Crocheting Cornflowers

Hello readers and fellow crocheters!

What amazed me the most on the Internet and Pinterest is, that there are a lot of generous people that are sharing their knowledge. It did restore my faith in mankind somewhat.
One of these people is the very generous and talented Sam from the blog Creazone di Sam 

She makes and invents the most gorgeous realistic crocheted flowers!! And lately, as an extra bonus, she translates her patterns in English and Spanish!!
All her patterns are free.... amazing generous woman!!!

I was particularly charmed by her cornflowers!!!
Her pattern was easy to follow. Only I crocheted the flower in white cotton 40
 (so it's smaller) and hand dyed it.

Before painting

I use fabric paint

I use fabric paint and mix it till I have the color I want.
After that I cover a metal wire with cotton yarn and dye it green. (Flower stem)
Then I assemble the flower wit a little glue, where needed.

Here you can see the construction on the back.  

And finally, after molding each petal with a tweezer, I used spray starch to keep the cornflower in shape.

I allready have 5 cornflowers and 4 leaves. I will show you the result when it's finished!!

And I want to thank Sam for the pleasure she gave me by sharing her patterns so I could  crochet these cornflowers!!! Mille grazie! !! 

Total height including stem: 8 cm