We all know that fashion never stands still. She can elusively rush forward, offering fantastic outfits and images, or she can go back, looking for "highlights" from fashionistas of past centuries.
It is thanks to this phenomenon - the fashion cycle - that we owe the return of the brooch to the outfits of modern beauties. Surely, many people remember with what love their grandmothers kept brooches in antique boxes and put them on on the occasion of the celebration.
Today, wearing a brooch is also considered a sign of good taste, so fashionistas wear them not only for special occasions, but also wear them in everyday life.
The brooch will be a wonderful gift for mom, grandmother, girlfriend or colleague on March 8 or any other holiday. Today we will tell you about several ways to make a brooch with your own hands.
You can make a brooch in almost any technique:
Brooches with embroidery
Brooches made of felt and beads
Lightning brooches
Satin ribbon brooches
Crocheted brooches
Composite fabric brooches
It is quite possible to learn how to make all this beauty, the main thing is to know the main stages of creating a brooch.
Brooch with fabric embroidery
To make such a brooch with your own hands, you will need:
- small embroidered plot
- cotton or linen fabric for the back
- piece of cardboard
- lace
- a special clasp for a brooch (you can, of course, get by with a regular pin, but it will be quite difficult to attach it).
Trim the embroidery in the shape of a circle. We try on a circle of cardboard (so that the embroidery does not move to the side, it is better to fix it with pins).
We tighten the needle along the edges with a seam "forward", tighten the thread and fasten it.
Don't forget to put filler inside if you want the brooch to be soft and voluminous.
We do the same with the back, making it a little larger in size. In the back of the filler can not be invested.
Fasten to the back of the lock for the brooch.
And now we sew both parts together, putting lace between the parts.
The brooch is ready!
Instead of lace, you can use satin ribbons to decorate the brooch:
To make this brooch you will need:
- blank - the basis for a brooch (sold in needlework stores)
- embroidery on canvas or evenly woven fabric
- piece of cardboard
- synthetic winterizer or other filler (optional)
- hot gun
The process of creating such a brooch is even simpler. We stretch the embroidery onto a cardboard base (see the description for the previous brooch), and then glue the embroidery to the metal base.
The brooch will turn out to be very delicate if you pass a satin ribbon through the edges of the blank.
A beautiful version of a ribbon brooch in a video master class:
As you can see, the use of this manufacturing option allows you to get an exclusive decoration in a vintage style.
Unfortunately, special fittings for making jewelry can be very difficult to find in small towns. And online stores often offer such accessories in a set of 5-10 pieces per pack, which is not very convenient for those who want to "just try it."
Felt brooch
To make this brooch you will need:
- two-color felt
- floss threads to match felt
- beautiful vintage button
- brooch mount
Cut flowers and petals from felt according to the proposed template.
Cut holes in the center of the flowers.
Sew the veins of the flower with floss threads.
Sew a fastener for a brooch to the leaves from the wrong side.
Pick up a nice button and sew it on.
Master class original
Brooch braided with beads
Another way to make a brooch frame is beading.
Watch, for example, this video tutorial on braiding a cabochon.
Cabochon- a precious or semi-precious stone, processed in a special way. After such processing, the stone acquires a smooth convex polished surface without facets. And you can braid the embroidered plot in the same way.
There are many ways to decorate a handmade brooch. You may want to decorate the edges with braid.
Or crochet the edge:
The back piece can be made not only from fabric, but also from felt:
A brooch is a great addition to a beautiful dress. The history of its use goes back to antiquity, and the methods of manufacture are different. We will describe popular types and tell you how to make a beautiful brooch with your own hands.
Beaded brooch
Start with simple products using one color. It can be a leaf or another simple pattern. First, try stringing beads and identify the desired needle pitch. This is necessary for smooth laying of beads.
They work in the following steps:
- Take thread, beads, felt or other materials
- Transfer the picture to the base (for example, to felt)
- Beaded sheathe contour
- Cut off the remaining material from the base.
DIY satin ribbon brooch
Many are interested in: what you can make a beautiful brooch from. It is from this material that bright products are obtained. Ribbons for hairstyles, bows, decorations for jackets are made from satin. And the manufacturing principle, as for other types of brooches.
They not only sew from the tape, but also embroider drawings on the base, as is the case with beads.
Leather brooch
Leather products look stylish and last a long time. If natural leather is burned along the edges, it will take on an aesthetic appearance and an unusual shade, and the resulting decorations must be joined with superglue.
Leather has a good combination with many natural materials (coarse fabric, wood, burlap).
Felt brooch
The material folds well and retains its shape, not prone to shedding. Therefore, the edges can not be processed. The material has a specific beautiful appearance. Looks good with simple elements, such as rough twine.
Instructions on how to make a felt brooch.
