3,000 DaffodilsDaffodil Day your wayInside this guide is everything you need to know to start creating craft with a daffodil or yellow theme for Daffodil Day Tasmania 2020.

Don’t sit still, create a daffodil!

Ideas & Inspiration.

OnlineResources.Not sure what you can do to support Daffodil Day? Here are a few simple ideas to inspire you! Click on the links for more details.

Calling all Tasmanian artists, crafters, hobbyists and dabblers!

We want to move away from selling commercial merchandise at our Daffodil Day stalls and bring a local flavor this August, with a focus on sustainability. After much brainstorming and discussions with members of the community we came up with an idea...

We are asking that you cut, sew, stick, glue, knit and crochet for Daffodil Day.

We’d love to have your creations for sale on our stalls and are asking that you donate your time and materials to help us raise funds for Cancer Council Tasmania. It could be on a yellow theme... or a daffodil theme.. it’s up to you.

Here’s some ideas on the type of things you could make:• Gift / greeting cards• Jewelery• Small hanging ornaments• Dream catchers• Crocheted daffodil pins

• Blankets• Cushion covers• Candles• Quilts• Bunting

Do you have another idea? Then let us know on the Registration Form or contact us.

Up-cycled Egg Cup Daffodils

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Crochet Daffodil tutorial

Up-cycled Brooch

Simple

IntermediateOrigami Daffodils

AdvancedDaffodil 3 waysEmbroidery

How to make your daffodil:The flowers work best with at least 4 coordinating colours. • Colour 1 - lemon: cut 12 petal

pieces and 4 trumpet pieces • Colour 2 - yellow: cut 12 petal

pieces, 2 trumpet pieces and 2 inner pieces

• Colour 3 - white/natural: cut 12 petal pieces, 2 trumpet pieces and 1 inner piece

• Colour 4 - mustard/orange: cut 4 trumpet pieces and 3 inner pieces

Cutting your shapesTemplates are available the link. For each flower you will need:• 6 x petal pieces• 2 x trumpet pieces• 1 x inner piece• 1 x floral wire and tape

Making your flowersHeat your glue gun whilst you wrap your florist wire in tape, allowing an overhang at each end; neatly trim the overhang.

Cut two vertical slits into each inner piece, stopping about two thirds down.

Squeeze a vertical line of glue down the centre bottom half of the inner piece and glue your wire firmly into place. Wrap and glue the sides around. This forms the centre of your flower.

Squeeze a horizontal line of glue along the bottom of one trumpet piece and wrap around the inner flower piece, aligning the shapes at the bottom. Repeat with the second trumpet piece, on the opposite side. Place a small dot of glue at the top corners of one trumpet piece and stick to the other to form a tube shape.

Squeeze a horizontal line of glue along the bottom of one petal piece and glue to the trumpet, taking the bottom of the petal slightly lower than the base of the trumpet. Pinch each side of the petal at the base. Repeat with two more petals, making sure you space the three petals evenly around the trumpet.

Glue the remaining three petals in the gaps between your first three petals, this time not pinching the shapes. And there you have it – your daffodil is now finished. Cut or fold the bottom of the wire to give a good fit inside your vase/jam jar. Repeat the steps above to make your other flowers.

Decorate your jam jar however you like. You could cut a strip of fabric with pinking shears and finish with lace ribbon, baker’s twine and a handwritten tag.

Pattern. Pattern.Simple Intermediate

How to make your daffodil:Using a pencil, draw the outline of your flower on your yellow card and carefully cut it out. An adult might want to help with this part.

Using the Glu Dots, stick the green lolly stick or straw to the back of the flower.

Using another Glu Dot, stick the mini muffin case in the middle of the flower. Now admire your pretty daffodil!

How to make your daffodil:Cut two pieces of the white felt into the shape of 3 petals, approximately 5 cm wide. If you want to make them into hair clips, keep them small.

Place one on top of the other and make a few stitches to hold them together.

Cut a thin strip of orange felt. With the tip of your scissors, make small “snips” into the felt strip along one edge.

Roll it up into a cute little ball and stitch it together from the inside so that the knot doesn’t show (tip: use two stands of embroidery thread). This flower “center” will give the daffodil some dimension.

Flip the flower petals over and give it a little pinch and make a few stitches. This will give the petals some dimension. And last, you will sew the flower center on to the flower starting from the back so that your knot will not show.

