How to make Tunisian Crochet Puff Stitch flower

That’s a beautiful crochet 3D flower motif blanket pattern — featuring red petals with green centers! 🌺
Here’s a detailed step-by-step guide to help you make it:

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🧶 MATERIALS

Item	Details
Yarn	Red (petals), Green (center), Cream/Beige (background) – medium weight cotton or acrylic
Hook	3.0 mm–3.5 mm
Tools	Scissors, yarn needle, stitch marker (optional)

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🌿 STEP 1: Crochet the Green Flower Center (Base)

This part will be the center of your flower and the base for the petals.

Round 1:

1. Make a Magic Ring.
2. Chain 1 (does not count as a stitch).
3. Crochet 6 single crochets (sc) into the ring.
4. Pull the ring tight and slip stitch (sl st) to the first sc to join.
   → (6 stitches total)

Round 2:

1. Chain 1.
2. Crochet 2 sc in each stitch around.
3. Join with a sl st to the first sc.
   → (12 stitches total)

Round 3 (Leaf Points):

1. Chain 3, then make 1 single crochet (sc) in the same stitch.
2. Skip the next stitch, sl st into the next one.
3. Repeat chain 3, sc in same stitch, skip 1, sl st next all the way around.
   → You’ll have 6 green “points” or spikes — this is where your red petals will attach later.

Fasten off the green yarn.

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🌺 STEP 2: Make the Red Petals (3D Shape)

Attach your red yarn to any green spike tip.

For each petal:

1. Chain 8.
2. In the 2nd chain from hook: 1 single crochet (sc).
3. In the next chain: 1 half double crochet (hdc).
4. In the next 5 chains: 1 double crochet (dc) in each chain.
   → You now have one petal.
5. Slip stitch (sl st) into the next green spike to anchor the petal.
6. Repeat steps 1–5 around the flower to create 6 petals in total.

When done, fasten off and weave in ends.

🧵 Tip: For more volume, you can crochet each petal in two layers:

• Work one row of dc up the chain,
• Then another row of dc down the same chain back to the base,
• Slip stitch to next point.

This gives the petals that thick, soft 3D look like in your picture.

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🌸 STEP 3: Shaping the Flower

• Use your fingers to gently curl the petals outward.
• Make sure each petal overlaps slightly, giving a full, realistic flower look.
• You can block lightly with steam or water to hold shape.

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🧩 STEP 4: Crochet the Beige Background Square

Now you’ll crochet around the flower to turn it into a square motif.

1. Attach beige yarn to the back loop of any petal base (between petals).
2. Chain 1, make 2 single crochets (sc) in that space.
3. Work evenly around the flower base, about 3 sc on each petal side.
4. At the corners, chain 2 (this will shape the corners).
5. Continue around until you’ve formed a square shape.
6. Slip stitch to join, and fasten off.

If you prefer a larger background, you can add a 2nd round:

• Chain 3 (counts as dc),
• 1 dc in each stitch,
• At corners: (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in same corner space.

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🪢 STEP 5: Joining Motifs

After making several flower squares:

• Line them up (right sides facing up).
• Use slip stitch join, mattress stitch, or join-as-you-go method with beige yarn.
• Continue until you’ve joined all flowers into your desired piece — blanket, bag, pillow, etc.

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💡 OPTIONAL FINISHES:

• Add a border (1–3 rounds of double crochet) around the entire piece.
• Mix colors (different flower shades) for a garden effect.
• Add beads or buttons to the center if you like decoration.

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