Make Your Own Silk Flower Brooches

Sometimes you just need a little something extra to spice up your outfit. Here's a simple tutorial for creating your own silk flower brooch. These are so cute and would make a fun little gift too (to soon to be thinking about mother's day yet?).Supplies: fabric, brooch pin, felt, scissors, needle and thread. 2. Cut a long strip of fabric. Ours was 43 inches long. We used a patterned scissor to add some pretty detail! 3. When cutting your strip, you'll want the width of one end to be double the width of the other end. Ours was 2 inches wide on one end and 4 inches on the other. 4. After you've cut the strip, curve both ends, making the finished product look less messy. 5. Then, beginning with the smaller end, start wrapping it like a cone by pinching one side together tightly and letting the other side loosely form the "petals." 6-7. Continue step five, stitching each wrap along the way. Once you're about 5 inches from the end, begin wrapping and sewing it create a flat base. 8. This step is really important! Stitch all the way through the base and front of the flower a couple of times, securing it from unraveling. 9. Stitch on a circle of felt, covering up all of the stitching on the base. 10. Last, stitch on the brooch pin, and it's ready to wear!We created a single, over sized flower; but you could slightly alter the above measurements to create any size you like. You could even create multiple sized flowers and stitch them all onto a pin, headband or necklace for a bouquet type look—get creative and have fun with these! xo. emma and elsie

Comments

[whitney]

love this idea! the blue with the stripes looks really great together too!

[olga]

Such a statement piece! And pretty easy until the 6th step! After that I'm not sure! ;-)
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[AnnOnandOn]

That is a fun rainy day project! :)

[Natasha Fatah]

Going to make this one for sure!

xoxo
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[grace]

great and easy DIY thanks for sharing!

grace
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[Essie]

Lovely idea!http://pinkscriptblog.blogspot.com/

[Material Fixations]

I think I'm gonna make one as a hair pin, now that spring is here.
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[Michelle]

This is so cute! It looks especially great against the black and white stripes.

Michelle
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[Val]

Seems easy :) Will do

Val
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[irene wibowo]

nice.. :) http://lovesimplegreen.blogspot.com/

[Heather]

Cute & simple! Love it!
xo Heather
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[Rachel]

I love the jacket!

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[Vicky]

Adorable! Thanks for sharing.

xO Vicky
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[Erin]

Great DIY. The turquoise looks lovely against the black :)

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[Shannon]

Beautiful Mother's Day inspiration. I've been a fan of rosettes ever since Carrie rocked them on Sex in the City. :)

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[Sell WoW Account]

that is really lovely~

[Allison]

So awesome! These would make great hair flowers too! Thanks for sharing.
xx
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[Kate @ Songs Kate Sang]

Thank you so much for taking the time to do tutorials. It is so kind of you! We all appreciate the pictures ~ it helps us know we are on the right track.

[iris]

I have a tutorial for a flatter, satin rose brooch: http://byov.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-to-satin-rose.html

They're all so much fun and so easy to make.

[Kelly @ NJ Antiques]

That's very cool. I'd love to make one of those.