Ice Plant Delosperma Jewel Of Desert Mix - Garnet - Topaz - Amethyst Plus - Moonstone Pumpkin Spice - Rosequartz Bloom - Ruby

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EMAIL flawlesscrochetflowers@gmail .com Leticia Lebron, the founder and owner of Flawless Crochet Flowers is the copyright holder and designer of this pattern. By no means do you have the right to reproduce, distribute copies, sell, or transmit this pattern in any form whether written or recorded without the written consent of Leticia Lebron.

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y c You do have rights over any flowers that you have made from my patterns. i l You can use your flowers for personal or commercial use as long as it is not o sold in mass production and you credit me as the designer by sharing a link P

to my website/shop. t h If you're not sure whether or not you are violating my policies, please contact g me before proceeding. ri y Please remember that you are NOT allowed to share this pattern. p o C Aunt Lydia #10 thread Colors: Cardinal Red White Goldenrod Hot Pink Pumpkin Orange Wood Violet Green

Acrylic paints t Glue/glue gun s i 1.25 crochet hook

L 24 and 18 gauge wires

s Mod Podge or heavy fabric stiffener l Light green floral tape a ri Optional supplies te a Foam ball that fits into your vase

M Stones Pastel chalks Chain - yarn over, pull through the loop on the hook.Slip stitch- insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through both loops on hook.

Single crochet- insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through stitch, yarn over, pull through both loops on hook.

Half-double crochet- yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull

e through stitch, yarn over, pull through all 3 loops on hook.

d Double crochet- yarn over , insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through ui stitch, yarn over, pull through first two loops on hook, yarn over, pull through G

last two loops on the hook. h tc ti S US UK

Single Crochet Double crochet

Half double crochet Half treble crochet ns o i Double crochet Treble crochet s

Treble crochet Double treble crochet nver o Double treble crochet Triple treble crochet C

K Gauge Tension U /

S Skip Miss U - The scientific name is derived from the Greek words "delos", which means "visible" or "evident" and "sperma", meaning "seed", in reference to the exposed seeds.

- The ice plant is a low-growing plant with stems that spread out, growing horizantally, giving it a resemblance of a carpet of flat flowers.

- The ice plant grows naturally in Australia, California, Arizona, and along the Mediterranean. s t c - Delosperma is a genus of around 100 species of succulent plants, formerly a included in Mesembryanthemum in the family Aizoaceae.

- Delosperma is a succulent un F

F - It comes in many colors including red, purple, orange, pink, yellow and t white. n a l - The common name is said to come from the little hairs on its stems, which

P reflect light, glistening in the sun like ice. e

c - Although these beauties look like daisies, they are not related. I Medicinal uses- The ice plant is used in sunscreens as it protects from UV rays, it promotes a healty cardiovascular system and also treat constipation. The Stamens Make 1 Round Per Flower

Step 1- Using white thread, Ch 10. Make a sc in the second ch from the hook. Sc in each of the last 8 chs. Ch 1, and fasten off the thread. Make 1 piece per flower.

Step 2- Wrap your white thread around your four fingers 10 x the amount of flowers you are making. Example: For 6 flowers, wrap around 60 times. Cut the loops on both ends to create strands measuring (3") long.

Step 3- Add 1 strand of white thread in each st across to create fringes. After adding all fringes, add a 5" piece of 24 gauge wire through the end on the bottom right side of the row. Bend the wire down evenly.

Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 1 Completing The Stamens

Step 4- Roll the piece together with the wire going to the left, adding glue in between each roll to keep it in place. Cut the fringes to 1/2" and spray the fringes with Mod Podge/water mixture or fabric stiffener.

You want to make sure the strands are pressed up against each other as seen in the first image.

Step 5- Once the stamens have dried completely, pour out a heap of bright yellow paint and very lightly, dip the stamen tips into the paint. Repeat for each stamen piece. Set them aside to dry in an upright position.

Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 2 The Inner Petals Make 1 Round Per Flower

We'll be creating the inner petals using strands to represent the tiny petals. Make 1 piece per flower.

Step 1- Using your white thread, ch 6. Make a sl st into the last ch from the hook to form a ring. Fasten off your thread.

Step 2- Wrap your white thread around your four fingers 5 x the amount of flowers you are making. Example: For 2 flowers, wrap around 10 times. Cut the loops on both ends to create strands measuring (3") long.

Step 3- Add 2 strands of white thread in each st around to create fringes. After adding all fringes, Lay the piece flat and spray with Mod Podge/water mixure. Let it sit to dry.

Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 3 Adding Color To The Inner PetalsPumpkin Spice

We'll be adding color to the tip of the strands to bring the flower closer to reality.

Step 1- Your flower should already be completely dried before moving on to the next step. Once your pieces have dried, bring the fringes together and cut the fringes to 5/8". Squeeze out a little bit of yellow paint to use for all your inner petal pieces. Dip your tips into the paint. Repeat for all pieces. Set aside to dry completely.

