Frayed Fabric Peony Flowers

I love fabric flowers and there are a ton of tutorials on the web to make all different kinds of cute variations.  To make this type, which I think looks most like a Peony, you basically just cut out a bunch of the same size circles and fold/bunch them up about 3 times and sew them in a circular pattern on to a circular piece of felt base until it’s nice and full.  I used  20-30 or so 1 1/8″ circles.  You can machine sew the outer layers but to do the middles of the flowers without centers, you’ll have to hand sew a few petals in.  You could hand-sew the whole flower pretty easily as well.  For variation, I add centers to come of the flowers using fabric covered buttons or fun buttons from button bin.  They’re a little time consuming to cut and sew but the more you make the faster you’ll get!