Sunflower

This is my first go at making an oversized brooch - at last!!

I used some thrifted fabric and felted wool rug.

Then used free motion sewing to make the petals and the centre of the flower.

It was really fun to make - something different from the dolls

and the other brooches I've been doing. I hope I have time to try some more!

We've also been doing lots of baking these holidays,

the big girl helped make this 3 seed bread - 

which included sesame, poppy and sunflower seeds too!!x

Thread drawn flower necklace ::

I found an old linen Australiana tea towel in my stash,

 that had already been cut up quite a bit

and thought the colours along with the lovely

texture of the linen would be great for some flowers 

in Frida's hair...

So did a bit of free motion sewing to turn them into small 

flowers and a few leaves too.

I mainly made up the flowers as I went, to make the most use of the tea towel.

There were some smaller flowers that I was able to sew around too.

The leaves were too big for the Frida dolls.

(Here are a few of the flowers pinned on Frida)

And in the end I used up the leaves and some of the smaller 

flowers to make a necklace! Backed with merino wool felt and sewn

on a black ribbon. Now that I see this pic, I can see where I

need to make some changes - a bit more red maybe!xx

Making something different ::

I've eventually found something to do with the vintage belt buckles I've been collecting!

I have used some on the dolls before, but the odd few

 seemed suitable to turn into jewellery.

Using some beads from some opped necklaces and also a few new ones, 

I've made some necklaces and earrings.

Very exciting to make something completely different,

and also to be repurposing of course!x