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These are great activities to get your kids involved!

You will need:• Some yellow paper or card,

card is better• Green lolly sticks or straws• Some yellow or orange mini

muffin cases• Bostik Glu Dots

You will need:• 100% wool felt in yellow, green,

orange and white.• Embroidery thread in yellow,

orange, and white• A needle• Scissors

You will need:• Felt in 4 coordinating colours:

Colour 1: at least 20cm x 30cm Colour 2: at least 20cm x 30cm Colour 3: at least 20cm x 30cm Colour 4: at least 20cm x 10cm

• 6 florist wires (I used 22 gauge; the lower the gauge the thicker the wire)

• Green florist stem tape - optional, but gives a nicer finish if your wire isn’t already wrapped in paper

• Hot melt glue gun and sticks• Scissors• Jam jar/vase and fabric/ribbon

scraps for decorating

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Pattern. Pattern.Advanced Advanced

You will need:4.0 mm crochet hookpliers8 ply wool – colour 1 (petals)8 ply wool – colour 2 (trumpet)8 ply wool – green (stem and leaves)30 cm florist wire (I used 18 gauge because it was the strongest)2 × 30 cm green pipe cleaner7.5 cm yellow pipe cleaner (this is ¼ of a 30 cm length)Use any of these combinations for colour 1 and colour 2:• yellow and darker yellow• yellow and yellow• white and yellow

You will need:• Yarn leftovers in yellows, beige

and green (double knit)• Covered wire• Gummed tape• 4 x double ended knitting needles

(2.75mm)• Tapestry needle• Scissors• Wire cutters

PetalsUse colour 1 and work in the round.Row 1: magic circle with 6 scRow 2: 2 sc in each stRow 3: sc in back loop of each stRow 4: (sc in next st of row 3; 6 ch; sc in second ch from hook; sc in next 4ch; sc in next st of row 3) × 6Row 5: (sc; [dc × 3; esc × 2 (in the 5 st up the side of the petal)]; sc × 2 in the st at the top of the petal; [esc × 2; dc × 3 (in the 5 st down the side ofthe petal)]; sc) × 6; sl st and finish off

TrumpetUse colour 2 and work in the round.Row 1: sc in the front loops of row 3 of petalsRow 2: (sc; 2 sc in next st) × 6Row 3: sc aroundRow 4: sc aroundRow 5: (sl st; 2 ch; sl st) in each st of row 5

StemUse greenRow 1: 46 ch; sc in second ch from hook; sc in next 44 ch (turn)Row 2: ch; sc in each st (turn)Row 3: ch; sc in each st and finish off (leave a long tail for sewing).

Leaf (make 2)Use green31 ch; sc in second ch from hook; sc in next 9 ch; esc in next 10 ch; dc in next

10 ch and finish off (leave a long tail for sewing).Bend over 1 cm at the end of a green pipe cleaner and place at the tip ofthe leaf. Hold the pipe cleaner along the length of the leaf and sew theedges together (some of the pipe cleaner will be sticking out the edge at this stage).

ConstructionUse pliers to bend over 1 cm at each end of the florist wire. Wind one green pipe cleaner around 26 cm of the florist wire and bend over 1 cm at each end of the pipe cleaner. (This is just to pad the stem out a little bit and stop the wire from slipping.)Position the leaf on the stem and wind the exposed pipe cleaner form the leaf over the stem.Sew the stem over the 26 cm of florist wire covered by the pipe cleaner (and remember to keep the other 2 cm free).

Poke the free end of the florist wire through the magic circle at the middle of the petals and cover this with the yellow pipe cleaner to make a stamen.

Sew the flower to the top of the stem. Bend the florist wire at the base of the flower so that the flower faces outwards.

