sew a rose out of knit

 

   

I'm making a quilt with these little beauties on the blocks and thought I would share the process with you all since it's coming out so pretty (in my opinion).  I'm using some knit scrap I have from cutting up some long sleeve knit jerseys my husband wanted converted into short sleeved shirts.  He had worn and washed the shirts several times so the knit is so soft!  And since I'm having such a love affair with orange right now, the scraps are working perfect for me.  so let's get started.

For one rose, you will need:

• knit of your choice cut into a 27 X 3/4 inch strip (for the flower)
• knit of your choice for the leaf (at least a 2 X 3 inch piece probably)
• fabric to sew rose onto

Firstly, decide what you are going to sew the rose to (a shirt, napkin, tea towel, quilt blocks, whatever) and mark the position of the middle of the flower:

 

Next, take your knit strip and fold the very end over at an angle like so. 

   

There's no exact measurements to this, so you'll just have to use your imagination and free form it.  It's highly unlikely you will be able to make two roses exactly alike.

Start sewing along the outside of the knit and folding your knit over as you go. I sew until I come to the point and then fold the knit again.

 

 

 

 

 

just keep on folding, keep on folding

 

until you have no more knit strip to sew.  Now, tack the end down by tracing around the tail end with a stitch like so:

 

Next up, using a rotary cutter, cut some leaves out to the size and shape you desire.

 

and play with the placement until you like it

 

and then sew them down

 

tadaaaa! 

 

If it only smelled as pretty as it looks!

(not that it smells bad, but you know what I mean!)

   

let me know if you try this, I'd love to see a picture!

~Penny

edit- hmmm, I just realized the post name "knit rose tutorial" could be confusing so I renamed this post to help avoid any confusion that the post is about knitting a rose. 

Comments

[enikő]

Such a great tutorial. Thanks a lot for sharing.

[cata]

Absolutely beautiful way to make roses.
I love it! I have to try your technique.
Thank you indeed for sharing.
Regards from Tuscany
Cata

[Jenny Doh]

Hi Penny. Found this beautiful post of yours. And would love to feature and link to it on www.crescendoh.com. LMK if you're ok with that.
Thanks,
Jenny

[Ingrid]

Thanks for this tutorial. I'm practicing your roses. I put a photo in my blog.

[PJ]

This I´m going to try. I´m coming back to Your blogg. Like It! / PJ from Sweden.

[muralimanohar]

Oh, I love how they look! I am picky about fabric flowers, but these look great! :D Thanks for the tut!

[Beatriz]

Great idea. Tks for sharing.

[Sbetts]

Thanks for the idea. I wanted to try this out on a project. But then my friend was getting rid of a shirt she unfortunately (or fortunately) stained with nail polish. So I fixed it up with the roses and you would never know there was nail polish. I wish the shirt fit me:)

[Kim]

Thank you so much for this tutorial :) I used it on a bag I made and it worked wonderfully. I've linked back to you on my blog: http://eggbirddesigns.blogspot.com/2011/02/brand-new-bag.html

Much love,
Kim x

[Green Baby Designs]

Thanks for sharing! I posted a picture and a link back to your tutorial on my blog today. My imagination is going crazy with all the things I want to embellish with these! ;o)

[Jennie]

When i get a moment i shall give this ago as its a wonderful affect and thanks for sharing....will show a picture once ive tried.

[Fabric Fascination]

These are great!

[Happycolors Scrap-mixedmedia Etc]

Thanks for sharing, it seems so easy !