My FIRST Commissioned Crocheted Flower Bouquet | (A TULIP TUTORIAL)

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As early as January of this year, I already notice that a lot of crochet artists I knew from Facebook, were showcasing their bouquets of crocheted flowers. Flowers of different types, like sunflowers, the most popular among them, followed by tulips, lavender, roses, daisies, lilies, and many more. I was in love with all those bouquets and excited to make my own, so I ordered online for the materials to be used.

But I received orders for crochet wearables before the materials had arrived. So I had no choice but to finish as soon as I could with all the orders being made.

Then, in February, my mother-in-law was celebrating her birthday and I was eager to give her a flower bouquet on her special day. I saw some tutorials on how to make the tulip and decided to choose that type of flower since it was easy to make.

I finish the 3 tulips immediately, but the problem was that I didn't know how to wrap a bouquet, lol. And I remember some crochet artists who were flexing their crocheted flower bouquets, expressing their struggles in wrapping them for the first time. I had tried numerous times but failed to settle for a nice result, when she suddenly entered the small hut where I was hiding, making her a present.

At first, she was asking me if those flowers were made to order, and I replied a yes to her. When she noticed me struggling to wrap the bouquet, she then offered to try it for herself. She just folded those abaca fiber wrappers and voila! She made it. So after she successfully wrapped the bouquet, she handed it back to me, but she got surprised when I gave it to her and said "happy birthday".

My mother-in-law holding her bouquet of flowers.
Close up shot of my 1st bouquet.





We were both laughing because she had never thought that the bouquet she had wrapped was for her. She likes her present because it was her first time receiving that kind of bouquet of f that don't wither. She can keep it no matter how long she likes. But I will definitely practice more in doing this kind of flower bouquet and intend to give her next time a more beautiful one.

And it's been seven months since that first try. I never had the chance to practice because of some commissioned crochet wearables I received. Then last month, I was amazed and delighted to receive my first commission for a crochet flower bouquet from a friend who trusted me even if I didn't even attempt to share my own finished output of a crochet flower bouquet. I had been anticipating this moment to come and now I'm sharing this with you.

Making a crocheted tulip is very easy and I think any crocheter can copy this by just looking at the pictures I will be presenting.

But first, let's prepare our materials to be used in making a tulip.

Materials:



- floral wire (size 2mm)
- crochet hook (2.5mm)
- pliers
- big needle
- floral tape
- wire (I forgot what type and size for this one.)
- fiberfill (for our tulip filling)
- yarns
- gluestick

Procedures:

  • Begin by making a magic circle, chain 1 and 9 single crochet.
  • Increase in every layer making a small circle of 5 layers.
  • Next, do not increase on the 6th-19th layer, same on the picture, lock and cut the excess yarn.
  • Fill it with fiberfill or cotton. Scrap yarns are also fine.
  • After putting some filling on our tulip, sew it just like in the picture. Secure first your thread and cut the excess. Easy isn't it?

Now we're done with the flower.

  • Next, we'll attach the floral wire to our tulip by putting some glue stick on the end before we insert it into the center bottom of the flower. We don't want to easily remove the flower from the wire.

  • After that, we cover our wire with floral tape in a circular motion. Be sure to lightly stretch the floral tape as you cover so it will stick to the wire. Actually, you can skip this step if the wire is already green. I just want to show you how.

  • Now we're making a leaf by making a 35-chains. This leaf is composed of sc, hdc and dc stitches. I also put a wire as I crochet this leaf to make it look firm and the excess wire at the bottom will be used to tie it to the stem of our flower.

  • Cover the excess wire that you had encircled to the stem using the floral tape to give it a cleaner look. And we're done. 😍

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I was really enjoying it as I made these tulip flowers in different colors. And I was thinking of making a lot of them using more shades of colors in the future. But for now, let's focus on the order first.

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I also made some lavender and sunflower to be included in our flower bouquet. I hope I can share with you next time how to make these lavender flowers and sunflower.

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I managed to complete all the flowers in two days working on and off.

