![]() When your Springtime Garden Corsage is complete, wrap it up with a pretty satin bow. Next, hot glue the smaller flowers in place. Beginning with the largest flower, hot glue it onto the backing piece. Turn the base over, right side up, and position the flowers as desired. Next, use the oval template provided to cut the pin back base with scissors or pinking shears. As an optional final touch, hot glue a velvet leaf on top of the brooch pin.Īssemble the corsage. Button Poms can be used in bouquets, bouts, centerpieces, and large. Use hot glue to adhere the felt oval on to the loosely cut piece of tag board. DIY Brides love White Cushion Poms due to their long-lasting hardiness and versatility. Hot glue (or white glue) a piece of florists wire down the center back of each leaf, so leaf shape can be styled.Īssemble the base. Stitch the brooch pin on to the felt oval, positioning it above the horizontal center. For added detail on the leaves, hand stitch a line down the middle of each, using three strands of embroidery thread in a contrasting color. For a special touch, add an embellishment in the flower center.Īssemble the leaves. Then assemble the flowers by stacking three or four layers, adjusting the positioning as you go. For the pin back base, loosely cut an oval piece of poster board and a piece of felt (slightly larger than the oval on the pdf).Īssemble the flowers. For a dimensional appearance, pinch each flower in the center and stitch through the center area in an X shape to make the petals pucker slightly. Select the desired felt colors from your collection and cut one large flower as the focal point, four medium flowers, and five leaves. On a copier, enlarge or reduce the template shapes to the sizes indicated. * elements for embellishments, like millinery flowers and stamens, buttons, old jewelry, velvet leaves, pompoms and mushroomsĬut out the pieces. * small piece white poster board (4″ x 3″) * scissors (for paper and for fabric) pinking shears (optional) You’ll have lots of fun combining colors and textures with felt, millinery stamens and flowers, vintage beads, faux mushrooms and whatever else you happen to have in your stash! These floral corsages are gorgeous and will make a memorable handmade gift. If you have vintage embellishments and treasures you’ve been saving and are now ready to use, this project is perfect for you! ![]() As a result, our craft rooms are overflowing with all the things (too many things!) that we love: vintage millinery flowers, pom poms, embroidery threads and stacks of colorful wool felt, carefully tucked away for that special day when we would finally use them. While crafting together, my friends and I recently had an epiphany.įor many years, we’ve been collecting precious, beautiful treasures found at yard sales, estate sales, rummage sales and thrift shops.
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