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Kamis, 20 Juni 2013

My handmade tutorial - How to make flower fabric brooch

sumber : http://busymitts.com/project/craftygirlada2012/37933_My-handmade-tutorial-How-to-make-flower-fabric-brooch

How to make an origami Liberty fabric brooch

A while back I had learned to make origami lotus flowers at an event at our local botanic gardens and was inspired to make fabric ones into pincushions - you can see my tutorial here.

How about brooches?!

I'm so pleased with them - but you probably can't go wrong with Liberty. I thought they might make good stocking fillers/teacher presents, or how about using them to embellish a bag or purse?

The technique is pretty similar to my pincushions, but here is how I made them. I am sure that there are many ways that this could be perfected - if you think of anything, please do let me know.

Please forgive the terrible lighting (I can't wait until the sun is shining again - when this will be is anyone's guess), and the not very professional paint all over my hands - I've been painting bookshelves.

You will need:
Two 5" liberty charm squares (this gives you a brooch at around 2" - a smaller square would be possible, but very fiddly - of course you could make a bigger one, like my pincushions)
A piece of Bondaweb/Wonder Under the same size
A piece of felt approximately 2" square
A brooch fitting
A bead or button of choice

1. Here are my two Liberty squares, and square of Bondaweb.

2. The Bondaweb has a rough side - the gluey side - and a paper side. Place the Bondaweb on top of one Liberty square, glue side down, and fix in place by ironing.

3. Carefully peel away the paper, and discard. You should now have a residue of glue on your Liberty square. Place the second one on top. (Obviously not offset, which I did here for clarity!)

4. Iron in place, and you should now have a double-sided Liberty square which is more responsive to folding. You could perhaps use thicker fabric, one square only, and starch it (I haven't tried this as I wanted to use Liberty lawn - if you do, let me know!)

5. Trim up your square, to make sure it is true.

6. Fold on the diagonal and press lightly to leave a mark.

7. Do the same on the other diagonal, so that you have found the centre point.

8. Now, one by one, fold the corners into the middle, pressing them into place with your iron.

9. Again, take the corners and press them into the middle. The square is getting smaller, so I'm holding it in place with the point of my scissors, so you can see.

10. Turn it over.

11. Now once again, fold the corners into the middle. The result should look like this, with some neat folds.

and the other side will look like this, with four flaps..

12. Turn back over...

...then reach round and take hold of the point of one of those little flaps and gently pull it upwards until it looks like this. Hold the fold in place with your thumb like this while you do it.

12. Repeat with all four flaps...

...until you have this.

13. Carefully holding them in place, turn your piece over. Four more flaps remain at the back. Just open them out...

...so that the corners of them show in front like this.

14. Sew a button or bead of your choice to the centre, which also holds the folds in place:

A fabric-covered button would look fab!

For a different look, omit step 13, which gives you a simpler flower.

15. Seal any raw edges with clear nail varnish, or Fray Stop.

16. Now sew your square of felt to the back, attach your brooch fitting, and Bob's your uncle.

Tweaks:

I made two versions of this brooch. One used two squares of Liberty, and the other used a square of Liberty backed with a white cotton sheeting. You can catch a glimpse of white in between the folds at the back, but they are not visible on the front, and it made for a slightly more substantial brooch,

If you want something waterproof you might try Mod-Podging the result.

Would you like to try making one, and let me know if these instructions are clear? If you are a follower, just let me know in the comments section if you would like one and I will send the first three people a little kit. Let me know your favourite two colours, and I'll try and oblige from my Liberty stash, though I can't promise! They are fun to make, and rather addictive.

Sumber : http://www.knottedcotton.com/2012/11/how-to-make-origami-liberty-fabric.html

How to make a ribbon rosette brooch!

How to make a ribbon rosette brooch!

What you need:
Tools
Glue Gun
Scissors
Needle & Thread

Supplies
Pleated Ribbon (You can also make your own - click here to learn how)
Brooch back
Piece of leather (or stiff piece of felt, laceys stiff stuff - must be nice and firm)
Button or cabochon for centre piece

Instructions:

First, cut your base material into a circle to use as the base of your brooch.
(remember, you don't need to use leather for this - felt and.or laceys stiff stuff would work great)

Sew on the brooch back, whilst you are heating up your gluegun

working from the outside in, run a rim of heated glue
and stick your ribbon around the edges. continue to glue and spiral
the ribbon towards the inside of the circle. Once you are close to the middle,
cut the ribbon.

if you are using a button with a shank for the middle focal. snip the shank
with pliers so then it will sit well in the middle

Glue the button on!

Simple eh? really really really simple!
remember if you do not want to make the pleated ribbon yourself, you can buy the ribbon already pleated from the internet! (like i did ... !)

Experiment with sizes, different ribbons, different buttons ...
use them as brooches, as keyrings, handbag charms ...
ENJOY!

Sumber : http://smittenkittende.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-to-make-ribbon-rosette-brooch.html

Bikin Chrysants silk Brooch yukksss

Chrysants Silk Brooch Tutorial

Want to try a simple, easy, yet fabulous project ? This is it :D Chrysants Silky Brooch. It is so easy and make me want to make it again and again.

What you need :
- Silky fabric (I use real silk, but you can use any cheap poly chiffon, shantung, faux silk, or anything, as long as it feel silk and has some glossy surface). Cut it in bias
- Glue gun & the glue
- Metal Brooch (you can use felt as brooch backing, but metal brooch is sturdier and holds the flower better than felt)

How to make it :

1. Cut the fabric in bias. Cut in size 10 x 80 cm, for a 10 cm bloom. You can adjust the length and wide of the fabric according to the diameter of your bloom. Fold the fabric into half, press lightly, and baste the the fabric joint. Cut the folded fabric every 5 mm ( as the image no. 1) till the end of the fold

2. Pull the basting thread, and join the ruffles. You'll get a beautiful full bloom of white chrysantemums. Don't forget to tie the thread' s end

3. Prepare the metal brooch and your glue gun. Glue the back of the flower

4. Put the flower in front of the metal brooch.

It had been a great addition to my classic jacket, or maybe I can put it in front of my party clutch ? Sure it will. Ok, now's your turn to try making it. Prepare for being addicted :)

sumber : http://www.myinnocentia.com/2010/12/chrysants-silk-brooch-tutorial.html?m=1