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Create from Felt the Territorial Flower of Nunavut: Purple Saxifrage

 

The Purple Saxifrage is the emblem for Canada's "newest" territory, Nunavut. This vibrant flower is used as both a seasonal time keeping tool, as well as traditional medicine for the Inuit people of the region. Note, my version is around 5xs larger than the real thing.


Supplies

  • hot pink/ fuchsia felt
  • hot pink/ fuchsia embroidery floss
  • dark green felt
  • green embroidery floss
  • mod podge
  • wire
  • wax paper

Tools 

  • embroidery needle
  • scissors
  • wire cutter
  • paint brush

1) Cut out you felt pieces





2) Cut a 10cm piece of fuchsia embroidery floss and coat it with mod podge, make sure the pieces dry straight. You will need 3 of these pieces per flower.







3) Cut a 10 - 15 cm piece of wire and bend down one end around 5cm.Wrap hot pink floss around your fingers around 5 times. Remove from your hand, keeping the loops intact, and place the center of the loops under the bend of the wire, and knot the floss to attach it to the wire.







4) Take 3 of the the dry fuchsia pieces, and tie with a  knot the center of the floss to secure it to the wire







5) Twist the wire together at the base of the stamen








6) For each petal, take a 10 cm piece of wire, and place it overtop the pink petal "front". Apply glue to the fuchsia back part of the petal and place it overtop the wire and pink felt, sandwiching the wire between.







7) Attach 5 petals to the stamin, by twisting the wire bases.








8) Roll the green felt sepal around the base of the flower and attach with hot glue as needed. Cut stamin to desired length.








9) Wrap remaining exposed wire with green felt strips and secure with glue. twist desired amount of flowers together. Cut a small hole int eh green base, for the flowers stems to pierce through, and secure the flowers to the back of the base with a small amount of glue. 






10) with green embroidery floss, do a running stitch all over the green base, slightly ruching the felt and securing the flowers to the back even more as you go.

  


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