Thursday, July 28, 2011

Summer Flower Branches


An whimsical decoration for the bedroom, inspired by this sakura motif

How to make the flower (this is my interpretation of the motif, not the pattern by Yoko Johnston):
chain 4, close the chain with a slip stitch:


Chain 2, *sc, ch1* 4 times, change the color, sl st, chain 4, 2 tr in one stitch:


Chain 3, sl st. The first petal is ready. Make 4 more petals. Transfer the last sl st behind the flower:



Chain 3, sl st to connect with the opposite petal. Try to tug in the ends in the process of crocheting the flower and thus save time and effort to weave in four ends after the flower is ready:

I'm not an experienced crocheter, so making a flower took me about 6-7 min. Make as many flowers as you want:


I made about 30 and arranged them on lime-tree branches:



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12 comments:

  1. mikkaJuly 29, 2011 at 8:45 AM

    That is so cool! Thank you for posting such an easy to follow tutorial. I can't wait to try this myself.

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  2. Hinterland MamaJuly 29, 2011 at 10:29 AM

    What an effective Season's tree idea, Great for Spring!
    Lovely Tutorial too
    (I found you through Creative Friday - Natural Suburbia)
    Thanks for sharing!
    ♥ Aleta

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  3. MummyzillaJuly 29, 2011 at 11:39 AM

    What a great idea

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  4. MummyzillaJuly 29, 2011 at 11:40 AM

    Also, it was quite exciting trying to figure out the comments form in another language! Thanks for the mental workout!

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  5. LindaJuly 29, 2011 at 1:49 PM

    How beautiful, thanks for sharing:)

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  6. Rachel~At the Butterfly BallJuly 29, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    These are so pretty! Thanks for the tutorial!

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  7. AnonymousJuly 29, 2011 at 3:31 PM

    hi! this is happy and beautiful and i think you are very creative! x

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  8. Melissa PlankJuly 29, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    Completely darling, I love it! That vase is perfect.

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  9. NellyJuly 29, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    Толкова е красиво!!! Благодаря!

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  10. sarah in the woodsJuly 30, 2011 at 2:38 AM

    I lOVE this! I think I could possibly even do this. We made some spring flower branches with little puffs of roving, so I think I need to try the summer flowers too.

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  11. Zaira BrilhanteMarch 9, 2013 at 1:16 AM

    Hi! I just wanted to let you know I featured you on my blog on a post I wrote about the International Women's Day. I love your flowers! Thanks for sharing...
    You can read the post here: http://www.mangoandpassionfruit.com/2013/03/flowers-on-international-womens-day.html
    Have a wonderful weekend!!
    xx

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  12. TamaraApril 3, 2013 at 7:26 PM

    So pretty, I love this! I found you on Pinterest and linked to this page this morning on my blog: http://www.mooglyblog.com/unpinning-pinterest-for-april-2013/

    Thanks so much for sharing!

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