Suffolk puffs

How to Make a Fabric Flower Using Suffolk Puffs (yo-yo's)

Submitted by Anjie Davison on Sun, 02/28/2010 - 17:18.

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Fabric Flower made Using Suffolk Puffs (yo-yo's)

After doing previous projects using the Suffolk puff (yo-yo's), and being pleased with the effect they give, I wanted to try something else. I liked a brooch I saw on The Eternal Magpie it was another twist on the Suffolk puff. This is my version of the flower.

I used a fine cotton lawn fabric, from this I cut out six circles for the petals and one in a contrasting colour for the centre.

Pattern for the flower

Six petals and one centre

Fold a circle in half, sew a running stitch along the curved edge

Sequence of procedures to form flower

For the centre of the flower sew a running stitch around circle, as a traditional Suffolk puff is made