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In this video I'm going to show you how to make some shabby chic flowers out of those
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old jeans that you've got lying around. Why waste them? Why not make some cute flowers
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You can see here you can make them with as many layers as you like. You can attach a button, you can even use other fabrics
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Lots of different ways to use them. How about sewing them onto clothes, making some hair bands
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The world's your oyster. So I'm Christine of Christine's Crafts and this channel is dedicated to crafting on a budget
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So what are you going to need? Well the first thing you're going to need is this template. Don't worry, there's a link below the video where you can go to my website and download
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it for free. No strings attached. So once you've got your template you're just going to need a button for the centre of your
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flower or as many buttons as you need for your flowers. And you're going to need some fabric
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So as I say I recommend some old jeans. You can see I've got the leg off one here
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Use the rest of the jeans for a different project. And that's all you need
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So you've got the option of sewing or gluing and I'm going to show you both in this video
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So the first thing you need to do is cut out a template. You can cut out all three, you can just cut out one
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But you're going to need at least one to be able to cut out your petals
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You then need to take your denim, place your template on the back of your denim and draw
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around it. Now I'm using a sharpie so that you can see it really clearly
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But you can use anything you like. You just need a pencil or a biro or even an air erasable pen
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Just something that's going to mark it for you to cut out. In fact you're better with something that doesn't show up too much because then it won't
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be there on your flower at the end of the day. So once you've drawn around it you're just going to repeat for as many sets of petals
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as you like. I do recommend at least three to make a nice flower
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But I've made some with five or seven and you get a really full flower then
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So you experiment and add as many as you like. So assuming you just want the three, once you've got them all done simply cut them out
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Now if you've marked with a strong pen you're going to want to make sure you get rid of that pen probably so it's not obvious on the edge of your petals
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But other than that don't worry too much about your accuracy. Nobody's going to be looking, nobody's going to know if one's slightly different to another
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So get them all cut out and then we can start attaching them
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So the next thing I'm going to show you on here is how to sew them and then glue them
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So you've got the two different options. So you take one, place it on top of another and you're just going to turn them so that
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they're not lined up perfectly so they look more natural and more like a flower
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Now obviously you keep layering up until you've used them all and then your button's going
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on the middle. So if you're sewing the thing we need to think about now is getting our needle and
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thread and attaching the button and the three layers. I recommend just pinning through because sometimes they can move a bit when you're trying to sew
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So just put a little pin through one side and get your needle and thread
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Now I've used a double thread and I've put a knot on the end
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And simply place that through from the front and make a little stitch
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And then you're going to come up through one of the holes on your button and go back
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down diagonally opposite. And then back down through the petals
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And you're just going to secure that button and secure all the petals at the same time
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So once you're down you're just going to come back up through all three layers and the button
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Through the first hole and back down the second hole. And repeat that for as many as you feel you want to make sure it's secure
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I don't know, three or four times maybe. Just so that you're happy it's secure
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Once you are happy you need to come up one of the other holes and then go back down the
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one diagonally opposite that. So you're forming a cross on top of your button
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It just makes a nice centrepiece. Once you're happy it's all secure you just need to finish off your thread on the back
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of your flower. So you can take your pin out now it's all secure
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And you just take a little stitch and then put the needle through the loop that forms
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and that will make a nice little knot. And it's up to you how many times you do this but it's sometimes a good idea to do two or
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three just to make sure it's secure and it's not going to come undone
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Now if you're going to sew your flower onto something you could leave your thread attached
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and then just use it to sew onto whatever you're sewing to
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But if you're going to use it later simply cut off your thread and you've got a nice
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completed flower. And there you go, mass produce them, make as many as you need
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Now if you really don't like sewing or you know you're not going to use your flower on
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something that's going to get washed, because be careful if you're going to wash it glue can be a problem, but if you're just going to stick it on to decorate the front of a
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notepad for example and you want to glue it you just want some general multi-purpose
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glue and add a little bit to the centre of all of your petals bar one
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The top one I wouldn't add any glue to, I'd just add some to the others, so in my case
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just two lots of petals. And then you're going to position the petals just like you would do if you were going to
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sew it, but this time you're going to take one of the glued ones and place it on top
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of the other glued one, and then you're going to take the top one and place that on top
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And that's because when it comes to the top layer and adding your button I recommend that
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you put the glue on the back of the button so that you don't get too much glue and you
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don't get it showing round the edge of the button. If you try and apply it to the petals sometimes you might not get it in quite the right place
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or you might apply a little too much. If you're applying it to the button you're likely to get your quantities right
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And then simply press the button onto the centre, make sure they're all secure and leave
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them to dry before you try and use them. And that's it, you've made your denim flowers
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Now if you're still looking for other ways to make some fabric flowers how about checking
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out these silk flowers, they're also really quick and easy to make and great for many projects
