Large Layered Flower Pin How To

November 5, 2009 3:32 pm

I saw this flower pin from Anthropologie and absolutely loved it.
So I tried to make one and was so happy with the way it came out. I thought I’d share the tutorial with you!

I wanted mine to be off white, but with a little color variation.I took 5 strips of fabric, each one slightly smaller than the last. I also had a couple round pieces of tulle.

Ruffle each piece of fabric on one side.

Here’s what you’ll have.

Now for the base of the pin. Get a piece of fabric and fold it over so you have two layers.

Cut them in a circle and sew or (using my best friend) hot glue together.

Get your widest strip of fabric and form it in a circle so that the ends meet.

Glue the ends together.

Glue it to your base piece.

Get your next piece of fabric and do the same thing.

After applying each piece I trim the edges in a wavy way to mimic flower petals. You can trim it however way you like.


Keep adding the layers, throw in some tulle as needed. Make sure you do the widest piece first and end with the narrowest piece. At the end, glue a pin to the back.
**My tip- glue the pin at the top end of the back so that way the heavy flower won’t topple over when you wear it. Or you can add a pin at the top and bottom for extra security.**

You can add whatever you want to the center. Here’s the pearls I added.

Or you can add a vintage broach…

…or perhaps a rhinestone pin.

I love the depth of the flower.

Here it is on my favorite jacket from Anthropologie.

I also made some in some other colors.

And if you don’t want to make your own, hop on over to my etsy store to get one there!

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Shoulder Love

October 15, 2009 5:23 am

This is another article I saw in Lucky Magazine this month. It is all on shoulder embellishments. I love something simple with a bold statement, so I adore this look.

I also saw this dress that really inspired by the simplicity, but high impact of the shoulders.

So I made these!

I did them in torn silk so they have raw edges. I also put them on pins so you could move them around from shirt to shirt.

Or just use them as a pin.

I really like how you can put this on a black shirt and it makes for a really dressy look. I can’t wait to wear these!!AND- I made some for sale in my etsy store!



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Sapphire Flower Trio

October 2, 2009 1:53 pm

A new trio for sale in the shop.

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Flower Trio

September 30, 2009 5:29 pm

I made this new trio of flowers today.

They are each on their own pin so you can move them around wherever you want or wear them seperatley. They’re for sale in my etsy shop.


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Tone on Tone Flower Pins

September 28, 2009 8:34 am

I made these last week but didn’t have time to post them until today. You all know how I love tone on tone color palettes. I made these three separate flower pins in a cream/white palette. I did them so you could wear all three at once or put them individually on something else.

I made this one with silk and then added this vintage rhinestone.

This one is a beautiful linen that I scored the remnants of recently. It has a gold sheen on top of it and it’s the softest linen. I added some beads to the middle then a few strands of strings hanging down.

This one I used a raw edged silk with a vintage pearl earring in the middle of it.

So lovely….

I added this crochet-like trim to this shirt then clustered the three pins together. I absolutely LOVE the way these came out and can’t wait to switch it up on something else.

Jessica at Oh, So Happy Together made some really cute flower pins recently for her shop. Check them out!!

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