How to Make Realistic Fabric Peonies with Stems (Video)

I’m a flower-a-holic. I totally admit it. And when Spring is coming soon, I go into full fledged flower mode and want to add flowers to absolutely everything – flower pillows, flower arrangements, flower art… it’s a disease. Last year, one of my favourite projects was making this video for the DIY fabric flowers we made for my sister’s wedding. This year, I thought I’d revamp that tutorial a little and share with you how to make these fabric flowers look even more realistic, more like peonies, and how to add on some stems.

I had an “a-HA!” moment the other day as I was thinking how to make these fabric flowers look more like round, fluffy peonies. What’s round? A BALL. A ball is round. That’s when I thought to start these flowers with a styrofoam ball in their center for a better peony look. The other bonus of starting these with a styrofoam ball is that the ball is a great place to stick a faux stem into for stemmed flowers.

I’m really pleased with how these DIY fabric flowers turned out, and I’m very excited to share this new video tutorial on them with you today. These are great to use as Spring home decor, or they’re also beautiful for a wedding bouquet.

You can see how we made fabric flowers into my sister’s wedding bouquet by clicking right here.

I simply arranged mine in a glass vase with some fake leaves on my sitting room coffee table and I think they look lovely!

Want to learn how to make these realistic fabric peonies? Here’s my new video tutorial:

Click here to download the free printable flower petal pattern.