DIY: Lovely Fabric Flowers

I only had navy, khaki, and red fabric left, but I think any color or pattern would look cute!

A few holiday season's ago my Nana gave me a huge bag of fabric remnants for a project I was working on, and since I've yet to use them all, I'm always on the lookout for DIY's in which fabric is the star. After seeing a tutorial by Emily at Jones Design Co. (one of my fave blogs) on how to make fabric flowers, I knew they'd be the perfect way to use up those last few pieces I had. They were really simple to assemble, and by adding a pin to the back it made them extremely versatile. I tried them out on my necklaces and a scarf, but I think I'm going to add a few to some throw pillows and possibly a cardigan once fall comes around.

- materials - fabric, small piece of felt, hot glue gun, starch, iron, scissors, crafting flat back pins like these
{one} spray fabric with starch and iron

{two} cut out 16 petals - 8 large and 8 small (I free-handed these so mine were a little uneven, but Emily has a print out template here)
{three} starting at the bottom center of each petal, cut upward 1/2 inch to create slit
{four} put a dot of glue on one side of slit. fold opposite side on top, creating the petal
{five} cut a small circle out of the felt and glue the bottom edge of four large petals onto it, creating the first layer
{six} glue the next layer of four large petals on top, continued by 2 separate layers of four small petals
{seven} create the bud by cutting three small circles of fabric. fold each into fours and glue in the center
{eight} glue the pin in back and voila!

*update to answer email q's* the necklaces above are from J.Crew Spring '10 and the white scarf is Banana Republic from last winter. Hope that helps!