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It’s cold and rainy outside – the perfect excuse to stay indoors, brew a pot of tea, and make these super cute DIY button flowers! Guest Blogger Sally from Projects for a Rainy Day shows us how!

These gorgeous flowers can be used as broaches, sewn onto handbags or fastened to a canvas to make a beautiful artwork. You'll need an assortment of old fabrics, felt, buttons or beads and anything else that inspires you. I have my grandmother's old button collection and have added to it with vintage buttons that I find in op-shops.

If you’re making broaches, you can buy the little pins cheaply in any good craft shop or bead shop. If you know someone who sews, ask for their left-over fabrics - small prints work best. The fabric layers need to be backed with at least one piece of felt and the bottom layer needs to be at least double felt thickness.

♥ Felt (assorted colours)
♥ Assortment of old fabric
♥ Needle and different coloured thread
♥ Scissors
♥ Old buttons

I find it easiest to cut the felt out first and then sew a square of fabric under the felt piece before cutting the fabric to the right shape. Then simpy sew the button you've chosen onto the top, it's that easy! Have fun with different combinations of colours and fabrics. Here are a few simple patterns to get you started, but I recommend just using your imagination!

♥ Pattern 1
♥ Pattern 2
♥ Pattern 3

Sally is the genius behind Projects for a Rainy Day – a treasure trove of inspiring ideas to keep you entertained and inspired, whether it’s raining or not! From delicious cupcakes (seriously, you have to see some of these to believe them!) and gorgeous DIY projects, Sally says it’s “a place to share good ideas and to inspire my own and other’s creativity”, and we think you’ll love it as much as us!

Check it out http://www.projectsforarainyday.com/

Posted by: sportsgirl on 17 June 2010
Tagged as: Blog collectmesmall Culture

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cutiepatutie

said this on Friday 18 June 2010, 07:58 PM

These are so cute! My grandma also has an old vintage button collection, so looks like I'm up for a trip to grandma's house over the holidays! They are so creative, and would surely brighten up a chic outfit. Winter styles are usually in greys, blacks, neutrals and whites, but one of these would nicely break away from this and certainly spice up an outfit that just needs that cute finishing touch. Thankyou for posting this, as I am always looking out for gorgeous DYI projects like this! xoxo
sportsgirl

said this on Monday 21 June 2010, 09:48 AM

Thanks Cutie! Glad you enjoyed it, good luck with the flower buttons!! Sportsgirl x

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