How to Make a Flower Heart Bag using Flower Blooms. 

This year at my local greenhouse, I found some unusually colored

petunias for my pots. They’ve been stunning all summer.

But as my Summer flowers started to fade, and I wanted to replace

them with mums; I decided to do something with the blooms.

First, I preserved the seeds and created seed packets for next year.

Then, I picked several blooms for a Japanese flower-pounding technique

I wanted to try called Tataki-zomë.

Tataki-zomë is where you place fresh flowers and leaves on fabric

and gently hammer them to release their pigments, leaving a natural print.

You’ll need for the Flower pounding on fabric:  (*affiliate links)

• Natural Fiber Fabric like cotton, linen, or bamboo (prewash fabric to remove finishes)
• Flowers and Leaves:  I used Petunias, Begonias, Marigolds, Zinnias, and Geraniums
• Mallet or Hammer*
• Parchment Paper or a Protective Covering*
• Hard Surface
• Cardboard to stick inside the bag.

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How to create the Flower Heart Bag.

• Pick several fresh blooms from your garden and flower pots.
• Stick a piece of cardboard into the fabric bag to protect the bag from the flowers bleeding through to the other side.
• Place the bag onto a hard surface.  (I took mine outside and used a couple of wide boards.)

• Arrange the flowers face down onto the fabric.  I decided to make a heart design with the flowers.
• Cover the design with parchment paper.
• Gently tap with a mallet or hammer.  Start on the edges and work your way in.  Be careful when hammering, as the flowers shift while you pound.

• Remove the parchment paper and flowers to reveal your design.  If you’re not completely satisfied with the fullness of your design, add additional flowers and pound again.

• I took my design a step further and created a saying for the heart using StyleTechCraft Heat Transfer vinyl.
• I created my saying using an SVG file from the Silhouette Store and my Silhouette Electronic Die Cutting Machine*.  When using HTV with words, you will need to mirror the words before cutting.

• Place words on top of the heart with the shiny protective coating facing up.
• I transferred my vinyl onto the fabric using my Cricut Easy Press*.  (You could also use an iron.)

I love how easy and fun this project turned out.  Flower pounding is such a simple way to save a bit of summer, and every bag comes out a little different.  Hope you give it a try!

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