Fabric Flower Belt - Inspired by Family

I love belts! I love that they can make jeans and a t-shirt into an outfit. I love that they give my postpartum body and little shape. I love that they can show a little personality. This month, I am making a fabric flower belt. I love the pop of color this gives to any outfit. Perhaps my favorite part was mixing and matching fabrics and trying to find the right combination – there are SO SO SO many possibilities. I made different types of flowers.

Flower #1:

I free-handed some flowers of different sizes. I cut out 2 4″ flowers, 2 3 1/2″ flowers, 4 3″ flowers and 4 2″ flowers. Then I stacked and turned the 4″ and the 3 1/2″ flowers:

Next, I folded the 3″ flowers in half and also stacked and staggered them:

The 2″ flowers were folded into fourths and stacked:

I quick hand stitched an X in the middle to hold everything together.

Then, I topped it with a fabric covered button:

I made another one with smaller flowers and topped this one with just a plain white button that I had in my stash.

Flower #2:

I cut a 2″ strip of fabric that was about 22″ long and folded it in half. I used hot glue to glue it shut:

Next, I cut slits from the folded side to almost the edge. The slits are about 1/2″ apart.

Starting at one end, I rolled it up. I dabbed some hot glue as I rolled to keep it together.

Then fluff:

For my belt, I used 2 of flower #1 and 2 of flower #3 and a third flower that I made using the same technique I did here. I laid them out on white felt in an arrangement that I liked. Then I glued them to the felt:

and trimmed the felt away so it wouldn’t show from the front:

Lastly, I cut two strips of the felt about 1″ wide and 2 1/2″ long and glued just the ends of them on:

I made the loops so the ribbon could slide through. This gives a little flexibility with the ribbon. I wasn’t sure if I would want the bow from the ribbon in the front of the back. Now it can be either. Also, you can switch your ribbon.