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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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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Corsage Pin

September 24, 2009 8:58 am

I was inspired for this by a shirt I saw in J. Crew. Funny that I’ve never gotten a J. Crew catalog until yesterday. What have I been thinking??! They have some GREAT ideas.

Here is a way to refashion a shirt, again. You can cut off the bottom of the hem to do the flower so that way it is already finished. I cut off this pink one.
And this blue knit one that I got in my fabric exchange packet. (thanks rebecca!!)

Cut them about 16- 20 inches and about 2 inches wide. But vary them slightly so they look nicer and not so cookie-cutter.

I chose this palette because these are muted colors, and are almost all a neutral. I think when you thrown bolds in there or prints, that’s when things start to look crafty and home-made. I think this color palette looks like something you would buy in a store.

Now to ruffle your fabric. You can do it by hand, but you all know how I do it by now: set your length to the longest stitch and tighten your tension to the highest number. Just run it right through and it will automatically ruffle. Here’s what I’ve got.


Get a thicker fabric for the back of your pin. Fold it in half so it’s doubled over for strength.

Now to flower the ruffles. Since I’m not going to be washing this, I’m not going to sew it. I’m going to use my best friend, hot glue. Just wind the flowers up gluing as you go. Mold them to the way you like them. Here are all my flowers done.

Now we’re going to glue them onto the fabric. Just start with one in the center and glue it well.

Get a couple more, gluing as you go. Also glue around the sides of the flower so they are sticking together at the bottom and on the sides. Smash them up together nice and close so it looks full.

Here’s how they all look together. You can trim some if they look to high.

Now turn it over and trim the fabric backing. Make sure the flowers slightly overlap so the fabric won’t show from the top side.

Glue on two pins for extra security.

Here it is, in all it’s flowering loveliness…
Voila! Here are a couple styling ideas. I love it on this plain grey T.

Here it is on one of my favorite jackets.

It also looks nice in the center of a garmet, like this sweater.
I like it on a pin because you can move it around. If you sewed it on a shirt, it’s not going anywhere. But this way, the possibilites are endless. Some other ideas I had are on a purse or hanging on a chain necklace. Also, you could throw some vintage jewelry on the flowers, too.

Add any ideas to the Flickr pool. Enjoy!


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