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Brooches with Bite

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Assemble the flower, and make it a pin
With some hand-sewing, you’ll build your pin from the petals and center. The finishing touch is a quick pin backing.

1. Join the petals in two layers. Sew the six large petals together, adding one at a time to create a circle. Lap each petal’s base over the next, clockwise or counter-clockwise (it doesn’t matter as long as you’re consistent!). Hand-stitch them together securely. Arrange and sew the six small petals in another circular layer.

Hand-stitch the petals together.

2. Sew the petal layers together. Place the smaller layer over the larger layer. Offset the petals to fan attractively. Pin in place. Secure the petals by hand-sewing through both layers close to the middle.

Arrange the two petal layers into a full flower.

3. Finish the flower, and Add a pin closure. Slipstitch the flower center in the center of the petal layers. To attach the pin and back, cut a 11⁄2-inch circle from the backing fabric. Sew the pin closure to the circle, and then hand-sew the circle to the flower’s bottom petal layer. You can hide your stitches beneath the smaller petal layer and flower center.

Hand-sew the closure backing to the bottom petal layer.

by Susan Crane
excerpted from Quick Stuff to Sew Vol. 4, p. 35.

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Lynneathecraftyone writes: Hmmmm I have a few unused zippers in my stash from projects I never did...may have to experiment and see if I can be a flower maker!
Posted: 10:24 am on March 31st