- We are preparing a couple of shades of felt, floss threads of the same tone, a brooch mount and a vintage button
- From felt material we cut out flowers with five identical petals. For example, three beige flowers and one green
- Cut out small circles
- With threads we make embroidery of the veins of the petals
- Sew a mount to the flower on the reverse side
- We fold 4 flowers and sew in a button. Get a small bush
Photos of all types of brooches discussed above can be seen in our gallery at the end of the article. Believe me, the beauty you see will inspire you to create.
DIY fabric brooch
From the scattered pieces of fabric, you can create a stylish decoration, making up textures and shades.
The principle of working with fabric is similar to beaded trim. The necessary fragments are sewn or glued onto a solid base. Can be completed with leather, wood, beads and other materials.
On the inside, a pin is attached to the base, designed for a brooch.
A fabric brooch seems more voluminous than a beaded item.
By fixing the edges and taking a natural fabric, you can make the figures look like origami.
Cabochon brooch
Cabochon is a semi-precious stone of special processing. Due to this, it has a smooth convex surface and has no edges. A brooch with a cabochon is suitable for a blouse or jacket. First, let's prepare the materials:
- cabochon;
- beads;
- felt material;
- crumb of stone;
- thread;
- glue;
- paper;
- leather pieces;
- scissors;
- special fastener.
Now we will give a step-by-step description for beginners of how to make a brooch from the listed materials.
Cut out the base. Its diameter should exceed the length of the finished decoration. Glue the stone to the base.
We take beads of medium size (working with small beads requires experience). We bring the needle to the front of the product a few mm from the stone. We choose a bead. We insert the needle into the felt at a distance equal to the caliber of the beads used, and pull the thread.
The needle is brought out behind the bead, passes inside it and picks up the next one. Then the needle is again inserted at a distance of the length of the beads, withdrawn behind the first two and picks up the third piece. Further, the needle is displayed after the previous two and picks up the next bead.
Thus, we sheathe the entire stone. And we put the beads tightly and evenly.
We embroider the second row using a different shade. We bring the needle out through the felt, pick up the bead and go through the bead of the first row. Again we pass the needle through the bead, which is located under the initial bead in the second row, and bring it out through the initial bead.
Right there: leaving the previous row, we pass through the second bead, pick up another one and pull the thread inside one in the first row. Thus, we sew a circle. It is possible to add additional rows.
We decorate the base with crumbs. And for fasteners, contrasting beads are often taken. We fill the edges of the brooch closely. Lights are excluded. On the side of the crumbs we make 2 rows. The rows go one after the other. You need to work carefully. We sew the second side of the product with contrasting beads in the same way as the first.
Today we saw that making a product is simple. By learning how to make beautiful products, you can even learn additional income.
So, we showed a small master class on how to make a stone brooch. If desired, the product can be supplemented with bead strings and other stones.
DIY photo brooches
Some people think that it is impossible to look fashionable and bright without big financial investments. It's not like that at all. You can create a modern and stylish image without any extra cost and effort. For example, at home, make do-it-yourself brooches from fabric, leather and other most affordable materials that are likely to be at hand.
Handmade fashion accessory
A stylish brooch is a universal accessory, the main function of which is to decorate and attract attention. He will add a touch of charm and romance to the female image.
With it, you can easily emphasize the dignity: a thin waist, a magnificent bust or a beautiful hairstyle. It all depends on where the woman prefers to fix it. The decoration will look even more spectacular if it is correctly combined with a dress, bag, shoes or any other accessory.
That is why an exclusive brooch should be present in every girl's wardrobe. Handmade jewelry looks especially advantageous this season. Making them yourself is quite easy. Even beginner craftswomen will be able to make an exclusive fabric brooch with their own hands. Master class on creating jewelry help to avoid mistakes in the process.
Making decorations from pieces of fabric
From ordinary little things that are always at hand, you can make a very unusual and elegant decoration. At the same time, you do not need to have special skills and abilities at all. All you need to purchase in the store is only special fasteners-pins.
The principle of operation is very simple: all the necessary details are fixed on a dense base with the help of threads or glue. The final step decoration is decorated with beads, wood, lace, rhinestones and other little things. The main thing is to correctly combine textures, colors and sizes.
A clasp is attached to the back of the accessory on a dense base. Unnecessary pieces of natural fabrics, for example, knitwear or cotton, can act as decor details. Since they hold their shape well, it will be very convenient to fold various origami figures from them, and fasten the edges so that they do not unfold. Fabric details also look no less impressive., the edges of which are crocheted.
Soft felt brooch
Felt is a very soft and pliable fabric. The material perfectly holds its shape and does not crumble. Therefore, it is very comfortable to work with him even for beginner craftswomen. A flower brooch made of felt will look very gentle and expressive on any clothes. Before you make a brooch with your own hands, you need to prepare the following materials:
- Felt fabric in beige and light green.
- Threads of golden color and a needle.
- Scissors.
- Large bead or button for the center of the flower.
