Floral corsage embellishments beautify any garment.Make a special day even more memorable by decorating your chi ld's dress with these hand-made floral corsages. The time spent craft ing the dress and the smiles of the lucky gir l who wears it are sure to make for treasured memories.

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DressDecorations

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A small floral corsage can be created by forming two or three layers of petals and attaching a button or spangle at its center.

Dress Decorations

MaterialDimensions (when finished): diameter 2.36”

Fabric: 4 kindsFlower-petal parts (border pattern [BO-A008]): 1.16" x 11.02"Flower: AR-A020Large – 1.18" x 1.16", medium – 0.98" x 0.97", small – 0.58" x 0.57"

Simple dress, buttons (or beads, spangles, etc.), needle, thread, fabric glue

Accessory available separatelyIron-on fabric appliqué contact sheet

Decide on the number and size of the corsages to attached to the dress.

Using an iron, attach iron-on fabric appliqué contact sheets to the backs of all cloth pieces.Built-in Patterns: BO-A008 x 8 AR-A020 (L x 2, M x 28, S x 7)

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Form pleats in each cloth piece used for the border, shortening its length by about half.

Curl each piece from step 3 so that it resembles flower petals, then sew together to maintain its shape.

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Use needle and thread to sew a button at the center of each medium-size flower-petal piece cut using built-in pattern AR-A020 in step 2.

Use fabric glue to attach the medium-size flower-petal pieces made using built-in pattern AR-A020 to the backs of each finished flower, then use fabric glue to attach the finished decorations to the dress.

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