Now that Fall and Winter are upon us, I can't wait to start making some cold weather pieces. First on the list was this Fall Brooch.
I mainly made it to wear with the scarf I am sharing with you tomorrow {Gorgeous!}, but as I made more, I realized how versatile it really is!
Of course, adorning a coat lapel is always in order...
And, sprucing up an old purse does the trick too!
This pin is easy to make and easy to wear...
Thinking about Christmas, I imagine these would make fabulous gifts for the women in your life.
And if any of the "women in my life" are reading this blog, sorry to spoil the surprise, but your gettin' one.
Wanna make One? or Two? or Ten?
Materials
1/4 yard wool blend felt (sold at Joann's on the bolt or find here)
(enough for one and a half brooches, so 1/2 yard will make 2)
Coordinating thread
Chrysi Template HERE
Hot Glue Gun
Scissors Pin Back
Instructions
1. Cut Qty 6. 7" squares out of the felt
2. Take one piece and fold it in half
3. Now fold it in half the other way, so it makes a square. Place your Chrisyi template on the folded edge corner
4. Cut and unfold to reveal your shape
5. Fold the flower shape in half, making sure the petals are alternating as shown
6. Now fold it in half to get this blossom effect
7. Using a full 1 inch seam allowance, straight stitch the corner down
I used white thread here for you to see, but use a coordinating thread instead so it does not show on the pin
Repeat with the other 5 squares.
8. Cut another felt piece at 3" diameter
9. Place one of the blossoms on the felt piece and hot glue in place
10. Repeat with the remaining three blossoms, so now you have 4 glued down
11. For the next two blossoms, cut the tip off about 1/4" away from the seam and glue down in the center. Cutting the tip makes it much easier to maneuver down into the middle of the flower
12. Grab one pin backing
13. Hot glue it in place
You likey? Me likey! I really want to make a charcoal grey one... and I was thinking of doing a different colored center. Charcoal Grey on the outside and then a muted pink on the inside...mmmmm
I hope you make one, if you do, post it in the Flickr group so we can see!
Don't forget to come back tomorrow for the Mamma Ruffle Scarf
44 comments:
LOVE! Especially love the yellow bag with the green flower.
AND the blog looks awesome!
I likey! and I am gonna makey!!
me likey!
I don't know if I can handle that complicated template though ;) hehe. Nothing I enjoy more than a familiar jumping-off point!
Lovely lovely! Great tutorial, even I might be able to do this.
it says your template isn't available through the link . . .
Yes it´s true.The template isn´t available through the link...buaaaa
Can you send me the template?? My e-mail doceseptiembre2009@hotmail.com.
Thank you very much!!!
Huh... I just tried it myself and it worked. Not sure what is going on (?)
This is awesome... thanks for sharing!! <3
Stunning. I'm fulling out the felt stash now .... Can. not. wait!
Thanks!
super fun, the green one would be fabulous for st. patti's day
I love these. I was just wondering what to do with a bunch of wool blend felt that I have. Now I know. :)
i love flowers and yours pin flowers too!i will make some for me too!
Great tutorial! I made my own purple felt flower! Feel free to leave your comments on my blog! Thanks a lot!
this is truly amazing and wonderful --- and mostly b/c it is so simple!
as the sole-female in my house, i'm always looking for things to make me more "girl" this is just the thing. can't wait to find just the right color of felt and then i'm bringing out the glue gun and makin' myself one of those!!
Thank you!! This is fabulous- I bookmarked it for future use- I'm making my sisters some for Christmas:)
Love,
C:)
I loved your tutorial. I have a blog too www.crieartezzanato.blogspot.com
Val (Brazil)
This is awesome! I'm half way finished with my first one now :) Thanks for the great tutorial!
So cute i love this. if you ever would like to be featured or would like to share a recipe or a find (re-do furniture) please come become a follower and email us...Great site and were a new follower as well!!!!
gorgeous!!! i love how BIG your flowers are! i've seen others, but they are a lot smaller. i'm a follower! :)
The bigger the better! I love it! Join my FELT link party over at my blog, http://craftersanonymousclub.blogspot.com
This is mega-cute. Thanks for showing us how to do it. I'll get to work on my version, soon.
I'm going to have to make some. Thanks for sharing :)
I'll link back to you when I make them
These are great - super cute!
Melissa
http://www.burstsofcreativity.blogspot.com/
I will make a ton of these tonight! Love them.
I love this!!! I can't wait to make one! Thanks for sharing!
I think this would look fabulous on a little girl's headband as well! Thanks for sharing.
I just made one and it is so freaking cute! I will surely be making these for holiday gifts! Thanks for the great tutorial!
P.S. I made mine out of 4" squares and hot glue ;-)
this is really chic! I will definitely be making a few of these, they would make great gift wrap bows for a few special friends-thanks for sharing!
I'm stopping by from Fingerprints on the fridge.
¡muchas gracias por compartir este tutorial, y tantos otros!
hice una (en un abrir y cerrar de ojos ^.^), pero no pude publicar la foto en Flickr, aún no entiendo porqué...lo siento.
Hasta pronto!
I love it....the fact that it is super big makes me love it even more!!!!
I made a cute little posie pin earlier this year......I LOVE this one!! What a GREAT Christmas idea!!
Definitely going to make some of these they look great. useful for so many projects as well as being super cute on their own. thanks for the tute :)
These are great! Can't wait to make one (or more!). Thanks for sharing.
I made my own felt flower last week, but it seems too TIGHT! I think it's because mine is SO much smaller. I'm totally going to try this HUGE one!
Beautifull, I came from de blog of Carment Tye.! and damela lata.!
Thanks for the steps, beautifull and original pin.
I will make it.! Hugs from Argentina
♥
Wow! Love your pics, and the tutorial is easy to follow... I'm inspired! THinking I will make these to decorate holiday packages (for the ladies) and then they can remove and wear! Thank YOU!
Thanks you so much for linking up to Felt Week! I love the flower you made. I am going to try this one for sure! I hope to see you again at Crafters Anonymous Club!
Fantastic!!!
Thanks for sharing the tutorial. I love the red flower on the scarf.
Ok have a question. I bought 1/4 of yd got ready to start cutting and realize that I cannot get 6 - 7" squares out of my cut of fabric. To get 6 even cuts they would have to be 6 1/4. Do you think it will still work? I am behind on projects and running into difficulty on many of them so just want to seek your advice before I started cutting and tweaking. Thanks. btw love the pattern and am really looking forward to making one of these for my mom. (the fabric was expensive or I would have bought more) :)
Im sure the 6 1/4 will be fine. As you can see I leave some extra room at the top and side for error. You can also trim the template down a smidge to get your size. Hope that helps!
Thank you!
Bummer! I love this felt flower and I started making one out of kelly green felt for St. Patrick's day BUT the felt I'm using must be a lot thinner then yours so it's floppy and has no form. I'm going to have to try this again with a different felt. I was just so excited to whip this up today. But this is a wonderful tutorial and I wanted to thank you for sharing it.
I love this flower! I cant get the pattern to come up. Can you email it or tellme if its posted somewhere else? 31bycandice@gmail.com
thank you!
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