~ "Hitch your wagon to a star"

silk roses, a little tutorial:

 

to make these fabric roses, you will need an assortment of fabric in three different shapes...

fold the rectangle in half first, right side out, & stitch along the open edge, pulling it into a ruffled centre



don't tie off the end, just simply fold one of the smaller squares into a triangle, stich along the open edge & form the first petal, always with the right side of the fabric where you can see it! then continue to mix & match fabric types, & smaller & larger squares, until your flower is as full as blooming as you'd adore it to be!

 

or you can just stop st the first rectangle & make such sweet little blooms...

 

i added a leaf

 

by folding fabric scraps of silk & lace into diamond shapes & gathering one end a smidgen

 

today i'd like to fill a rowboat with my dreams, & scatter those dreams into the glistening harbour, so they can float.. .out to sea & up to heaven,

ever to abide! 

 

lots of beautiful horizons to you!!! <3

 

& her billowing loveliness!!! {Jennifer Collier}