This cute crepe mini pincushion protea flower makes a beautiful filler when arranging a tropical crepe paper flower arrangement. Because we love it so much we decided to update the template and give it a refresh from our original design from six years ago. We are always leaning new techniques, so integrating them into our favorite flowers is a must!
On Pins and Needles…
This simple flower is a wonderful way to fine tune your fringing techniques, since all of the tiny petals are made from the fringed heavy crepe paper. For this version, I chose to use the heavy crepe paper since it has a wonderful stiffness which will hold the shape of the tiny petals.
You can choose from any of the orange tones of heavy crepe, and feel free to mix and match. My tip for picking colors is to choose a lighter tone for the tips and shorter fringe.
If you enjoy making tropical crepe paper flowers, be sure to check out all of these colorful options. And once you have them made, you can join us for our next Arranging Paper Flowers Master Class where we feature these pretty little blooms.
Tools
- Craft Scissors
- Detail Scissors
- Pinking Shears — Scallop
- Curling Tool
- Fringe Clip
- Needle-Nose Pliers/Wire Cutter
Materials
- Lia Griffith Heavy Crepe Paper — Amber, Poppy, Tangerine, Mango and Juniper
- Green Paper Covered Wire — 18-gauge & 24-gauge
- Art Glitter Glue or Aleene’s Tacky Glue
Steps
- Gather your tools and materials.
- Cut the crepe paper according to the template notes.
- Stretch the “fringe tip” piece, then fold it in half lengthwise and across the grain.
- Glue the edge of the larger fringe piece on one half of the stretched tip piece.
(full photo tutorial in the download below)
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8 Comments
In the September months collection it looks like this is an update /redo to an older pattern. Just wanted you to be aware that the materials and instructions on the initial flower page do not match those on the tutorial. I’m assuming that the tutorial is the most recent version and plan to create the flower based on it. Is this correct?
Oh goodness! Too many balls in the air? (talking to myself here) 😉
I have updated the post with the new links!
Lia, will you please make A printable
List of supplied with your It is hard to go back and forth between list and shop
It is all there. Download and print the PDF called instructions and the materials are on the first page.
I’m getting ready to make the pincushion flower. I don’t see a svg cut or instructions for a square. You mention it on the tutorial with a picture. Please advise.k
Yvonne
Hello Yvonne. This is an older flower by one of our makers, and it looks like all you need for that square is a piece to cover the center ball. It can really be any size and shape.
I would like to make this pincushion crepe paper flower but you instructions say to use Floristic crepe paper which opens up to 180 gram paper. Should I use your extra fine or heavy crepe paper ? Thanks in advance for your time.
Thank you for pointing this out. This was a flower that was made before we created the LG crepe paper, and it was missed in the update, but now it has the right links!