Neato Scrap Fabric Flower Pins

Well, before I came up with the idea of giving my mom magnets for Mother's Day, this was my back up plan. These fabric flower pins that she could somehow use as accessories if, you know, she didn't think they were GAUDY, or UGLY, or CUMBERSOME. Not that she thinks that. She hasn't even seen them yet! I think they are lovely. Here's how to make them:

We've got some scrap fabric, one in a contrastic fabric, some interfacing, some tissue paper, a hot glue gun, scissors and I forgot to put some pins in the picture.
This is what I'm aiming for in the end.
So I start by drawing a petal (doesn't have to be perfect, whatever size you want) on the tissue paper, which I will use as a pattern for my big petals.
Supplies
Initial Sketch
Petal Pattern
Since tissue paper bleeds, I did it on a scrap piece of paper... which was good because now I can use that as a guide for my second petal.
Aren't they just fantastic!
So I cut them out and place them on the fabric. The middle petal will be on the red fabric. I didn't notice it had folded over when I took the picture.
Second Petal
Petals Done!
Cut out and ready.
But first! I iron on some fusible interfacing to make the fabric stiff. You only really need to do this for the large petals.
I just traced around the patterns instead of pinning them and cutting them. This is easier for me.
Now that I have all the pieces cut, I semi-assemble them for your viewing pleasure. I traced around a penny to make the center dot.
Interfacing
Drawn On
All Cut!
So, to keep from fraying and for a polished finish, I do a narrow zig zag stitch around the border of the petals.
It's supposed to look like this.
But sometimes they come out looking like this.
Sew!
Zig Zag Stitch
Oops
But that's ok, I just trim around the excess. It comes out fine.
After I zig zag all of them and trim the frayed bits, they look all crumpled.
So I iron them!
Trim
Crinkly
Iron
Ok, now I make a mark on the flowers. About an inch and a half up on the big petals and one inch on the medium sized petals. You don't need to do this on the little petals and I'll show you why in a minute.
Basically, you're going to fold them in half and sew from the mark to the corner of the petal.
See? Now it looks all 3-D.
Make markings
Sew, sew, sew!
Flip Out
Lastly, we cut off the excess fabric.
For the medium and small petals, I'm going to sew them together. That's why you didn't have to mark the little ones.
And that's how that will look.
Snip, snip, snip!
Sew Together
See?
Ok, so now we get ready to hot glue. I just cut out a little piece of cardboard to glue everything on (actually the cardboard my magnets came in).
Just put a dab of glue on the bottom and press it to the cardboard.
This is what the first level will look like.
Get ready to glue!
And glue!
First Level
Everything is glue down and the flower is pretty much done!
But one more thing, we must add the pin backing.
Yay! Rock that thing! Or maybe, pin it to your favorite tote or something.
A flower!
Make a pin
Pin it on
I made another, crappier one. With beads!
Make More!



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Supplies

  • 6"x6" Scrap Fabric
  • 6"x6" Constrasting Scrap Fabric
  • 6"x6" Interfacing (Optional)
  • Tissue Paper
  • Thread
  • Pin Backings
  • Scrap Cardboard 1" diameter circle
  • Decorative Beads, etc. (Optional)

Tools

  • Sewing Machine
  • Hot Glue
  • Iron
  • Scissors

Budget

$5 or $15 bucks







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