How to Make Fabric Flower Lapel Pins
Many churches and organizations like to identify their officers, ushers and workers by the flowers in their lapels. Reusable flowers that can be either pinned on or buttoned to the lapel are easy to make. This basic cornflower will come together in less than 20 minutes.
Things You'll Need
- Cornflower blue chiffon
- Small, baby-food-size jar lid
- Pinking and regular scissors
- Yellow or white stamens from the craft store
- Needle and thread
- Green florist tape
- Florist wire
- Craft glue
- Craft leaf (optional)
- Pin backing or small button the diameter of your lapel buttonhole
- Hairspray
Instructions
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Use the small lid to trace about five or six circles on the chiffon. You can always add more as you work with the flower.
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Use the pinking shears to cut out each circle so that the edges look jagged like a cornflower
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Use regular scissors to cut in about an inch around the circle on three of the disks
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Lay all three of the notched circles on top of each other, varying each circlet so that the slashed edges are offset; poke a hole through the center of the material. Sew a purse string stitch around the hole, leaving plenty of length of thread so you can gather the flower base easily.
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Fold the remaining three circles into quarters and arrange them around the stamen. Take a stitch to hold the points together. Put a dab of craft glue on the points and push them through the hole in the trio of notched flowers. Pull the purse string to scrunch the flower petals together. Tie off the purse string and drop on a bit of glue. Allow the glue to dry. Spread out the flower petals so they look full and fluffy.
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Wrap an inch of florist wire and tape around the stamen wire and the base if you are going to use a pin back. Add in a craft leaf if you desire and glue the pin base to the side of the flower near the base hiding it under a petal edge.
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If you want to glue the lapel flower to a button, trim the base of the flower so it is flatter. Feed the wire of the stamen through the holes in the button to secure it. The caution is not to make it too tight; leave a little leeway because it has to be on the outside of the lapel and the button on the inside. Put a couple of drops of glue to secure the flower stamen to the button. Wrap with floral tape to hide raw material and wires.
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Spritz the flower with a coat of hairspray for a bit of stiffness. Hairspray also helps keep the pinked edges from fraying.
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