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Create from Felt the Provincial Flower of Quebec: Blue Flag Iris

 

Chosen in 1999 as the provincial flower of Quebec, the Blue Flag Iris is the perfect representation of Quebec's provincial flag. Of all the regional flowers, this one was the most complicated to make, so feel free to reference the internet (You tube has some great videos on making Irises)


Supplies :

  • blue or purple felt (try 2 shades of the same colour as I did in my version)
  • white, yellow, tan and green felt
  • wire
  • hot glue gun sticks

Tools

  • scissors
  • wire cutters
  • glue gun
1) Cut out felt shapes








2) You should have 9 rectangle pieces in 3 different sizes (3 small 6.5x 3cm, 3 medium small 7x4 cm and 3 large 8cm x5 cm). Cut each piece diagonally in half.






3) Cut 9 pieces of wire, around 10 cm in length. Fore each petal, take on half, run a line of hot glue along the "diagonal" edge, place a wire piece along the glue, making sure that wire overhangs the "skinny" end of the felt triangle. Take the other side of the felt  (flip it over so the halves mirror each other) and sandwich the wire between the felt by placing the "diagonal edge" overtop the glue and wire







4) Shape each petal: the smallest will be like a skinny leaf, the medium small will have a "t" shape and the large petal will be a classic leaf shape






5) Now take you white and yellow felt diamond shapes, and cut fringes along the shorter edges. for each petal, layer the yellow piece overtop the white piece, then place these overtop the large petals near the base of the petal.







6) Cut a 15 cm piece of wire for the stem. At the tip of one end of the wire, attach the smallest of the petals (the skinny ones). You may find you want to trim the petal wires shorter before attaching them to the stem. Once the petals are attaches, bend them in the middle, to give them a natural look







7) Now add the medium small "t" shapes petals, Align them to the gaps between the small skinny petals. Curve the ends slightly back.







8) To continue, add the large petals, placing them between the gaps of the medium small "t" shaped petals.







9) At the base of the petals, wrap a strip of green felt along the stem







10) Add the tan felt "spathe" to the base area of the bloom







11) Bend  the large petals, so the have a gentle curve downward



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