Handcrafted Sunflower

I have been thinking about fall.
Once summer break is over, I'm always ready for that first cold snap. Okay, in Texas it isn't a cold snap. It is just an inkling of cooler days to come.

A perfect transitional decor item is the sunflower. 

 I bought some fresh ones.

They were fun to use in some vignettes.

I saw these cute sunflowers on e-bay.

I was trolling the internet for ideas for my nodders.

I am still tweaking those and will reveal my fall nodders next week. 

I had never seen grungy sunflowers like these.
I love the artisans that sell on e-bay.
 If you enter what you are looking for ( pumpkins or scarecrows) in the Antique's category, all kinds of fun primitive crafts are for sale.   I was going to order some of the sunflowers, and might have in years past, but I decided that I could make at least one to see how cute it could be.
 That's what I did with my apples.

Fabric Apple

Read about them here. 

The sunflower was easy once I figured out how they did it. I was trying to make it waaaay more complicated than I needed to. I had been mulling it over for a few weeks. 

I had some perfect yellow gingham.

I cut two circles of the gingham and I cut one circle of burlap.

The burlap make a wonderful seed pod.

  I sewed the burlap to the center of the gingham leaving a small section open to stuff the sunflower.

 Mr. Bill had a thin dowel rod in the garage. 
After I sew it, I cut the "petals."

 I grunged it up with coffee grounds.  

 I added the sunflower tag and the burlap leaves.

I planted it in a chalkboard painted flower pot.

I put moss around it but I didn't like it.

I love how Pottery Barn does their flower pots. What ever they use looks like soil. I decided to use some soil and mulch from the yard.  I hot glued it on the foam. ( I have since found a tutorial on how to make Pottery Barn looking soil. I will try it out and get back to you.)

 I think this fabric sunflower is pretty cute.

Gingham Fabric Sunflower

This weekend my sister in law, Amy and I will be getting crafty. I will probably make a few more to put in my  wreath on the front door.
Sprinkled with sunflowers,
Katie
P.S. If you read this blog often and saw my typos in the preceding post, I am terribly sorry. I made a last minute change and didn't proof well at all. Yikes. I hate that.

I hope everyone has a restful Labor Day Weekend!
Linking with,
Feathered Nest Friday 
Savvy Southern Style 
Common Ground 
Rooted in Thyme