Making these beautiful flowers is both fun and easy. There are so many possibilities, colors and sizes. I made one to decorate a gift but I am planning on making several more, stinging them together to use to decorate a tween's bedroom that I'm working on right now.
I bought rolls of crepe paper at www.papermart.com . The selection was great and the price even better. I've purchased crepe paper before and paid a lot more then I did here.
Cut out circles. These don't have to be perfect! Fold your paper a few times. You should be able to cut 6-8 circles out at a time. And again, these DON'T have to be PERFECT!
I cut the yellow center circles a bit smaller. And leaves out of the green.
Pinch it in the center.
I secured it with a simple needle and thread. The first time I pulled the thread and the knot on the end clear through. So when trying again, I stopped before the end, and tied a loop knot around the flower. (Just like when you tie your shoes in a double knot)
I sewed three peach circles, then three yellow circles and finished with two peach circles.
When your finished pull the string tight, making the circles move together closely. And tie a knot around the last flower, just like you did with the first.
On the same color circle, squeeze a large amount of hot glue on the circle.
Quickly press the gathered circle onto the hot glue, and hold it in place for a few seconds.
Apply more hot glue if needed to secure the flower.
Add the leaves, two or three. If there seems to be a gap, just gather up and another circle and add some glue and place it in the gap.