I’ve been looking for more easy things to make with the Cricut and decided a straightforward project would be a felt flower crown in Rapunzel / Tangled inspired colors for my friend K (or her niece, if K wants to share).
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Wanted to use a number of different flower templates / shapes.
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The Cricut library had these Ollie’s flower templates:
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To be honest don’t know enough about flower varieties to say what these are supposed to mimic.
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Cut 3 or 4 of each design.
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All of the templates have a circle base but they rarely matched the size of the base once rolled. Maybe I wasn’t rolling them tightly enough.
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Tried Aleene’s Fabric Fusion. It promised permanent adhesive and no stringiness. It def did not create glue strands but it also didn’t adhere to the felt. Switched to Beacon Fabric- Tac.
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The Fabric-Tac left a bit of residue but it worked so much better.
Wasn’t too sure about the plain spirals but ended up really liking them.
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Used 2 leaf shape templates.
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Cut them out in a variety of sizes.
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The Cricut mat holds on to a lot of felt debris…
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Tried to figure out an arrangement.
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Cut a 12” by 12” piece of fabric and folded one side so it was about 4”. Placed the flowers on top and decided it would look better on a felt strip.
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Folded the top and bottom so they met in the middle. Folded again and top stitched.
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Glued the leaves on top.
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Glued flowers on top of the leavers.
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Threaded a pink ribbon through the felt base. Not sure if the ribbon should be sewn to the base. Will revisit this decision later.
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It turned out pretty. Prob a bit too thick/ big for a young child but it works on an adult head.
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Zo thought it was pretty.
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In conclusion, this turned out really cute. But instead of 6” to 9” flowers, would make them 4.5” to 7” so they are a bit smaller, lighter, more manageable for a child sized head.