You may recall the Dutch inspiration blog I linked to for my last Sunday-someplace-else. There are so many great links there it will take me ages to work thru them all! But one that really caught my eye was a shabby flower made with fabric. I thought it was just lovely and decided to give it a go. I picked colours my MIL will love, because it struck me a something she would appreciate. I figure if I can just find the stash of pin-backs I have it might make a nice little lapel pin for her. She isn’t afraid of BIG pins (or necklaces, for that matter) so I hope it will be well received.
I did it a tiny bit different than shown in the video as I built the rolled center flower on a bit of felt – I am not super dextrous and feared I would ruin the whole thing if I tried to glue and roll on the actual item. That worked well for me. I also didn’t have the rough fabric, but I did have some lighter weight muslin-type stuff. I also added some beaded strands and a bit of dangly bead trim I have had FOREVER and just never seem to find just the right thing to use it on.
I need to hunt up some velvet leaves. The one you see is from a silk flower stem and not stuck down.
It was fun to make, and the video is pretty clear to follow. I think I would like to try it with better base fabric, but that is a project for another day. We have a load of people coming over tomorrow for a BBQ and I have to do a spot of cleaning (well behind due to the physical complaints of the past week – I hope both my wrist and my back are up to it!) and make baked beans.
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