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Good morning! I have another felt flower tutorial for you today! Below I have for you all the materials listed along with the step-by-step video tutorial! This daffodil is one I’m definitely most excited to share – you can use some of the petal variations on other flowers as well to show wear and tear and just irregularities that you find with flowers. You can check out my last felt flower post here – and subscribe to my YouTube channel to be the first to know when a new video is posted! Life definitely hit me hard this past month as we battled everyone getting sick at one time or another — spring, please stick around and leave the sickness at bay!
I think the less perfect they are, the better they look.
This felt flower daffodil using 2, 1.5″ strips of felt cut from a 9×12 sheet, thick floral wire for the stem and 2, .75″ strips of green felt for the leaves along with thin floral wire. I have all the supplies linked for you down below.
So let’s hop to it!
FELT FLOWER SUPPLIES
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Thanks for checking out today’s tutorial! Like I mentioned in my last flower post, be sure to let me know what flowers you’d like to have me tackle next! Dahlias have been requested a few times in the last week, so those have been climbing on my to-do list! It’s a fun challenge, so throw the flower types at me!
I hope your spring is off to a great start! Besides the coyote that won’t leave our yard…UGH….we are loving the warm weather around here!
xo
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It’s day 12, and we are talking about leather and wood.
I remember the first time I put my ScanNCut Machine to the “can it cut it?” test with wood veneer and leather.
I was skeptical.
And then I cut a detailed silhouette from wood veneer less than 2 inches big, and I was forever a believer.
And then I etched and cut leather like butter, and I was dreaming about all the projects and things I could create using leather and veneer!
Right now, I’m working on some labels for our Christmas stockings, but I’m not 100% loving them or sold…..so they are still a work in progress!
You can see how I etch and cut leather here:
And my tips for cutting wood veneer here:
day one // day two // day three // day four // day five // day six // day seven // day eight // day nine // day ten // day eleven
What would you create cutting wood veneer or leather?
Tomorrow I announce the winner! :)
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Oh man. Today’s 12 Days of ScanNCut day miiiiight just be my favorite! I probably could have said that almost every day so far, but I tried to really filter that statement! Haha, and since we are day 11 and this one is my favorite and only has one more day to compete with, it might take the cake!
I remember when I first heard that I could cut vinyl with my ScanNCut. Vinyl? Why would I want to cut vinyl? I had no clue about adhesive vinyl, both temporary and permanent. I had no idea I could create fake wallpaper (working on Jonesy’s room right now!), create beautiful labels or add decorations to, well, just about anything. ;)
My sister and I often joke (she is a fellow ScanNCut owner and fan) that if you’re getting frustrated cutting something else, just whip out some adhesive vinyl or heat applied vinyl — they always cut so beautifully! You can get incredible detail too.
Back in Pittsburgh, we had round spice jars with lids that slid on instead of twisting. I knew as we were packing up to move that there was no way we could bring them with — well, we could have, but it was a good time to let them go. ;) My mom found these great square glass containers, so when we moved into our home here, I ordered a bunch of them. I’m definitely still building my spice collection, since purging in Pittsburgh and keeping it pretty trim in our apartment.
But before we end up with Cumin in our waffles instead of Cinnamon…. I needed to get these babies labeled!
I made my mom labels for her spice jars over the last few months. We had a few spelling errors and forgotten spices that we needed to make later. I still owe her a few, but that’s what is so awesome: it’s so easy to keep updating and creating with the ScanNCut and ScanNCut2.
And who doesn’t love pretty labels! I know one of my goals for 2016 is to only keep things that have a home. If something just keeps getting shifted around because it doesn’t have a specific place to call home, it’s probably going to go! Labeling and creating spaces that are beautiful and tidy really motivate me to continue organizing my entire home! Well, and my organizing genius of a mom. :)
When cutting vinyl, you want to only cut through the vinyl sheet, not the backing. I typically have my blade at a depth of 1-2 with a pressure of 0. Be sure to run a test before cutting out all of your labels!
I also whipped up labels for our trash and recycling bins!
And an address label for our front door! See? I told you …..EVERYTHING! haha.
And then of course the spice labels…
….and the real-life behind the scenes of nabbing photos of them!
My little helpers! Harlow helped me transfer all the labels to the jars — I love involving her in projects. I will be finishing these labels and posting a download of the cut file soon. Let me know if there are specific spices that you’d like me to include!
You can see the travel toiletry labels I made here!
And cleaning labels here. :)
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So tell me: what would you create with vinyl?
Happy Friday! And tomorrow is our last day of the 12 Days of ScanNCut2! Get your entries in — I’ll be drawing the winner on the morning of 12/13!
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Over three years ago, when I received a prototype , I never thought cutting something this intricate from fabric would ever be possible. I had no idea that three years later, I would be cutting leather and wood veneer — and intricate snowflakes from fabric!
Part of the equation was simply learning how to push the and perfecting our settings. Another part of the equation are 3rd party products that have radically impacted the detail we are able to achieve!
The above snowflake pattern was designed by my friend Jeanie Sumrall-Ajero. She is one of those oh-I-develop-software-and-I-also-am-an-amazing-quilter-and-basically-am-amazing-at-everything people–and she has a heart of gold. I remember during my very first year at the Houston International Quilt Market when I met Jeanie! She was beyond excited about what the could do, but I’ll be honest: I didn’t think it could hold up to her dreams! I was trying to be conservative about the blades and fabric fibers, but little did I know we had just scratched the surface of what this little machine can do! Over the past three years, I have had more fun playing the “can it cut this?” game and learned so much! Thank you for following along and letting me play.
Jeanie and her husband have created a program called Kaleidoscope Kreator. It is a program that allows you to make a kaleidoscope from any image! You can get a free trial if you want to test the waters. She has written a blog post about how to use Kaleidoscope Kreator to make intricate designs for the ScanNCut or ScanNCut2. You can cut these from paper or fabric or whatever else you fancy. She also has a free design of the month that you can download from ScanNCut.com. (I adore December’s design! I cannot wait to create something with it!)
So we’ve got the software piece, and we’ve learned how to make the ScanNCut and work the way we dream about. The last piece of the puzzle is worthy of its name: . I also met the crew at Quilt Market and truly this product is magic. In a nutshell, it turns fabric into more of a paper consistency. It holds the fibers together, removes the stretch (I cut jersey fabric on my now! More on that soon.), and the best part is that it just washes right out when you are done. I know that I’ve only scratched the surface with what is possible with this product! You can read more about this product here.
Amazing, right?
Now do you need software or Terial Magic to cut fabric? Nope! You don’t even need any type of fusible appliqué or anything like that.
You can read about quilting curves with the ScanNCut here or watch the 90 second tutorial:
I need to make some new videos with the things I’ve learned since I made these, but here are a few that will also help to get you started!
Whoa – my hair was so long! Crazy. If you have specific questions you’d like me to answer in my next fabric cutting videos, just let me know! I’m hoping to film them at the start of the new year. In the meantime, let’s get to today’s question for the giveaway! If you are joining us for the first time today, you can enter to win your very own !
Today’s Comment Entry:
What would be your first fabric project with the ScanNCut2?
or
What new skill would the ScanNCut2 allow you to explore for the first time?
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