Teacher Prezzies

Hello,
back in April I made some crochet flowers from a pattern I found here.
I thought they would make a nice brooch .
So, now the end of term is 4 days away ,I'm busy making more of them for teacher prezzies.
Here's one we actually gave on Friday, as it was one teachers last day...



We attached it to a card ,which the boys decorated and wrote a message inside.

I was really pleased with this one, and I'll share what the rest of them turn out like next week.

In the mean time I thought you might like the instructions on how to make the flower into a brooch,so here goes.

To start with I added a fabric covered button to the centre. I bought these two part buttons which are designed to be covered........



The instructions say to catch the fabric on the spikes .....



but I found this nearly impossible so, after much bad language ,it dawned on me I could just gather the fabric with a running thread.....



And draw it up ....



then add the back...



Voila .....



This is then sewn in place from the back.....



Because this flower is concave on the back I cut out two circles of felt so I could add some padding .....



I then sewed a brooch back to one of the circles before sewing them together with blanket stitch,stopping three quarters of the way round to allow stuffing....




Once lightly stuffed you end up with this...



Which you place into the recess in the back of the flower and sew in place...




And that's about it.

Had anyone wondered about the blue polka dot fabric in the background of this little tutorial?




Well here's what it belongs to....



My new AL-fresco crochet chair!


Here's my bag ,modeling the Flower brooch for you....



Ooohh ,I LOVE this image !! Ploka dots,crochet stripes and flower, all looking so pretty on a sunny day, with my beloved garden in the back ground .

Hope you're having a relaxing weekend.
Jacquie x
P.S. my chair is from The Range x