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How to… make Fabric Pom Pom Flowers (Guest Post)

May 28, 2010

How wonderful! Anji over at the Pom Pom Emporioum has made this WONDERFUL pom pom tutorial for us  (we have a great list of How to make a pom pom technique here for you too and many more Pom Pom Crafts & Ideas)! And now to Anji:

Hi my name is Anjie, over from PomPom Emporium)  doing a guest blog exchange with Maggy.

Fabric flowers – Alliums from pom poms

Last week I wanted to make some pom poms from fabric, in particular try out some purple organza I had. I have noticed fabric pom poms seem to be a popular decoration at weddings at the moment, I get a lot of hits on my website from search engines looking for fabric pom poms for this purpose.

To start with I tore the organza into long strips (the width of the fabric) of about 1.5cm wide, tearing makes the fabric nice and ‘hairy’. From the strips I made my pom pom in the traditional way, winding the fabric round and around two cardboard discs.

The finished pom pom looked like an Allium flower, it just needed a stem.

Wooden skewers from my kitchen fitted the bill, just the right size, a quick coat of green acrylic paint and I had a stem.  I  was very pleased with the result so I made two more. White pom poms given the same treatment might look like dandelion seed heads.

 

Aren’t they simply GORGEOUS? I love the so simple idea of painting the stems by holding them in place with blue tack. I tried these with “normal” fabric and it doesn’t work, as it is too thick! So it really has to be organza – especially for that whispy look. Not having any organza and wanting to give everything a  go, that I post,  I did it with some tissue paper: Not as amazing, but still pretty. Thank you Anji for your FABULOUS post! Please DO pop over to Anjie’s as a “thank you” and explore the other wonderful things she makes!

7 Pom Pom Making Techniques (check out the giant pom pom!!!)

Your Guide To Pom Pom Making - clever ideas for making pom poms (2)

25 Gorgeous Pom Pom Crafts and Ideas:

25 Wonderful Pom Pom Crafts and Project Ideas

Enjoy your pom pom making!!!

 

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  1. Andy Porter says

    May 30, 2010 at 5:34 am

    How cute! What a great idea! I’ll definitely have to give it a try! Thanks for linking to Poppies at Play! Have a wonderful summer!
    XOXO,
    Andy

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      May 30, 2010 at 6:39 am

      It is lovely, isn’t it? Anjie is very clever!!!! Love linking up!! Thank your for “hosting”!! x

      Reply
  2. Liz@HoosierHomemade says

    June 1, 2010 at 12:35 pm

    Love using the organza! So pretty!
    Thanks for sharing!
    ~Liz

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  3. alessandra says

    June 1, 2010 at 12:54 pm

    Wow, how cute!

    Reply
  4. Olivia says

    June 1, 2010 at 6:56 pm

    Very cute idea!

    Reply
  5. Mayya @ Sew Chic and Unique says

    June 2, 2010 at 8:21 am

    Love those pom pom fllower thanks for the how to
    Your turned out so pretty!

    Reply
  6. Stacy@RedDoorHome says

    June 2, 2010 at 10:02 am

    What a great idea and so simple. Love it.

    Reply
  7. Nikki says

    June 2, 2010 at 1:44 pm

    Awww, thats really cute! How sweet would a big vase of those be in a little girls room?!?!?!? 🙂
    Thanks for linking up to gettin’ crafty on hump day! 🙂

    Reply
  8. Jennifer says

    June 3, 2010 at 3:44 pm

    Love these with the organza! So pretty!!!

    Reply
  9. angie says

    June 3, 2010 at 6:40 pm

    what a cool craft and so pretty there are so many different colors you could use there would be a rainbow of flowers

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      June 3, 2010 at 6:43 pm

      I love the idea of a Rainbow of flowers!! We are currently all into rainbows (rainbow cookies next week! Yum!)

      Reply
  10. Sherry says

    June 3, 2010 at 10:01 pm

    That is too cute! It looks like something I might could make and I’m not crafty. LOL!

    Reply
  11. Teena says

    June 3, 2010 at 11:17 pm

    cool! Happy Transformation Thursday <3

    Reply
  12. Amy@NewNostalgia says

    June 5, 2010 at 2:31 am

    very pretty, wold love these as a package topper flower. thanks for sharing at “AP Tuesdays!”

    Reply
  13. Summer says

    June 5, 2010 at 3:23 pm

    Thanks for linking up! I featured your idea on my blog today! Come grab a featured button!

    http://sumossweetstuff.blogspot.com/2010/06/saturday-showcase.html

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      June 5, 2010 at 3:34 pm

      oooh, lovely! Thank you so much! Heading your way now! 🙂

      Reply
  14. Amy@NewNostalgia says

    June 5, 2010 at 8:13 pm

    just wanted to let you know i featured this post today. thanks again for linking up to “AP Tuesdays!”

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      June 6, 2010 at 9:48 am

      How fabulous! Thank you! Have added your featured badge!

      Reply
  15. J. Hill says

    June 7, 2010 at 11:48 pm

    Thanks for linking up to the Mad Skills party!

    Reply
  16. Laura Ingalls Gunn says

    June 10, 2010 at 2:00 am

    Now this is fabulous~ Well done!

    Reply
  17. Kim says

    October 11, 2010 at 4:31 am

    Awesome! And thanks for the reminder! I used to make yarn pom poms this same way with the CDs but never thought of the fabric – uber cool! I like your blog and I’m now following you too! I’ll be back soon to see your next clever idea!

    Reply
  18. Sabina@Slipstitches and More says

    April 19, 2011 at 12:08 am

    Very pretty, it immediately caught my eye…and so simple to make too.
    I’m a new follower from the Mad Skills blog hop. I’m still looking around (so many crafty things to see here :))

    Reply
  19. mummiafelice says

    April 21, 2011 at 2:10 pm

    wow, I love them!! so pretty!!

    Reply
  20. Liz Burton says

    April 21, 2011 at 8:32 pm

    I made some of these a while back when I first saw this tutorial on your blog.

    I can confirm they are super-easy and highly effective – although I wound too much fabric and mide where a bit too ‘thick’!!

    Reply
  21. Red Ted Art says

    April 21, 2011 at 8:34 pm

    Ooh Liz, that is lovely of you to come back and let us know 🙂 I now have some lovely Organza that a kind friend sent me.. so I can finally make some!!!!! xx

    Reply
  22. nicolette @ momnivores dilemma says

    April 27, 2011 at 8:31 pm

    Strung together, these would make a lovely garland!

    Thanks for linking to Creative Juice Thursday…Hope to see more of your ideas this week!

    Reply

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