Have you seen Brittany of Va-Voom Vintage's new series, the "40s Fashion Calendar"? I totally love it, and I've seen that lots of others in the vintage world are loving it, too!
For January, Brittany posted a tutorial for a pair of floral coat and purse pins, and I've finally gotten around to making one. I wasn't sure I would do it, but when I saw a bag of fake flowers in a thrift store for ridiculously cheap, I thought, what the heck, might as well make a flower pin!
I used some flannel scraps I had from a project and a piece of cardboard that came out of some curtain packaging as the base for my flower pins. I sewed a safety pin on the back of each one. I didn't have two of every kind of flower, so my brooches aren't exact matches... they just coordinate. Make do and mend at it's finest, right?!
Anyway, I love the bit of color the flowers bring to my otherwise neutral winter look!
Here are a couple other ladies that have made these flower brooches if you'd like some more inspiration:
Girl With the Star-Spangled Heart
Lovebirds Vintage
Lavender & Twill
They turned out so nicely! :D
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! And a lovely touch so spring. :)
ReplyDeleteThese are cute! I keep wanting to do this, but every week it gets pushed off further... Thanks for the inspiration! Maybe I'll finally do them before it's more than a month late! ;-)
ReplyDeleteHa, I was in the same spot, no worries. :) Even a month late will still be awesome!
DeleteThey look very pretty. I have my flowers and finally bought a glue gun so just need to get creating now!
ReplyDeleteThis is exactly what I need today. I even have felt. I may have to stop at the store for pins and flowers after work. Thanks for bringing this to my attention!
ReplyDeleteI love the color of this suit and the little purse is really cute!
ReplyDeleteI've really enjoyed seeing all the lovely brooches that the ladies doing this challenge have made. The flowers really do a wonderful job brightening up a winter outfit.
ReplyDeleteYour brooches look very nice! I still wish I'd had a handbag to pin a second one on to but none of mine are suitable. It looks really good with the two coordinated ones though.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I don't really have a suitable bag either. This one is just kind of attached to the closure strap!
DeleteThese are so splendidly pretty! I really like the idea of jazzing up a purse with flowers like this. It has a great sort of make do and mend accessorizing vibe to it, which naturally is why it's so at home in Brittany's terrific 1940s fashion calendar series.
ReplyDeleteLovely outfit and golden sunlight to bath it in in these photos, I should add, dear Em.
♥ Jessica
I like that they are not perfect matches. Much more interesting! They have turned out beautifully :)
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