New Leaf  Handmade Goods

What You Need:

• a simple piece of clothing
• flower template (click here to print)
• a bit of felt
• embroidery thread
• a button
• scissors
• needle

Print and cut out flower template.  Pin to the felt of your choice and cut it out.

Pin the cut-out felt flower to the part of the clothing you want to embellish.  Thread your needle with your chosen colour of embroidery thread. 
Working from left to right, bring the needle up through the clothing and the felt and pull it through until you have a little loop.  

Bring the needle up through the loop and pull it tight.

Bring the needle up and through the clohting and the felt again and repeat the process!  Make sure the bottom of the stitches come right up against the appliqué.  

Take a button and sew it into the centre of your flower using the same embroidery thread as before.  And that is it!  Check out the Before and After photos below to see how this simple process really livens up a piece of clothing!