Pin Making Supplies
Making jewelry such as pins allows you to express your creativity in design and technique. Making pins at home only requires a few supplies, which are usually inexpensive and easily found at craft and hobby stores. Depending on the crafter's style and expertise, pin-making supplies might include fabric, notions, beads and pin backings.
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Fabric and Ribbon
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Creative individuals use a variety of fabrics and ribbons to make decorative pins. The Craftystylish website suggests using grosgrain ribbon to form a homemade prize ribbon pin for special occasions and events. Crafters might sew, fold or gather fabrics such as felt, wool and apparel fabric as well as fabric trims such as rickrack into shapes such as flowers to wear as a pin.
Paper and Foam
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Solid colored foam sheets such as Foamies are easy for children to use for creating pins. A child can use a pair of scissors to cut desired shapes such as flowers to form the body of the pin. The child can create designs using different colors of foam and an adhesive such as school glue and then decorate the design with glitter, markers or paint. Those who enjoy the art of origami might consider using origami paper to create a design to wear as a pin, such as a flower or a crane for good luck.
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Notions
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Crafters creating a pin might need supplies including sewing notions such as thread, hand sewing needles, fabric scissors and adhesive. After cutting fabric, finishing the edges with fray check, glue or another adhesive will help prevent it from unraveling. While the crafter could also use a sewing machine to finish the fabric edges, this approach might take more time and cause frustration if attempting to sew with tiny scraps of fabric. A needle and thread or adhesive also work for attaching other decorative elements to the pin as well as attaching the pin backing to the body (front design) of the pin.
Beads and Buttons
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Crafters can use buttons as the centerpiece of a pin, especially if the button is visually interesting, such as an antique or carved button. Plastic or metal buttons might function as the center of a fabric flower pin. Novelty buttons in shapes such as leaves or ladybugs might make an attractive accent on a fabric flower style of pin. Older children and adults might enjoy making beaded pins with seed beads or using larger beads and charms for decorative accents.
Pin Backings
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Pins for crafts and jewelry making are available in two types. The traditional safety pin can function as the back of a brooch style pin made of fabric or as part of the outward-facing accessory as seen in beaded pins. Pin backs available in the jewelry-making section of craft stores have a flat backing with holes for sewing the pin onto a fabric brooch or gluing onto ribbon, paper or foam designs. Some craft stores also carry pin backings with adhesive strips for making pins with paper or foam fronts.
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