Attaching the flowers to the headboard

• How to make velvet headboard decorations
• Making the flowers
• Attaching the flowers to the headboard

Now you are ready to assemble all the pieces and attach them to your headboard.

8) Place the large circle, gathered side up, on a flat surface and position the three ‘mushroom' shaped petals in the centre. Once you are happy with their position, work a couple of slip stitches on each flower to hold it in place on the circle. Slip the two leaves under the circle so that the short straight end sits under the centre of the circle. Tack in place on the back of the circle.

9) Thread a long needle with matching thread. With the small circle gathered side down, bring the needle from the back, through the centre and out to the front then place the circle in the centre of the ‘mushroom' shaped petals so that the raw, gathered edges of the flowers are hidden. Push the needle back through all layers, including the two leaves, and bring it out at the back. Repeat to make another couple of stitches, working as if attaching a button and keeping the stitches as small and unobtrusive as possible.

10) Repeat to make as many decorations as you require.

11) Attach the flowers to your upholstered headboard using small safety pins or if you are covering a headboard at the same time, you can work the final ‘buttonhole' stitching straight on to the fabric. If you like, finish with a scrolling cord trim, secured using minimal amounts of fabric glue.

Illustrations by Michael A. Hill 

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