I decided I had to get some of these wonderful brooches and barrettes made. They are SO popular right now. I had picked up some fabric recently and it was still sitting in it's bag on my craft room floor. So today was the day!!
These are FUN and they turn out so beautifully!! They are made using the Stampin' Up Exclusive Flower Folds Die (115970, page 201).
I ended up mostly using all the same fabric - I'll have to check into getting some other types of fabric with more varieties of colors, but for now here's my latest!
Since I do not like to sew, I used the hot glue gun and only had a couple of burnt fingers. No really - but yo DO have to be very careful not to touch the glue gun!!
Here's some closer views
I really like this one - it is a large striped material, so I was able to use different parts and come out with a totally different one
This definitely has a story. I bought a new skirt and it was too long, so my sister helped me shorten it. I also bought a matching sweater - I used the fabric from the skirt along with some black and red and now I have a matching brooch!! I'm thrilled
My daughter loved this material
This one would be darling as a hair barrette
This reminds me of a retired DSP - can't think of the name right now :)
The next two are made from the same fabric - the first is a brooch
And this one is a barrette - I actually left off the biggest flowers and made it a bit smaller for my grandaughter
Here's now I attached the barrette on the back - I cut a circle from the Circle #2 Die (114526, page 202) and hot glued it to the back of the flower. And then hot glued the barrette on that.
And how I attached the brooch pins. I again cut a circle (next to the largest) from the Circles #2 die. I put two little slits in the fabric and ran the brooch pin through those slits and then hot glued it all to the back of the brooch! The pin doesn't show and it looks finished on the back too!
These were all done with the hot glue gun. I didn't even have the sewing machine out.
Stay tuned for my announcement of a class on these in the near future!!
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