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Cliff Note Version: -Bought This Hardware:  http://amzn.to/2mykCk7 -Cut Fabric 10 inches long by 1.75 inches wide -Yes, I used the cricut to cut the fabric, but it's SO much faster to just cut it by hand I'll describe how exactly I used the cricut to cut these at the end of this post. I did use the Air 2, and iron on bonding,  and it did cut just fine.  However, it took so much more time to set the cut up in design space, cut the material, clean the mat...  I could have cut these by hand SO much faster! I used two pieces of material, each 10 inches long by 1.75 inch wide.  I actually did mine at 1.5, but I have adjusted for future ones to leave just a bit more for the seam allowance - I think my original ones are too thin.   Even for the ones I cut by hand, I love the iron on webbing.  I used pellon 805.  It's $1.66 a yard at walmart.  You can also find it on amazon , but the shipping is not free, even with prime.   On Ama...

  All the way at the bottom of this post I did a step by step on how I made these flowers..  but there is a long list of better (ALL FREE!) templates and tutorials first.  I've decided I don't love making large paper flowers..  but then, I haven't had much use for them yet.  I do enjoy making smaller ones!   Cliff Notes: Which paper? Any card stock seems to work just fine.  There are specialty papers that make much prettier flowers, but to start - grab a pack of card stock on sale.  Recollections paper from Michaels seems to be a favorite.  For the smaller flowers, anything over 65lbs seems to be a lot harder to roll. How much paper?   A LOT.  The large paper flowers look best when really full - lots of layers.  Exactly how many sheets will depend on exact size and design. Tip - just cut the petals by hand .  As much as we all love that cricut, unless it's a fancy petal, cutting by hand is SO much faster. Use cricut ...