Mini Bowdabra Felt Flower Tutorial

March 26, 2012
By Bowdabra Design Team

I am so excited to share this tutorial with you!  Felt flowers designed for hair clips are a hot trend.  However, when creating felt flowers you usually have to sew the felt pieces together.  This tutorial explains how to create a felt bow without any sewing.   Instead, you use the Mini Bowdabra to create creases and keep the felt pieces together.   The result is a gorgeous felt flower that can be worn either on a hair clip or a headband.

Materials Needed:

 

Instructions:

1. Begin by cutting out petal pieces.  Each pattern has two petals with a center.  The center should be large enough to create a crease in the middle.  Cut 3 pieces of felt from the large petals, 4 pieces of felt from the medium petals, and 4 pieces of felt from the small petals.

Mini Bowdabra Felt Flower Tutorial

 

 

2. Next, place the Hair Bow Tool & Ruler onto the Mini Bowdabra.  Cut 18″ of Bowdabra Bow Wire and fold it in half and place it into the Mini Bowdabra.

Mini Bowdabra Felt Flower Tutorial

 

3. Pinch the large petals in the center to create a crease.

Mini Bowdabra Felt Flower Tutorial

 

4. Place the large felt pieces into the Mini Bowdabra.

Mini Bowdabra Felt Flower Tutorial

 

5. Place the 4 of the medium size felt pieces into the Mini Bowdabra.  Remember to crease the center before placing them down.

Mini Bowdabra Felt Flower Tutorial

 

6. Next, add the 4 small pieces.

Mini Bowdabra Felt Flower Tutorial

 

 

7. Scrunch down with the Mini Bowdabra Wand.

Mini Bowdabra Felt Flower Tutorial

 

 

8. While the bow is still in the Mini Bowdabra, thread the two loose ends of the Mini Bowdabra Bow Wire through the loop at the other end.

Mini Bowdabra Felt Flower Tutorial

 

 

9. Pull the Bowdabra Bow Wire tightly while the bow is still in the Mini Bowdabra.

Mini Bowdabra Felt Flower Tutorial

 

 

10. Gently pull the bow out of the Mini Bowdabra. Separate the two loose ends of the Bowdabra Bow Wire and bring them around to the back of the bow and knot.

Mini Bowdabra Felt Flower Tutorial

 

 

11. Use the Bowdabra Bow Wire to tie the felt flower to a headband.  Tie the flower along the side.  Trim away excess wire.

Mini Bowdabra Felt Flower Tutorial

 

 

12. Optional: Add a small bow to the center of the felt flower.  Place the Hair Bow Tool & Ruler onto the Mini Bowdabra (metric side).  Cut 18″ of Bowdabra Bow Wire and fold it in half.  Place the wire into the Mini Bowdabra.  Cut 3/8″ satin ribbon 30cms long.  Fold the ribbon in half.  At the crease mark place it into the Mini Bowdabra.  Fold the ribbon loops at the 2cm mark.  Create 4 loops and leave the tails facing down.

Mini Bowdabra Felt Flower Tutorial

 

 

13. Finish the bow, trim away excess wire, and hot glue a knotted finishing ribbon around the bow to hide the wire.

Mini Bowdabra Felt Flower Tutorial

 

 

14.  Hot glue the bow to the center of the felt flower.  Attach rhinestones to the small petals.  Either hot glue the rhinestones in place or use a rhinestone setter.

Mini Bowdabra Felt Flower Tutorial

 

 

15. The felt bow headband is ready to be worn.

Mini Bowdabra Felt Flower Tutorial by Bowdabra Designer Sarah Forhan

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For more about the designer of this tutorial click here…..

Visit our Bowdabra Friend and Featured Blogger Amanda of The Little Giggler . Amanda is celebrating the many uses of ribbon with a Dollar Store Bow Holder.

