Flower Medallions!

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Today on Flower Power Tuesday we are going to create Crepe Paper and Seam Binding Flower Medallions! These flowers can enhance your scrapbook layouts, assemblage projects, banners, party hats, party cones/tussie mussie's or turn into flower pins to wear.

Materials:

-Crepe paper party streamers (color of choice)

-Seam binding (color of choice)

-Quilting thread

-Quilting need

-Jewels, pearls or beads

Step One: Paper pleat your crepe paper strips, then stitch through one end of the crepe paper using a needle and thread, recommended stitch: Running Stitch, or use a sewing machine.Crepe and Seam Flower Medallions!

Step Two: Attach the seam binding, using needle and thread with a running stitchCrepe and Seam Flower Medallions! 2Crepe and Seam Flower Medallions! 3

Step Three: After you are satisfied with the length of crepe and seam binding, cut and begin to arch to form a circle, pulling the threading as you go Crepe and Seam Flower Medallions! 4Crepe and Seam Flower Medallions! 5

Step Four: Hold the two ends of in place and stitch closed Crepe and Seam Flower Medallions! 6Crepe and Seam Flower Medallions! 6

Step Five: Begin playing with jewels, rhinestones, pearls, beads Crepe and Seam Flower Medallions! 8Crepe and Seam Flower Medallions! 9Crepe and Seam Flower Medallions! 10Crepe and Seam Flower Medallions! 11

Tips:

-Layer 2 crepe paper medallions together for a thicker piece.

-Add an old clip earring to the medallion center

-Add an image to the medallion or an image head, seal with a clear page pebble.

-Instead of a flower use the stitched crepe and seam binding strip as trim for a page or for a doll skirt.

The possibilities are endless, here is an example of a scrapbook page layout I created using crepe paper medallions that I made using crepe paper, my doll parts and my scrapbook paper.

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2 comments:

SONIA AUDELO said...

Thank you Lisa for this lovely tutorial. I have always wanted to know how to make these :)

Lisa Kettell said...

Thanks so much Sonia, I hope you make magic from it!
xoxo
Lisa!