Pattern:Petals Cast on 3 stitches in yellow.I-cord 6 rows and then separate stitches out onto three needles and continue working in the round.Round 1: kfb x 3 (6)Round 2: [kfb, k1] x 3 (9)Round 3: kfb x 9 (18)Round 4: kfb x 18 (36)Switch to working in the flat for the first of the petals as follows:

PETALRow 1: k1, kfb x 3, k2 (9)Row 2: [p1, k1] x 4, p1Row 3: kfb x 8, k1 (17)Row 4: [p1, k1] x 8, p1Row 5: [k1, p1] x 8, k1Row 6: [p1, k1] x 8, p1Row 7: [k1, p1] x 8, k1Row 8: [p1, k1] x 8, p1Row 9: k1, k2tog x 2, [p1, k1] x 4, k2tog x 2Row 10: [p1, k1] x 6, p1 (13)Row 11: k1, k2tog x 2, [p1, k1] x 2, k2tog x 2Row 12: [p1, k1] x 4, p1 (9)Row 13: k1, k2tog x 4 (5)Row 14: p1, p2tog x 2 (3)Thread yarn through remaining sts and pull tight.Work the pattern for PETAL six times, so that no stitches remain. Rejoin the yarn to the live stitches after each petal is completed.

TrumpetCast on 9sts in orange and join into the round.Round 1: k –Round 2: kfb x 9Rounds 3 to 12: [k1, p1] x 9Round 13: p –Repeat the following bullet points until no stitches remain.cast on 1stcast off 2sts

If your cast off method leaves a stitch on the RH-needle, transfer it back to the LH-needle.Turn the finished trumpet inside out.

StemCast on 5sts in green. I-cord for around 20cm to form the stem, then separate stitches onto 3 needles and continue in the round.Round 1: kfb x 5Rounds 2 & 3: k –Cast off.

SpatheCast on 6sts in beige and join into the round.Rounds 1 to 3: k –Round 4: k5, kfbRound 5: k –Round 6: k6, kfbRound 7: k –From this point on the spathe will be worked in the flat, but you may want to wait a few rounds before transferring all stitches to a single needle.Row 8: k – (8)Row 9: pfb, p7 (9)Row 10: kfb, k8 (10)Row 11: pfb, p9 (11)Row 12: kfb, k10 (12)Row 13: p –Row 14: k –Row 15: p2tog, p10 (11)Row 16: k2tog, k9 (10)Row 17: p –Row 18: k –Row 19: p2tog, p8 (9)Row 20: k2tog, k7 (8)Row 21: p2tog, p6 (7)Row 22: k2tog, k5 (6)Row 23: p2tog, p4 (5)Row 24: k2tog, k3 (4)Row 25: p2tog, p2 (3)Row 26: k2tog, k1 (2)Thread yarn through remaining sts and pull tight.

Abbreviationsesc extended single crochetdc double crochetsc single crochetsl st slip stitchst stitch

Making Up:Arrange the petals so they are alternately completely on top or completely underneath their neighbours. Use the loose ends of yarn to sew them into position.Diagram showing arrangement petals.

Feed the i-cord stamen at the centre of the petals through the small hole in the base of the trumpet. Sew the base of the trumpet into position.Cut a length of covered wire such that it will just fit inside the i-cord stem. Cover both ends in gummed tape and insert it into the knitted tube. Sew the cast off end of the tube to the centre of the reverse side of the petals.

Insert the stem into the knitted spathe so that the flat part of the spathe points towards the flower. Sew it into position so that there is only around a centimetre of green stem showing between the spathe and the petals.

Once all remaining loose ends have been woven in bend the stem at right angles at the bottom of the spathe.

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• Items must be home-made and of good quality created with a daffodil and/or yellow theme.

• Items must be ‘family-friendly’ -nothing too saucy!• No food items.• You agree to provide us with photos along the way so we can share

on our Facebook Event, 3,000 Daffodils. Alternatively, you can use the hashtag #3000daffodils on social media to provide these to us.

• Items must not be too large. I.e. large paintings, garden sculptures, etc. are too difficult to transport and display at Daffodil Day stalls.

• The cost of materials and equipment are at your own expense as this is a fundraising initiative for Cancer Research, our free support services and tranport2treament program.

• You have the capacity to deliver your crafts to one of our offices in Launceston, Devonport or Hobart during office hours by Friday 7 August 2020.

• As all craft items will be placed on sale to the public, Cancer Council Tasmania reserves the right to decide on whether the quality of an item is suitable for sale, the quantity and final sales price.

HOBART15 Princes StSandy Bay 700503 6169 1900

T 1300 656 585E infotas@cancertas.org.auW cancertas.org.au

LAUNCESTON69 Howick StLaunceston 725003 6779 1108

DEVONPORTSuite 2, 45 Best StDevonport 731003 6419 4200

28 August 2020 Daffodil Day is

- so let’s get crafty!