How to wrap a flower bouquet?

Wrapping a flower bouquet is not an easy task, especially for a newbie like me. I spend almost 2 days, configuring how to properly wrap it. I downloaded maybe 10 videos showing how to wrap a flower bouquet and I eventually got it right.

First, I arrange the flowers. I don't know how to do it properly, but I just thought it's the right way, lol. Next, I put some scotch tape to gather all the stems.

Good thing I have this kind of mesh fabric that I guess will help a lot in making our bouquet look pretty. Then fold some pink and lavender color paper on the back of the bouquet. I also cut some abaca fiber that I had in my stash.

And finally the ribbon. Well, I don't know how to make a lovely bow, but I didn't have much time, so I settled for what I did.

Final Result

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I was amazed at what I made. I love it! 😍 It may look like not the best flower bouquet you ever see, but for me, it represents a significant achievement in my crafting journey.

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Hope you like what I did and would appreciate any suggestions you can make in the comment section.

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*All photos are mine unless stated otherwise.

Have a blessed week to everyone and keep safe.

Love lots,
@jonalyn2020


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Wow, super. I so love what you have made jonna. One time, I was strolling in the mall, the other day, I also noticed entrepreneurs selling bouquets similar to these. I was looking for a sunflower and hope I could buy like this next time. You are really amazing jona. Galing naman. And of course what you have made is so beautiful like you.

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Thank you, Pink. 😍 Yes, uso na daw kasi to. hahaha. Ay oo, sunflower nga pala fave nun. At mas maganda sa crochet dahil di sya nalalanta. Just message me if you want a bouquet of sunflowers for her, okay? Wag ka mahiya.

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Awww wow. Yes jonna. Hehe. The pleasure is mine. Sana all super galing mag crochet. Di ko kaya to gawin.

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Iba iba din naman kasi tayu ng hilig eh. Kaya iba ibang aspect din tayu magaling. Dika man marunong mag crochet pero ang galing mo naman magsulat ah. I like your way of writing and giving some meanings sa mga letters ng words. Very unique eh.

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Luh, thank you lhes but this is just me. Thank you so much for the compliments. I know you are really good friends with my sister Erika, I heard of your name last time, I think she was calling you jona. Ikaw ba to iya gaignon na bisaya daw gehapon. If I am not wrong. Lablab les. That time, sya active kaayo sa hive then ako adto nag stop kay naa ko sa other blogging platform.

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Lhes? Yes jona, or sis na tawag ni Erika nako. Then basta naa ko ipost nga mga ingon ani ky magcomment jud na sya. Maong diko makalimot niya. Bisan kadali ra na time.

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Jona man to iya ingon, murag ikaw iyang una ata na friend dnhe pag join nya sa hive. nakamention sya nimu sis ai. Pero ato nga time di ko active. Mag share2 man gud nah sya.

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Never thought ginamention diay ko niya sa imo. 😢At first jud, naging comfortable me sa usag usa kay nagbisaya ko. Start atu ga comment2 na me sa tagsa2 nga post nya mostly magbisaya ra jud me. Biskan tagsa rako kaayu makacomment sa iyaha post ky kining inahan na limited kaayu ang time. Wala gani ko gaexpect atu nga naa sya sister diay. Sa discord rako nakahibaw atong panahona. Nakatry pami dula mafia a week before.... basta nalingaw to sya kaayu sa discord jud.

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Yes sis, gamer man gyud to sya. Gakalingaw sya sa discord jud. Ignan gani ko nya mag apil daw ko dula pero honestly, di ko kabalo ug play mao ga observe rako sa server. Sakit lang gyud kaayo iyang kamatayon mao lisod kaayo sa ako makarecover kay wala gyud ko nagdahom. As in really grabe kasakit hangtod karon, ako lang gadala dalahon pero deep inside, as in lisod kaayo. Ako rajud gaiampo ang tanan sis

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Actually first time sad baya nq atu magduwa atong mafia sis. Ni try ra jud ko atu, pero nalingaw kaayu ko, bisan sya lingaw sad. Nya wala nq katry balik duwa pa.

