DuhBe’s Fabric Rose Tutorial

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I'm a word nerd who loves to geek out on how emerging technology affects the lexicon. I was an editor on the first 40 volumes of MAKE, and I love shining light on the incredible makers in our community. In particular, covering art is my passion — after all, art is the first thing most of us ever made. When not fawning over perfect word choices, I can be found on the nearest mountain, looking for untouched powder fields and ideal alpine lakes.

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July 23rd, 2009 6

DuhBe offers a great little tutorial on how to make these realistic-looking fabric roses in 5 easy steps. The method involves making strips of fabric, and then clipping and melting the edges over a flame. Love that she has this on her post: “Rather than keep all my secrets to myself, I want to share this method with others. Some crafters will think I’m crazy for sharing my secrets for an item I sell in my Etsy shop, but I believe that sharing information contributes to the creativity of others and that is more important than me selling stuff.” Word!
I’d love to use this technique to make a slew of flowers to add to a rose umbrella!

6 thoughts on “DuhBe’s Fabric Rose Tutorial”

alissa jones says:

July 24th, 2009 at 7:22 am

that statement alone is enough to keep selling! i agree and its inspiring to see others as excited about creating!
Jessie O says:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:59 am

The Duhbe link doesn’t seem to go anywhere. I would love to see this tutorial.
Goli Mohammadi says:

January 8th, 2010 at 11:11 am

Hi Jessie,
The link works for me. Here it is for you to cut and paste into your browser: http://duhbe.com/blog/?p=807.