A brooch is an elegant detail of a female wardrobe, an unusual and exclusive accessory that requires special treatment. A well-chosen brooch indicates an excellent taste of the owner of the decoration and emphasizes style and personality.
A brooch made by own hands, with a competent combination, will successfully complement not only the classic costume, but also dresses, silk blouses, knitted sweaters, scarves and stoles.
Master-class on making brooches from fabric
First, we cut the strips of fabric of the required length. For roses with a diameter of 5 centimeters we need a strip of width 7.5 cm and a length of 51 cm.
1. Gently and evenly bend the strip along its length, press it well at the bend point, it is better even iron it with iron.
2. We unfold the strip of fabric on the wrong side.
3. We bend both edges from the center inwards. The width of the folding edges must be the same. We smooth the edge with an iron.
4. Bend the strip in the middle of the length.
5. From one edge of the prepared strip open the inner edges. We fix from the back side in the place of the middle bend a needle.
6. On the front side of the strip to the edge, sew a beautiful bead or button.
7. We wrap the strip of fabric with the button leg or the lower part of the bead, fix it with a thread.
8. Turn the fabric shelf 90 degrees from the outside. We fix the thread in which the fabric was turned.
9. Do the same turn on the opposite side.
10. Turn around the center and fix the fabric with a thread from the bottom so that the thread is not visible from the front side of the flower.
11. We continue to wrap the fabric, fixing it with a thread, until the cloth has run out or we reach the desired diameter. We fix the thread from the back of the flower.
12. Turn the tip of the fabric and sew it to the back of the flower.
13. Brooch-flower is ready!
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How to make a brooch from a denim fabric?
To make such a brooch, we need a piece of denim so big as you want to see your product, compasses or any can with a suitable diameter of a circle, scissors, a pencil or a chalk, threads in tone, a needle, an English pin.
1. First of all, circle the circle on paper. It is desirable to choose the paper as densely as possible, it is best to use cardboard.
2. Divide the circle into 8 sectors, draw a "flower" along the entire length, as shown in the photo:
3. Next, cut the cardboard pattern, translate it to the fabric using a chalk or a white pencil.
4. Now cut out nine pieces of brooch.
5. Eight parts are added four times as shown in the photo, the ninth will serve as the basis.
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6. Sew the first four parts for an acute angle to the center of the base, directing the folds clockwise.
7. The following four parts are fastened in the same way as the first batch, just not exactly above the previous layer, but turning the entire block by 45 ° clockwise (thus overlapping the "gaps" between the lower lobes).
8. We fix on the reverse side of the safety pin and the denim flower is ready!