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So let's look at how to turn that stash of buttons into lots of pretty flowers
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You can make it completely with buttons or you can use felt or paper to back it
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So we'll start with the ones that have felt or paper. If you need a template, there's a link in the description below
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And if you need any other supplies, there are some Amazon links in the description below
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So once you've got a template, which you can use any template you like for your flower
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you're going to need a button and some felt or some paper to form your petals
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So in this case, I'm going to use felt and all you're going to do is draw around your template
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You don't need to use a big black marker pen. I'm just doing it so it shows up nice and clearly for you
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And then you're going to cut that out. Now, if you want a bit more of detail to your flowers or make them a bit more substantial
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especially if you're making them in petals out of paper, you could use two or three layers
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So you could cut several of these out for each flower, perhaps in different colours
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I'm sticking to one because I've got quite thick felt and I just like the way they appear
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I like the simple flower, but it's entirely up to you. All my projects are about you getting creative and doing what you want with them
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So you keep going and cut it out or as many as you want
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Now, if you have used something quite dark to draw around your petals
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and there's still a little bit of it left at the end, don't worry, just snip it off with your scissors until you're completely happy with it
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Once you're completely happy, it's time to think about assembling your flower
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So for as many layers as you want, you'd stick those layers together. And then the final step is to add the button
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Now here I'm using a tacky glue and I really don't recommend it. I wasn't happy with it
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I swapped to a multi-purpose glue and I recommend you just start with a multi-purpose glue
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so it can hold that button securely. And then let it dry
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You can make loads and leave them all drying and then move on to adding the wire
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Why I've swapped to a red one, I don't know. I really need to think a little bit more as I'm doing these
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I think I'd been to sleep. So what you need to do is get a needle and poke it through two of the holes of the button
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You want to make a decent size hole so you can easily get your wire through. And then you're going to use some thin wire
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I'm using floristry wire, so mine's green and I'm going to fold mine in half
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But all you need is a small bit at the end folded over so that you can twist it at the back
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And then feed the two ends of the wire from the front of the flower through to the back
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And just pull them through, push them through. Just get them through so they're nice and tight
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And then all you need to do is twist those two bits of wire together
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Now I recommend you get yourself some pliers because you really, really want to get it nice and tight
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Because if you can get it nice and tight up behind the flower, it makes it much easier to position your flower head how you want to
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once you're putting it in your vase or your jam jar or your bouquet or whatever you're doing with it
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So just twist those wires together. And you can do most of it with your fingers, but you want it nice and tight up behind the flower
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And then once they're twisted together, if you've got plain wire and you would like to
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you could always wrap it in green tape to make it look more natural. And there you go
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You've got a flower all completed. And carry on and make loads of them
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Now I did say I would make some flowers completely out of buttons as well
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which you saw at the beginning. So this time you're going to need five buttons to make the petals
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and then a larger one for the centre. Position your five so they look like the petals
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and then make sure your big one easily covers them. You need it to cover all of the flowers
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all of the flowers, I mean all of the buttons a little bit so that they glue together
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So you're going to take multi-purpose glue again and place it on the inner edge of those circles of those buttons
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So you can see where I'm putting it and you can see I've got the buttons the face down so that I've got the flatter bit on the top
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This just means I'm going to get a bit more surface glued together. It's up to you how you do it
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I didn't do that with all of mine. And then place the centre
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and then adjust those petals so you're happy with them. Then press the button down and just make sure you're happy
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And once you're completely happy, leave it to dry. Make a load more
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Once they're all dry, we can add the wires to the top
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And top tip for me would be leave it overnight to dry. So again, we're going to have to double the wire over
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So this time I'm just going to use a little bit at the end instead of going in the middle like I did last time
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I'm just going to bend a little bit over and we're going to feed it through two holes in the button from the front
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So straight through and then straight through with the other end. Make sure it pulls through but be careful
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These buttons are very fragile. Well, I say buttons. The flowers are very fragile
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The buttons are not. So you will very easily pop the petals off where you've glued them on
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They're only held by a little bit of glue. So as you're doing all this work of twisting the wire at the back
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be very careful and make sure you only apply pressure to that central button
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If you start applying pressure to the petal buttons, they're likely to pop off
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And I have to say that's true throughout the life of the button. They are delicate. They look delicate
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They look gorgeous. But they are delicate. And if you drop them or you push on those petals, you will be able to pop them off
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So take your time and be careful doing your twisting, particularly as you bring the pliers in
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Just take it steady as you twist and get it nice and tight
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And then again, you've got completed flower. You can go on and make lots of flowers
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Now I've left this in this video showing you how I'm struggling a little bit
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to get it tight behind the flower and struggling to use my pliers
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Because I don't want you to give up if you have that struggle. Just persevere and keep going
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And if you do pop a petal off, just glue it back on. Nobody will ever know
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So I hope you've enjoyed this and that you'll give me a thumbs up to share it to more people
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And enjoy arranging your flowers in a vase or a jam jar or even a bouquet
