Keep in mind that if you use larger coffee filters, you can make bigger flowers. If you’re making white flowers, you can skip dying the coffee filters.
The filters should dry within 20 or 30 minutes, depending on your climate.
Once you’ve finished cutting the spiral, you’ll be able to stretch the ends of the filter to make a long skinny strip.
You should use the rounded end of the filter so it will become the middle of your flower. In order to make a simple stem for the flower, consider using green masking tape.
Leave space along the top of the masking tape so you’ll be able to wrap and seal the stem of the flower. You’ll now have a ruffled strip of filter across the length of the masking tape.
If you don’t want to use a straw, you can use a thin strip of wire or a plastic stem from old artificial flowers.
You can keep creating flowers with the other dyed filters you made.
If you’d like to make more than 1 flower, cut 10 squares for each flower you want to create. To save time, you can stack several layers of tissue when you cut the squares.
If you’d like to be precise, you can trace a circle before you begin cutting.
Once you’ve finished gathering the layers near the center, it will look like a small flower that’s starting to open.
You can keep the bottom layer of tissue paper flat so it’s easier to attach your flower to a bouquet or project.
If you’re using polyester fabric, consider working with satin, organza, acetate lining, lace, or a combination of these.
3 by 1 3⁄4 inches (7. 6 cm × 4. 4 cm) 3 1⁄2 by 2 inches (8. 9 cm × 5. 1 cm) 4 1⁄2 by 2 1⁄2 inches (11. 4 cm × 6. 4 cm) 5 1⁄4 by 3 inches (13. 3 cm × 7. 6 cm)
Pay attention to how close you have to put the fabric to the flame and move the fabric closer if it’s taking too long.
Remember to whip stitch the bottom again to secure the new petal.
You should continue to whip stitch the base of each petal so your flower doesn’t unravel.
You can now attach the flowers to stems for a bouquet or hot glue them onto bows or wreaths.