Step 2- Squeeze out a sufficient amount of yellow paint to use for all your inner petal pieces and dip your strand tips into the paint. Do this for all your inner petal pieces.

Step 3- Set aside to dry completely before moving on to the next step.

Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 4 The Inner Petals Jewel Of Desert Collection Colors

You will be dipping the inner petal tips into acrylic paint according to the color of the flower you made. These colors are for the Jewel of Desert collection.

Moonstone White flower- no color on tips

Garnet Red flower- red tips

Rosequartz Purple flower- light purple tips

Topaz Yellow flower- no color on tips, or you can add orange on the tips

Amethyst Pink flowers- no color on tips or you can use light pink

Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 5 The Inner Petals Completing The Center

Step 1- Add a small dot of glue to the base underneath the stamen piece, and feed the wire ends into the center of your inner petal piece. Push the inner petal piece up against the glue.

Step 2- Add a ring around the lower part of the stamen piece. Squeeze your glue out very lightly. If you have the tendency to squeeze out heavily, I suggest you add 4 small dots evenly around the lower part of the stamen piece instead of adding the glue in one full ring.

Step 3- Pull the inner petal fringes up onto the glue. Be sure to press the fringes onto the glue at the lower part. You want just the bottom of the fringes to be glued down.

Step 4- Once the glue have dried, open out the top of

tDheelo sfprienrmgea sIc es lPiglahnttly. Repeat for all your flo©wFelarw cleesns tCerorsc.het Flowers 6 Creating The Outer Petals Make 1 Per Flower

Make 1 petal round for each flower you'll be making. Measures approximately 2 and 1/4" Diameter

Step 1- With your thread (chosen flower color), Ch 6. Make a sl st in the last ch from the hook to make a ring.

Step 2- Continue with a ch 10. Going into the chains, make 2 sc in the second ch from the hook. Make a sc in the each of the last 8 chs. Make a sc into the center of the ring.

Repeat step 2 twelve more times for a total of 13 petals. Once you have 13 petals, ch 1 and fasten off the thread.

Spray your petal round with Mod Podge/water mixture.

Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 7 Color Your Outer Petal RoundsPumpkin Spice

Once your petal rounds have dried completely, its time to add a pop of color... if you choose to.

Adding color is totally optional

Step 1- Color the center of the flower round with white paint. Use just a little bit of paint at a time and build up as you go. The paint should go up each petal no more than 1/2 cm. Set aside to dry.

Step 2- Color the last 1/2" of the tip of the petal with your orange marker.

Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 8 Color Your Outer Petal RoundsPink Amethyst

Once your petal rounds have dried completely, its time to add a pop of color... if you choose to.

Step 1- Color the center of the flower round with white paint. Use just a little bit of paint at a time and build up as you go. The paint should go up each petal no more than 1/2 cm. Set aside to dry.

Step 2- Color the end part of the petal with your magenta colored sharpie marker.

Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 9 Color Your Outer Petal RoundsRed Garnet

Once your petal rounds have dried completely, its time to add a pop of color... if you choose to.

Step 1- Color the center of the flower round with white paint. Use just a little bit of paint at a time and build up as you go. The paint should go up each petal no more than 1/2 cm. Set aside to dry.

Step 2- Color the end part of the petal with your red marker to give it a darker shade. Also, color around the edge of the white paint, at the bottom of each petal with your magenta sharpie marker.

Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 10 Color Your Outer Petal Rounds Topaz

Once your petal rounds have dried completely, its time to add a pop of color... if you choose to.

Step 1- Color the center of the flower round with white paint. Use just a little bit of paint at a time and build up as you go. The paint should go up each petal no more than 1/2 cm. Set aside to dry.

Step 2- For the topaz flower, you can color the ends in orange as the natural flower or leave it uncolored as I did... it all depends on the look you are aiming for.

Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 11 Color Your Outer Petal Rounds Rosequartz

Once your petal rounds have dried completely, its time to add a pop of color... if you choose to.

Step 1- Color the center of the flower round with white paint. Use just a little bit of paint at a time and build up as you go. The paint should go up each petal no more than 1/2 cm. Set aside to dry.

Step 2-The Rosequartz bloom is a light purple color. It's not necessary that you add color to the petal rounds. However, if you want to give it an extra pop, you can add chalk in the same color as your purple thread.

Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 12 Color Your Outer Petal Rounds Moonstone

The white Moonstone bloom is full white with yellow tips on the stamens only.

You will not add any color to the petal rounds.

Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 13 Prepare and Add Your Outer Petal Rounds

Step 1- Once your petal rounds have dried after coloring, bring the petals up together by pinching the base. Squeeze it tightly and then open it out a bit. This gives it a slight cup shape.

Repeat for all petal rounds.

Step 2- Add glue to the underside (base) of the stamen center piece, and feed the wires through the center of the petal round.

Step 3- Push the petal round up under the stamen center. Be sure to press the petal round center up onto the glue.

Step 4- Add a 7" piece of 18 gauge wire to the stamen wire ends, and wrap them together with light green floral tape.

Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 14 Jewel of Desert Petal Rounds Assembled

Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 15 Create The Sepals

Make 1 per flower Measures 1 and 1/4" diameter

With your light green thread, Ch 6. Make a sl st into the last ch from the hook to form a ring.

Step 1- Make 6 scs into the center ring.

Step 2- Make a sc in the first st on the round, Ch 4, (sc, hdc) in the second ch from the hook, (hdc, dc) in the next ch, make a tr in the last ch. Make a sc in the same st on the round.

Step 3- Make a sc in the first st on the round, Ch 4, (sc, hdc) in the second ch from the hook, (hdc, dc) in the next ch, make a tr in the last ch. Make a sc in the same st on the round.

Repeat step 2 four more times around for a total of 5 sepals. Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 16 Add The Sepals

Make a sl st into the last st. Ch 1 and fasten off the thread.

Step 1- Turn the sepal on the back, and feed the flower stem through the center of the sepal.

Step 2- Add glue around the stem under the flower head and push the sepal up onto the glue.

Add 1 sepal to each flower head.

Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 17 Creating The Flower Bud

Make 1 per flower Measures approximately 1" long

Once you've put all your flowers together, you can use your flower to create a flower bud by following the steps below.

Step 1- Weave a piece of thread through the tip of the petals for the outer petal round. The thread should be in the same color as the petal round. See first image.

Step 2- Pull both loose ends tightly together to close the flower. Make sure all the stamen pieces are enclosed as well. Tie a double knot, and cut the loose ends.

Step 3- Add glue to the sepal ends to stick it down onto the flower bud.

Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 18 The Succulent Leaves

You will make the row of leaves twice to complete one full set of leaves. Make a total of 4 leaves for every 3 flowers you made.

With your green thread, Ch 21.

Row 1- Make a sc in the second ch from the hook, sc in each of the last 19 chs. Turn.

We'll continue in steps

Step 1- Ch 20. Make a sl st in the second ch from the hook, sl st in the next ch, sc in the next 2 chs.

Step 2- Hdc in the next 3 chs, dc in the next 10 chs, hdc in the next ch, sc in the last ch. Skip the first st on the foundation row, sl st in the next st.

Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 19 Completing The Succulent Leaves

Step 3- Ch 20. Make a sl st in the second ch from the hook, sl st in the next ch, sc in the next 2 chs.

Step 4- Make a hdc in the next 3 chs, dc in the next 10 chs, hdc in the next ch, sc in the last ch. Skip the next st on the foundation row, sl st in the next st.

Step 5-Repeat Steps 3 and 4 six more times across.

Step 6- Ch 12, make a sl st in the second ch from the hook, sl st in the next ch, sc in the next 2 chs. Hdc in the next 3 chs, dc in the next 2 chs, hdc in the next ch, sc in the last ch. Skip the next st on the foundation row, sl st in the next st.

Repeat step 6 once more. Ch 1, Fasten off your thread. Spray your leaves with your stiffener, straighten and seDte loasspiedrmea t Ioce d Prlayn tcompletely. ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 20 Succulent Leaves Assembly

Let's put the leaves together!

You will be adding 2 leaves together in one round. This helps to add depth to the overall arrangement.

Step 1- Cut a 6" piece of 18 gauge wire for each leaf. Remember, two leaves equals one leaf.

Step 2- Glue only the base (foundation row) of two leaves together with the backside of the leaves facing each other. Push your 6" (18 gauge wire) through the bottom-right of the leaves, and bend the wire in half evenly.

Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 21 Completing The Leaves Assembly

Step 3- Add 1 flower, placing it against the leaf wire. Place the flower stem half way down the leaf stem.

Step 4- Add glue and roll the leaves and the stems together. Continue to add two more flower stems evenly as you roll the leaves. Be sure to add glue in between rolling.

Step 5- Cut the stems down if needed. You want the bottom of the leaves to sit just below the vase rim. I highly recommend putting your flowers in a short vase.

Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 22 Vase Assembly

Step 1- Cut floral foam or half of a foam ball that fits into the bottom of your vase with a little room around the ball.

Step 2- Place your flowers and leaves into the top center of the foam. Add glue around the edge of the underside of the half ball and place it into your vase. Press down to seal it, and cover the foam with stones.

You can always stick extra flowers or leaves into the foam.

Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 23 Finished Arrangement

Delosperma Ice Plant ©Flawless Crochet Flowers 24 All Rights Reserved

Leticia Lebron, the founder of Flawless Crochet Flowers is the designer and copyright owner of this pattern. You are not allowed to do any of the following:

- Reproduce - Sell- Distribute copies

You are also not allowed to transmit this pattern in any form whether written, recorded or photocopying without the consent of Leticia Lebron.

Translating this pattern into other languages violates this policy!

You can use the flowers created from this pattern for personal or commercial use as long as it is not being sold in mass production, and you credit me as the designer by leaving a link to my shop.

Happy Flower Making! Leticia Lebron

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