SUPPLIES:

• wool felt (colors: pink and fern)
• good scissors
• hot glue gun – that does “low heat”
• 18 gauge floral wire
• wire cutters

Below is a chart of all the felt petals you will need to cut. Start by cutting out square/rectangles that get slightly larger as you go, then cut each one into a tear drop shape. We now have a free printable flower pattern available at the end of the post!

• 3 – 12″ x 1″ rectangles
• 21 tear drop petals
• 1 circle center
• 1 circle leaf petal

UPDATE: May 21st, 2018: You no longer have to cut all these petals and leaves by hand! We have the Cricut .SVG cut file for this flower available in our shop for only $1.99! Cutting these shapes with the Cricut is a HUGE time saver!

Start by creating the center of the cabbage rose. Cut a slit in the middle of your center petal, slip onto the floral wire, add hot glue and press all edges inward to create the gently folded center.

Now onto the ruffled center. Fold the long rectangles accordion style and glue all the edges together on one side. Do this for all three pieces.

Now, glue all three accordion style pieces together to form a circle with a hole in the middle. Give the circle a good squeeze to smoosh all the petals together.

Glue your flower center stem right in the middle of the accordion circle petals.

Now onto the outer petals. Working evenly around the flower, hot glue each felt petal onto the flower center. Did you happen to read our tutorial on how to make a peony? Remember the “pinch” technique? The last 6 petals here should all be slightly pinched while gluing to add movement and dimension.

To finish your flower, cut a slit in the center of your leaf petal and glue onto the base.

The cabbage rose is currently my favorite flower… and I just love how this felt version turned out! It looks so complicated but it really isn’t ;)