Blooming buttons!

Make a bunch of beautiful flowers that will last a lifetime!

Time: 1 hour

Skill level: Beginner

Felt in your choice of colours (we used shades of green, yellow, pink and purple) 5 colour co-ordinating buttons Matching cotton thread Dark green florist wire (24 gauge) Hot glue gun

1 Start by drawing templates for your flowers and leaves on paper. Give your flowers five round petals.

2 Cut out your templates.

3 Take a piece of felt. Pin on your flower or leaf template and cut out two shapes.

4 Place the shapes together and, using colour coordinating thread, hand sew them together around the edges. You can simply use a running stitch or something more decorative such as a blanket stitch.

5 Repeat the above to make 5 flowers and 4 leaves. If desired stitch some vein detail on your leaves using backstitch.

6 Sew your buttons to the centre of your flowers.

7 Finally using a hot glue gun to stick a length of florist wire to the back of your flowers. Once dry, arrange your blooms in a long, thin vase.