Dollar Store Bow Holder by Amanda of The Little Giggler

 

Join us for Bowdabra’s National Craft Month celebration for lots of great ways to enter in our month long giveaway. Contest begins March 1, 2012 and ends March 31, 2012 at midnight eastern time. Winners to be announce April 2, 2012 at http://bowdabrablog.com

Prize Packages:

  • Grand Prize – Ribbon totaling in value of $150.00
  • 2nd Prize – Bowdabra, Mini Bowdabra, and Hair Bow Tool & Ruler Suggested Retail: $41.54
  • 3rd Prize – Mini Bowdabra and Hair Bow Tool & Ruler Suggested Retail: $24.11

Contest is closed please visit our winner’s page.

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23 Responses to Mini Bowdabra Felt Flower Tutorial

  1. Tabitha on March 26, 2012 at 6:01 am

    Pinned…http://pinterest.com/pin/121386152426541983/

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  2. Tabitha on March 26, 2012 at 6:02 am

    What a great extra use for the bowdabra. Love it.

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  3. Tabitha on March 26, 2012 at 6:02 am

    I signed up for daily email updates

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    • Bowdabra Design Team - Susie on March 27, 2012 at 2:52 pm

      Thanks for all your entries, Tabitha! This truly is something extra and our design team member, Sarah did a super job on it.

      Good luck!

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  5. Holly Lawson on March 26, 2012 at 10:17 am

    I pinned this on Pinterest – Holly Lawson
    hollymsc123@aol.com

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  6. Holly Lawson on March 26, 2012 at 10:18 am

    I love the idea of felt flowers! These are so neat and look easy to do.
    hollymsc123@aol.com

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  7. Holly Lawson on March 26, 2012 at 10:19 am

    I tweeted @hollydlteacher

    hollymsc123@aol.com

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  8. Holly Lawson on March 26, 2012 at 10:19 am

    email subscriber already :)
    hollymsc123@aol.com

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    • Bowdabra Design Team - Susie on March 27, 2012 at 2:53 pm

      Thanks, Holly! We are so happy you like them. Good luck with all your giveaway entries.

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  9. katie on March 27, 2012 at 1:22 am

    Love this idea… I never thought to make felted flowers using the Bowdabra!

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    • Bowdabra Design Team - Susie on March 27, 2012 at 2:53 pm

      Katie we are so happy you love it and learned something new!

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  10. Amber Turnell on March 28, 2012 at 2:36 am

    1. Pinned @ AmberTurnell
    2. I cannot WAIT to try this out! Been looking for something different to pin onto my daughter’s headbands!
    3. Tweeted @ AmberMTurnell
    4. Get & Love the emails!
    5. Visited The Little Giggler and completed those entries.

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    • Bowdabra Design Team - Susie on March 30, 2012 at 2:58 am

      Thanks for all your entries! Good luck.

      Reply
  11. LaTanya on March 29, 2012 at 1:48 am

    http://pinterest.com/pin/232639136971466623/

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  12. LaTanya on March 29, 2012 at 1:49 am

    I love this tutorial because it is a no-sew tutorial and the results are fantastic.

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    • Bowdabra Design Team - Susie on March 30, 2012 at 2:59 am

      Thank you, LaTanya! We are so happy you enjoyed it.

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  13. LaTanya on March 29, 2012 at 1:49 am

    email subscriber

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    • Bowdabra Design Team - Susie on March 30, 2012 at 2:59 am

      Thank you for all your entries, LaTanya and spreading the news on Twitter.

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  15. gail on March 29, 2012 at 5:05 am

    thanks for this great tutorial!

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    • Bowdabra Design Team - Susie on March 30, 2012 at 3:00 am

      Thanks Gail!

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  16. Elizabeth Strickland on March 31, 2012 at 10:09 am

    This is so adorable!

    tweeted @lizziesbowtique
    pinned @lizziesbowtique
    Already receiving email blog updates!

    heading over to the little giggler! i am recovering from surgery so i am catching up on my entries!

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