Burlap & Felt Flower Brooch Tutorial. Welcome to Positively Splendid! If you are new here, I invite you to subscribe to the RSS feed to ensure you never miss a post. Around here, I am in full Creative Estates planning mode. I can’t believe I leave tomorrow! In typical last-minute fashion (read up in this post for the full lowdown on my procrastinating ways), I decided yesterday one of my outfits needed a little “something.” These are a quick-and-easy project that is totally doable in a half hour or less. For this project, you will need… Burlap Felt in various colors Thread Hot glue Pin backs Basic sewing supplies: machine, shears, etc. Prep Work Cut out your fabric strips. Large flowers: 1 center piece, cut to 2 x 5 inches 1 petal piece, cut to 3 x 12 inches Small flowers: 1 center piece, cut to 1.5 x 3.5 inches 1 petal piece, cut to 2.5 x 8 inches Note: Be sure to cut 1 piece from each fabric type for each flower.
Step 1 / Fold your petal piece in half lengthwise, and, using a 1/8-1/4″ seam, sew the open side shut. All done! Sincerest form of flattery guest- little miss momma. DIY Fabric Flower Hair Clip. Craftaholics Anonymous: vintage ruffle necklace with TUTORIAL. Remember the gorgeous vintage fabric from my Grandma i posted about on thursday? Well, this is the exquisite necklace i created with a small piece of it!
Umm, can i say, i lOvE it? Oh yeah, because i am swooning over how it turned out! I have seen these types of ruffle necklaces all over and loved them. so i thought this was a perfect way to use my grandma’s vintage threads. got to love the burnt orange! I really love the pretty design and the pink and cream accents. i love how my grandma rolled up and tied her scraps into these cute little bundles. i think i’m going to have to do that with my scraps! This is the manufacturer’s stamp along the selvage. anyone know when this was made?
Now for a quick tutorial on how i made this beauty! Take a simple chain {make one or buy one!} Cut a piece of fabric 4.5″ by 13″. about any type of fabric will do. place the chain in the middle of the fabric and fold in half {fabric will measure approx. 2.25″ by 13″ now} Share and Enjoy. Rolled Calico Flower. After you make one of these flowers, and find how very easy they are, you'll find yourself tucking them hither and yon! Cotton calicoes were used to make this flower, using the same pattern we used to craft our Rolled Felt Flower. The calico will be smaller than the felt flower, but it is washable, whereas the felt ones are not. Make one or make 30! A fun and fast project! Materials: 4" x 28" piece of calico for the flower 4" x 5" piece of calico for each leaf small piece of thin batting for leaves sewing thread embroidery floss2 copies of pattern (optional: bar pins for brooches or contour barrettes for barrettes) Preparing pattern pieces: The pattern piece for the flower will require taping together 3 pieces.
For the leaves, you will need to add 1/4" seam allowance around the entire leaf. Cutting: Cut 1 flower piece Cut 2 leaf pieces for each leaf. Directions: 1] Make 2 copies of the pattern and piece together as explained above. 2] Cut out pieces. 9] When the flower is rolled, secure end. Yo Yo Headband. DIY: Embellished Breastplate Necklace. By Roseann I recently became quite excited about this multi chain and chainmail combo and decided to incorporate it into this week’s project. Inspired by Fiona Paxton’s jewelry this project is a bit more involved than some of my earlier posts, but with a little patience the result is stunning.
A lot of hand work is involved, but don’t let this intimidate you. If you are really not interested in taking that plunge a similar look can be achieved by sewing together some embellished appliqués to mimic the breastplate. Materials: 1 to1 ¼ yards multi chain, to purchase call 1-800-9-mjtrimMetal sequinsGlass sew on jewelsPiallettesBeading threadTulle, preferably a heavy one such as crinoline netScissors, hand needle, and needle nose pliersMulti strand jewelry claspJump rings, amount needed depends on your jewelry clasp Directions: Cut a piece of tulle 9”x 7”.Fold the tulle in thirds so that your piece now measures 3”x 7”. Like this: Like Loading...