July 12, 2026
Description
For those of you who plan for Valentine's Day (or Mother's Day) and don't want to deal with having to throw out moldy cut flowers or the cheap feel of regular artificial flowers, never fear! You can print your own surprisingly heavy blooms that can probably hurt if you smack someone hard enough with it.
And if you're wondering how I managed the gradient in the second photo, it's fabric dye for synthetics (think RIT or Jaquard); boil some water and dye together, dip your flower into the solution as needed to get the gradient you like. Otherwise, you can always use multicolor filament.
Update 20260712: Revamped the files so that all the parts can be printed flat with fewer supports for the stem, leaves, and sepal, and then shaped using a heat gun (or a hairdryer if you're printing in PLA). The new files are labelled 'flat,.
If you'd like a long-stemmed version, you can buy the files from my Patreon page (hey, I gotta pay bills).
License:
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