Bisan Kinsa guru sis, dili sayun maka move on sa natabu. For 2 months nga ako sya nakaila sa hive, sakitan man gani, unsa pa kaha ikaw? But ako nalang ginapinsar nga ang tanan may rason kung nganu.dili man nato makita ang rason karon, but someday. We are all here to live temporarily. Our home isn't in here. And Erika is home now.

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True sis, ang pagdawat gyud sa nahitabo sa iya mao ang pinakalisod sa tanan pero si Lord ra nakabalo sa tanan. Ako lang isalig sa iya. Salamat kaayo sis.

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Wow! This is so colourful and beautiful, you've done a great job on this, I so much love the outcome of your creativity, it is so exceptional.

Happy birthday to grandm, this is a rare gift you've made for her. Thanks for sharing this beautiful piece of creativity.

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ancuteee.

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Mag girlfriend kana kasi.. or baka meron na, pwede yan pang gift for Christmas since malayu pa Ang valentine's. Hahaha

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Awww ang sweet naman, i find this kind of gift na more meaningful coz it was really made by effort. And di talaga sya malalanta or what and can keep it even forever.

I also want to try crocheting by I dunno, I cant find the time to make one. And your tuts seems easy, I think I can make it but still not sure if when ako mag sstart, huehue

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Sobrang easy talaga nya sis, kayang kaya mo to. As in, maganda to pang gift sa mga mother, sa biyenan, hahaha..

Anyway, thanks for dropping ha.it mean a lot to me. 🥰

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Hehe mukhang kaya ko talaga sya kaso yong time huehue. Maka buy din nga ako nyan minsan baka makahiligan ko din if ever hehe

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Go sis. Hehe. Tag Moko agad sa Needleworkmonday na community. Heheh

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Wow nindot kaau sissy. And it was much more memorable kay special ang unang nakadawat sa imong hinimo. To more projects!

!PIZZA

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Thanks sis.. 🥰 yun nga lang mejo nakokonsensya ako, since diko pa nabibigyan ng ganyan Ang mama ko talaga, but maybe next time. Ang dami pa talaga gustong bigyan.

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Uyyyy ang saya ang galing! Really wanted to learn that skill kaso wala akong patient e... May friend akong nagbebenta din ng crochets nya...she does stuff toys.. napapahanga na nga lang ako e

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Salamat @creepymeow. 🥰 As in dapat nga mahaba habang pasensya need kasi dika gagaling kung susuko ka agad. But kung passion mo naman talaga, it will help you naman to improve, at nagkakaroon ka ng mahabang pasensya. Kasi mga bagay na di natin gusto, dun tayu talaga walang pasensya. 😅

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Gusto ko talaga itry kaso yung attention span ko problema ngayon palang alam ko na di ako makakatapos without feeling frustrated ahahahhahahah

Masaya na ako manuod ng videows pero in the future baka sakali! Fingers cross. I hope to see more na mga gawa mo ❤️😍🥰

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Looking forward sa mga gagawin mo. And you can tag me, kung sakali. Hehe. Mga ganyang lang din naman lagi na shishare ko. Hehe. Kaya more crochet items soon. 🥰 Salamat sa support #creepymeow.

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They are truly beautiful. What a wonderful creation of yours! I love how you choose the most soothing colors. :) :)

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Crocheted Flower Boquet is becoming a trend these days since it is cheaper compared to real flowers that can be withered. I would also like to give one to my special someone if I have the chance.

As usual, great work ate jonalyn ❤️

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Wait until mag vavalentines, kasi sobrang dami na nagsesell nito.

I would also like to give one to my special someone if I have the chance.

Message is the key. hehe. Pwede pang surprise.
anyway, thanks for stopping by @cli4d. I appreciate your comment. 😍

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Welcome ate hahaha. Ikaw agad pupuntahan ko pag magpapagawa ng boquet

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Woah this concept is great, like forever tulip huhu, imagine someone gave a special flower that never be wilt surely treasure to keep. Now I see a great potential of crochet in the near trend yieee.

