As you may know, 2 weeks ago I participated in Sew, Mama, Sew’s Giveaway Day. It was so much fun – I visited all kins of awesome blogs and won THREE things!!!
Well, I gave away 2 dresses. One from my blog and one from my Etsy shop.
The blog winner chose a navy blue strapless dress with a yellow/white seersucker sash. So that’s what I just finished for her. I think it’s so cute and classy. …. …. …. and a little bit boring. So….. I added something. Just the simplest, sweetest, nicest little flower pin. If I like it, I thought you might, too. So, here’s a free tutorial on how to make these easy breezy things. They DEFINITELY fall into the Under $5 and 15 minutes series!
Here's the pin attached at the bodice top. So sweet, right!?!
Okay… Let’s make ‘em!
As (almost) always - start with your scrap selections. For this pin, I chose 2 fabrics for the flower and a darker fabric for the covered button in the center. You can have as many layers as you want.
Determine how big you want the pin. Cut out 5 circles to that size. Then cut 4 circles a little bit smaller. Of course I didn't measure my smaller ones, I just cut them smaller. They're probably about an inch narrower, but just go with what feels right. These are meant to be slightly imperfect. That's the beauty of them!
Apply fusible interfacing to one of the Large circles. This is the back of the pin, so use the strongest interfacing you have. (Also, I forgot to photograph, but you'll need a circle of felt cut to this size as well)
Now, to begin assembling your flower, start with the 4 remaining large circles. Fold in half, right side out. Then fold in half again. You'll end up with 4 triangles instead of 4 circles.
Lay each of the 4 triangles on top of the interfaced circle as shown.
I suppose you could hand-sew this next step ... but yeah right. I just walk over to the machine and do the fastest, easiest little zig zag stitch. Nothing big or fancy, just enough to hold down each triangle in the center.
Now fold your small circles into the same triangle forms and place on top of the others. And yes, go do that ziggy zaggy thing again.
Cover a button, sew it in the center (yes, I did handsew it on! amazing!). Then, start digging through your stash to find that long lost pin attachment.
Now, find that felt circle that has fallen somewhere down around your workspace or into the kids' sandwiches. Keep tinkering with it until you have cut two snips for both ends to fit through nicely.
AND ... HOT GLUE that felt piece right onto the backside of the interfaced circle...make sure that you position it with the pin sticking out!
Pin it to something. Stand Back. Admire. Smile.
So that’s it.
It really is super easy and super fun. I want a million of these. You can attach them to elastic headbands, shirts, purses, shoes, even a dog collar! Seriously y’all – go make some!
Wow, amazing! It looks so easy (until I try it). Can you use pinking shears to prevent the petals from unraveling? or does it look too “fake”?
Thank-you for this lovely tutorial! To prevent my fabric fraying I used a matte clear nail polish on the edges.
Oh the dress turned our very cute! It isn’t until you added the brooch/cute pin that I realized how much more it added to the already unbelievably cute dress!
I am so jealous I want a cute dress:(
Thanks for sharing this cute tutorial!
Does the felt have pb&j on it? lol only joking!
Cute!
Yeah! I love my dress and can’t wait to wear it. Thanks so much for your hard work!
I love the flower
they can be used in smaller versions for making cards.
Thank you.
great idea
love love love it…and just in time for summer fun flowers.
How can I print out the directions without all the added comments at the end?
Hey Karen! How I wish I could answer your question…the ONLY piece of technology that I understand is my sewing machine! I somehow manage to fumble my way around WordPress but I do not how to print without the comments. Maybe someone else who reads this can answer that for you. Good luck!
May I suggest that you use the Copy and Paste functions in MS Word to save the instructions to a Word document, then print out your document. You can even Right Click on the pictures, copy them and add them to your document. You would not copy the comments, of course. An added advantage is that you can arrange the blocks of text and the pictures to suit yourself.
This is a darling idea for enhancing clothing, headbands, etc. I could even see making a pair of these flowers to dress up plain looking houseshoes.
cute! easy! Smart looking~ on a dress or coat.
To print only the part you want, you could highlight what you want to print then right mouse click and select “Print” for the menu. When the print option window opens, tick the option to print “Selection”.
To print only what you want and no comments I highlight what I want to print then ctrl p which brings up the print screen on my computer. I then click on selection that will print out only what you want. If you choose all you will get everything including comments. I tried the right click and all I got was the copy option which is ok of you are transferring over to maybe Word.
Love them
This would also work well as a hair clip. Instead of putting a pin backing, you can sew on a metal hair clip. I have made several crochet hair clips for members of my daughter’s church [ they all have very, very long hair and wear it up]. Looks great. Thanks.
I realize this is a very little-sew project but….I traced around a small bowl (5 1/4″) directly onto my fabric. Then took a little extra time to serge a rolled hem (with my serger of course) in a high contrast color thread. Absolutely beautiful.
P.S.You could also do a tight zig-zag stitch.Thanks for this get project!!
When I print out instructions, I click through the display of the pages and then specify “from page ___ to page ___.” This way, I cut off the comments from the end. If hitting “print” doesn’t give me the pages, I select “preview<" which gives me the display. Then hit "print" again and specify the pages. (I can't believe I am giving COMPUTER advice!! Wow –) I also scan through the comments for any helpful tips and print that page as well.
CarolB
What a great idea. Making it on a pin it can go on hatbands and breathe some life into them too. Found you through All Free Sewing.
Tharanga May 21,2012 at 11.59 am
I love the folower. Thank you so much for your hard work.
From Sri Lanka.
I have been looking for an easy tut for a flower for a shirtwaisted denim dress..thanks to you I found it. This is the fourth of July and I can whip it up before I go to my daughter’s celebration. Red, white and blue of course. I have star shaped buttons for the center. Thank you for sharing. Ga. Granny Peach
beautiful flower !!!!
I have made a few flower pins, but this was the easiest one, and the cutiest. Thank you for sharing your talent.