Kanzashi Flowers...

Happy Thursday to you! I've had to wait a week to try this and I've been so antsy! A couple of months ago I saw, on a blog somewhere of course this really neat looking flower. I was instantly smitten. I discovered there was a somewhat newly published book called Kanzashi in Bloom by Diane Gilleland. I tried to find it in the library, but none of them had it. A week or so ago, I found it, in stock, at Barnes and Noble. (I know I could have ordered it online, but I was too impatient to wait for it to show up...plus, I like to try to look through a book first before I order it, just in case). I snatched it up. I was all set to try it out last week, but then Jessica got sick and wanted me right by her while she rested. Today I finally got a chance to play and look what I made! I am so tickled!

I found some links online by Googling Kanzashi flowers, which led me to a few tutorials. I found one this morning and since it's on the web, I think it's okay to post it here. This is from the book. I like the book because there are some pretty neat projects in there to inspire you, so I really think it is worth it (if you like this flower) to pick up a copy for yourself. The first flower is made with 3 inch fabric squares, the size recommended to start with. The next flower is made with  2 1/4 inch squares and the smallest flower is roughly an inch or 1 1/4 square (I trimmed it before folding and didn't measure again. You can pick up Fat Quarter fabrics at Joann's for a decent price and you can definitely create several flowers from one piece. I want to buy lots of fabric now. LOL

Here's another link for you that I found that has a video if you are interested. I can see making these to add to cards (when I get back to card making). It's not hard and it's definitely fun.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a great day. Now, I must get back to knitting Jessica's project.