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Kulitin mo na yung friend mo na nag attempt ng crochet to continue para mas malapit nalang kung gusto mo magpagawa. Thanks so much for the comment yonong. hehe

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This is so therapeutic just looking at how you hook and tie those threads. Hmm~ I really want to crochet but my plate is full for now. You are so good at doing crochet! My idol! UwU

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Idol talaga, eh galing2 mo rin sa chibi mo kaya. so proud of you din..🥰

the more we practice lang, the easier and more beautiful our masterpieces become. Pero i think magiging magaling ka rin sa crochet eh..

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Waaaah! It looks so pretty! 😍
I don't like receiving bouquets, but this kind of bouquet is an exception. Plus, it doesn't wilt. I've been telling myself to try crochet, but not now, soon.

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True, receiving this kind of gift will melt your heart. You can save it for forever. 😅 You better try crocheting now, it's fun.

Anyway, thanks for dropping by @kneelyrac. I appreciate it a lot. 🥰

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This is beautiful! Crocheted flowers! With these, one can preserve them for a long time. I love it. Great job. Your work just put a smile on my face.

!discovery 35

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I like it so much! I would like to receive something like this from my boyfriend 😂 though I know it will never happen.
It seems easy to people who are so used to the craft already but to me, it seems complicated 😅
Glad your mother in law loved her gift!

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Luh, why? Same here. Di rin ako nakakatanggap ng bouquet from hubby. Napaka insensitive ba nila? Pero ibang tao nakakapag bigay.

Nagsimula rin naman kami sa umpisa Hanggang sa nasanay kaya ganun.parang programming din yan eh.😅 The more programs you make and run,much easier nalang yung susunod.

Yes,happy sya pero mom ko diko pa nabibigyan.and somehow parang nakukunsensya ako? Dumaan na din kasi birthday nya na naging busy rin masyado sa mga kids. Anyways, thanks for your comment witty. 🥰 Appreciate it much 🥰😍

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Di ko rin alam bakit sila ganyan 😂 Or maybe it's just not in their nature to give something cheesy as this. Other things, I'm sure they give naman.

True din, I think passion is key. If super interested lang talaga ako sa crochet and magaling ako, maybe I can make something out of the yarns. Charot lang! My mom is good at crafts though, sadly I'm not as good as her. Sya gumagawa ng crochet projects ko sa school dati 😂

Hope you could give something to your mom too! Or maybe this December~

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Siguro nga ganun. But yes, other things naman nagbibigay. Pwera s flowers. 😅

Di mo Pala namana yung pagiging crafty ng mom mo witty. Hehe. Sa programming ka nagca craft. 😅

Yun din plan ko s December nalang yung paflower ko sa kanya. Di man ako makakatanggap atleast ako nalang Ang mamimigay. Layu mo din kasi. 😅

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This bouquet is absolutely gorgeous and delicate. I'm glad you found a way to wrap it correctly. The flowers are pretty and these crochet ones have an even more special touch. Congratulations on your great project ❣️.

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This is really exceptional. I can never imagine a crotchet bouquet until you made this. Now am thinking of a similar boutique for a bridal wedding.

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An all-white flower bouquet for a bridal wedding? That would be awesome. 😍

I can never imagine a crotchet bouquet until you made this.

As you said earlier, WE LEARN TOGETHER, and I say, WE DISCOVER TOGETHER. 😍

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I fell in love with each tulip and its colors. The sunflower is perfectly woven. Everything goes so well together, I would like something like this for when I get married again.

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Thank you so much @carolinacardoza. 🥰 Yes, yes. Me too, I want this kind of bouquet. And I think you can perfectly make like this one or better this one. 🥰

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These are gorgeous! You are very creative. It's amazing how you craft many different things :) And I can see why your mother-in-law was happy to receive your present on her birthday :)

!LADY

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oh, thank you. 😍 I'm glad you like them too and really appreciate your comment here. God bless.

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You're welcome :) I'm amazed at your creative talent. All the best :)

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