Artificial flowers are one of the most popular today.popular fashion trends. We decorate office, everyday and festive clothes with them, “plant” them on caps and hats, attach them to handbags and shoes. We buy ready-made artificial flowers or make them ourselves, we are happy to receive them as a gift and with no less pleasure we give them to others, especially if it is handmade. And, as it turns out, it is not at all difficult to make such a fashionable accessory with your own hands. For example, you can try to make a flower brooch from fabric with your own hands. Or, not even from fabric, but from completely unexpected materials. Let's try?
Brooch made of chiffon
Very naturalistic, almost lifelike,you will get a flower from a light fabric. A flower brooch made of organza or chiffon will decorate any clothes: a light blouse, a wool suit, and a knitted jacket. Such a brooch will add romance and tenderness to your image, and to make it you will need the following materials and tools:
- pink, beige, white or blue chiffon;
- clasp-base for brooch,
- beads to decorate the middle of the flower,
- candle,
- needle and thread,
- glue,
- scissors.
It is very easy to make such a brooch.First, you need to cut out several circles of different sizes from the fabric (the more details, the more magnificent the flower will be). Now carefully process each circle over a candle flame, singeing the edges of the details. After that, stack the blanks one on top of the other, starting with the largest circle and ending with the smallest. The blanks can be glued for strength, but you can do without it, simply sewing the details in the center. Next, take a chiffon thread pulled from the fabric, thread it into a needle and sew beads into the center of the flower. Attach the clasp - the brooch is ready!
Brooch made of felt
Felt is a very grateful material formaking artificial flowers. A felt brooch can be either strictly formal or playful. It all depends on your idea and the color of the felt you choose. To make such a brooch, prepare:
- pieces of colorful felt,
- thermo-glue (glue gun),
- needle and thread,
- scissors,
- Cardboard and a pencil for a pattern,
- beads or beads to decorate the middle of the brooch,
- base-fastener.
Think about what exactly yours will look likebrooch, and draw a flower template on cardboard. For a multi-layer brooch, make several templates of the same or different shapes. Then transfer the patterns to felt and cut out the flower blanks. Use glue to fasten the layers of the future flower and decorate its center with beads, seed beads or sequins. To finish the job, sew a clasp to the flower. The shape, color and size of such a brooch depends only on your imagination!
Brooch from the braid
For such an original brooch you will needa wave-shaped braid and any green fabric for the leaves. Cut the braid into two pieces about thirty centimeters long: the longer the braid, the more magnificent the flower will be. Now weave both pieces into a dense, but not tight, tourniquet. Secure the tourniquet by stitching it along one long edge with small stitches. Now start rolling the braid in a spiral into a roll, and as you work, secure the roll with thread: you should get a rose. Cut out two squares of the desired size from the green fabric. Fold each piece in half diagonally, again - along the height of the triangle, and then sew two opposite corners. Pull the leaves together along the edge with open cuts and sew to the rose. Attach the finished flower to the base-clasp. The brooch is ready!
Brooch made from a zipper
You can make an original flower brooch from a colored zipper with plastic or metal teeth (large ones are better). To do this, you will need:
- a lightning sixty centimeters long,
- needle and thread,
- piece of dense fabric for the base,
- safety pin for fasteners,
- scissors.
We separate the zipper and remove the slider from it.From the resulting parts, we cut seven pieces eleven centimeters long and one piece twenty-three centimeters long. We stitch each piece along the side without teeth with basting stitches and pull it together into a ring. We carefully sew the edges of the rings. We also stitch the long part with stitches and gather it slightly. Then we roll a flat spiral from this segment and secure it with small stitches. We assemble a flower from the rings, laying the parts in a circle, placing the “petals” overlapping and fastening them to each other. We sew a spiral from the long part into the center of the flower. We cut out a round brooch base from thick fabric, process its edge into a hem and sew it on the back of the flower. We attach a safety pin to the flower and get an original flower brooch.
Brooch - hydrangea
A more difficult task than the previous ones ismake a brooch using the Japanese komono technique. However, the effect will exceed your wildest expectations - the brooch will be incredibly beautiful. To make such jewelry, you will need a thin and soft fabric: wool, silk, chintz. So, let's prepare for the brooch:
- A square flap of fabric (with a side of thirty centimeters) for a flower,
- a flap of green for the leaves,
- twenty small silver or white beads (one spare),
- scissors and threads,
- a piece of sintepon,
- the basis for the brooch.
Cut out a round template from cardboard with a diameter offour centimeters. Place the square patch on the table face down and draw a circle in the center of the patch using the template. Around it, at a distance of five millimeters, draw a row of six circles, and behind this row - another one, but this time of twelve circles. Place each new circle between two from the previous row and keep a distance of five millimeters. You should get a pentagon of nineteen circles. Number them all, starting with the central one, and then in a clockwise spiral: the fifth and fifteenth should be above the first circle. Sew each circle, starting with the first. Go around the circumference with a small basting stitch, tighten and secure the thread so that a hollow "bubble" is formed on the front side of the fabric. Do not cut the thread, pierce the needle to the front side and cross the bubble with two stitches to make four petals. Pull the thread again, secure it on the back side, and sew a bead in the center (on the front side). In this way, process all the drawn circles one by one. When assembling the inflorescence, make sure that each flower fits tightly to the neighboring one, and the inflorescence itself does not fall apart. Having made all nineteen circles, cut off the excess fabric along the edges of the flower, leaving two and a half centimeters for allowances. At a distance of five millimeters from the edge of the flower, sew the inflorescence along the circumference and pull the thread together, leaving a small hole. Fill the resulting bag with padding polyester, pull together and sew the edges. Now cut out two squares with sides of eight and twelve centimeters from the green fabric. Fold each piece in half diagonally and then in half again along the height of the triangle. Pull the triangles together along the sides with open cuts, folding the opposite corners together. Sew the resulting leaves to the back of the hydrangea inflorescence. Close the “back” of the flower with a processed piece of fabric and sew on the clasp. This is how, having realized your creative potential and applied your skillful hands to it, you can get exclusive jewelry. Fashionable, original and impressive! Envious glances and “smart” questions about where you bought such a trendy thing are guaranteed. Go for it! And you will succeed. We recommend reading:
