Sewing that's Retro, Geek, and Chic
I’ve been working on restoring a vintage hat for a client and need to make a flower or two for it. So this afternoon, I did a little experimenting.
I have some olive-green wool felt which will be the perfect color for the vintage hat decoration, but I decided to practice making a rose using the same deep-red felt that I used to make my 1940s style hat.
I shaped some petals and hand-stitched them together. Then I added a leaf made from the olive-green felt I plan to use for the hat’s flower. I think it turned out pretty well for a first attempt:
I might sew a pin backing on it and make it a brooch. It would also be pretty on a headband. I haven’t really decided what to do with it yet…
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Sooooo pretty!
It’s lovely – and so clever. I like your idea of making it into a brooch (a prototype to consider for your Etsy shop…)
Thanks! And yes, I actually was thinking about making a few more for my shop now that I have thought of a couple things I would do slightly differently to improve it. (I’m kind of surprised the first one turned out so well since I was kind of making it up as I went.)