Pagan Pride Nottingham August 3rd 2014 Home-made Lammas Costume Part 2

Pagan Pride Nottingham August 3rd 2014

Home-made Lammas Costume

Part 2

To continue from my last Blog on making Poppies this Blog will show how I made Sunflowers.

How to Make a Sunflower.

Select your material. You need Brown material for the Base, Green material for the Stem and Orange and Yellow material for the Petals.

Base

Select Brown material and have the reverse facing you. Take a roll of tape and draw around it making a Circle. Cut out and tack a hem. To make a more secure hem you can go around it with blanket stitch.

            Rough cut       Tacked Hem       Secured Hem

Petals

Select Orange or Yellow Material. Cut into rectangles.

Reverse

Front

Next hem all four sides. Fold the material down the length with the front on the outside. Sew along the top edge. Next turn over the material and flatten out so it forms a point. Sew a few stitches in the middle to secure. Repeat with the bottom. 

You will now have a single Petal. Repeat this process until you have enough Petals to go around the Base. Remember to allow for overlapping. If you want a longer thinner Petal cut a longer piece thinner. If you want a stouter Petal you make cut a shorter wider piece of material. 

Stem

Select Green material and have the reverse facing you. Cut a long thin rectangle piece. Hem all around each side. Find the centre then fold the right side to the centre. Then fold the right side to the centre. Then sew up along the centre line.

Leaf

Select Green material and have the reverse facing you. Cut out a leaf shape then hem around. Repeat for the second leaf.

Making up the Sunflower

Now that you have all the pieces you need. Sew the leaves onto the stem. It doesn't matter if you sew them behind the stem or in front of the stem. You can overlap the leaves, have them adjacent or at different positions on the stem. If you are making a very tall flower you may wish to add extra leaves.

Overlap the Sunflower Petals slightly and sew around the circular base. You will get a triangle shape in between the Petals in the centre of the flower.

When you have finished sewing on the Petals to the Sunflower head you can then sew the head and stem together. You now have a finished Sunflower.

This process can be repeated with different coloured Petals and sizes.

Finally add the Sunflowers to your material. 

My next blog will be how to make wheat items.