Tooling (Shaping) Artificial Fabric Flower Petals Without the Use of Traditional Flower Making Tools

This is a tutorial showing how to tool (shape) fabric flower petals without the use of expensive flower making tools. Even the method I use for stiffening the material is not traditional, being that the petals are stiffened individually. This is not meant to be a complete tutorial on flower making, but it is, I feel, the most important aspect of it. The rest can be figured out by observing how vintage artificial flowers or flowers founds in crafts stores are assembled.. This