Fabric broaches diy

Today was make-a-broach day. I can’t say I did anything else productive today, besides eat a massive chocolate donut. This little broach was made from some Wee Play scraps. And t…

Today, in honour of both Valentine's Day and Random Acts of Kindness Day I will be showing you how to make a beautiful heart shaped vintage fabric brooch ...

I have an ever-expanding collection of vintage fabric and denim scraps left over from making things for Pouch. I came up with the idea for these pretty little heart brooches a while ago. I thought I would share them as a crafty tutorial. You will need: Patterned fabric scraps (lightweight fabric with a small pattern is best. I use upcycled scraps of pillowcases and bed sheets left over from making peg bags and lavender hearts. Denim scraps (heavyweight denim is better). Felt Fabric glue…

Fabric cuff bracelets give jewelry makers a creative way to bring textiles into their unique one of a kind designs. Using fabric strips and fusible interfacing with a simple button for closure is all you need to get started. Check out these other amazing fabric cuff bracelet designs to make for a variation of new […]

This is retro in more ways than one..I've had this fabric for years and years. I think it's early 60s and was in my scraps box. I almost used it as brooch backing fabric. But then I examined the pattern and voila ! Can you spot it? So my old style brooches and old style fabric have combined. Here they are uncluttered by fabric backgrounds. Just three at the moment but altogether there are a dozen made now. And here's a size guide. Small and cute. Going into my etsy shop soon. If you came…

Thanks for joining me today! Get your upcycle t-shirt ready and let’s create the spider rose I showed you in Monday’s post. To begin, you will need some basic supplies: t-shirt, patterned paper, cardstock, chipboard, circle punch, baker’s twine, button, chipboard sticker, wet and dry adhesive, foam adhesive, tape Before...

scrap fabric brooch dramatic

Ok, so here goes on the flower brooch tutorial but you will have to let me know if this makes sense because tutorial writing isn't m...