- Special fastener for a brooch.
The first step is to transfer the pattern below to the fabric. And then carefully cut out the details along the contour, observing the difference in size, so that the flowers look more realistic.
In beige flowers, a hole with a diameter of 0.5 cm should be cut out. The petals are stitched with a golden thread. Threads can be taken in a different color, as long as they blend well with the fabric. Leaves are cut out of green felt. Fasteners will be sewn to them, with the help of which the decoration will then be fastened to the fabric of clothing.
Now the details of the petals can be connected with the help of threads or glue with the leaves. As a middle, a large bead is used to match the threads. An elegant felt flower brooch is ready.
It is worth taking note that if the brooch is made of felt, then as a decor it is very details made from natural materials will be beautifully combined: burlap, wood or leather.
Denim flowers
If a pair of old jeans is lying around in the closet, you should not rush to carry them to the trash. DIY jeans brooches are perfect for any outfit and give the look a little femininity and piquancy. A step-by-step master class on making a denim brooch will help you sort out difficult moments and make the accessory truly original. To create a craft, you will need the following tools:
The first step is to cut out a piece 90 cm long and 6 cm wide from old jeans. One edge of the workpiece is left even, and the second is cut off in a wave-like manner. Pieces of excess fabric can be torn off. No need to worry if the workpiece is not very neat. A little negligence will make the brooch even more unusual and exclusive.
The second edge, the one that remained untouched, is sewn with small stitches. It is recommended to pull the thread a little. Now you can form a flower in a circle.
The resulting workpiece must be carefully stitched from the wrong side. The next step is the middle for the brooch. To do this, a piece measuring 22 by 3 cm is cut out from a piece of chintz fabric. A small knot is tied at the end of this piece., which wraps the fabric around its axis. The free tip can be fixed with an invisibility. With small stitches, the middle is sewn from the wrong side. The finished part is sewn to the very center of the flower.
The jeans brooch is almost ready, it remains to make the base. To do this, a circle is cut out of jeans, the edges of which are processed using a sewing machine. A fastener-pin is sewn to the workpiece. Then this circle is very carefully glued to the denim flower.
At the final stage, you can add lace to the finished brooch or sew on a few beads for decoration, or sheathe the flower with decorative braid. It is enough to turn on the imagination and the brooch from improvised materials will turn into a masterpiece of needlework.
Unusual satin craft
A satin rose brooch will serve as a spectacular decoration in a summer look. Such an accessory will look great both in hair, hinting at the Hawaiian style, and on a dress or jacket. To work you will need the following:
The first step is to treat the yellow material with a special solution to make the fabric very flexible and pliable. To do this, mix a bag of gelatin and 250 ml of water. Mix the solution thoroughly and put it in a dark and cool place for about an hour. After this time, put the container with the solution on medium heat and bring to a hot state. There is no need to boil. Now the resulting mass must be given time to cool.
In the next step, the material is lowered into the solution, thoroughly soaked with it and pulled out of the container. The fabric is carefully straightened and laid to dry. When the material is completely dry, you can begin work.
According to the pattern below, the details are cut out of the fabric. The result should be:
- Parts A - 10 pcs.
- Parts B - 12 pcs.
- Parts C - 14 pcs.
- Leaves - 2 pcs.
Ten details of leaves are cut out of lace. Now the yellow parts - the petals - can be sold in the desired shape. After that, the tip of the tweezers needs to be slightly warmed up over the flame of a match. With a heated tool, the edges of each yellow petal curl. The resulting blanks are temporarily set aside.
Now let's move on to the leaves. A thin wire divides into seven equal parts. Each part of the wire is wrapped with a strip of corrugated paper, and then covered with red paint. You can take any paint, however, experienced craftswomen advise using gouache. The parts are left to dry for about two hours. After that, each painted blank is covered with a thin layer of glue and left to dry again.
A piece of cotton fabric is spread on the table. The blanks of yellow petals are laid out on top, face down. A colored wire is placed on the petal in the center. The glue web is cut into equal parts six centimeters long. A cobweb is laid on top of the wire. The next layer is the lace details of the leaves. The top is covered with cotton fabric. With the help of an iron, the entire structure is gently heated for 40 seconds.
The leaves are removed from the fabric, and the resulting details are given a beautiful shape. Now all the leaf details are assembled into twigs.
You can proceed to the manufacture of the middle. To do this, the button must be firmly wrapped with wire. Then bring the ends of the wire through the eye of the button, and then twist them together.
The button cap is wrapped with holofiber or any other soft material. Fix the result with a thread. On top of the holofiber, the workpiece is covered with satin and again fixed with a thread. The middle is optionally decorated with rhinestones and beads.
Using a glue gun, the blanks are assembled into a single whole. To do this, the petals are collected in pairs. After that, the resulting pairs of petals are fixed with glue in the middle. When the whole flower is collected, branches are glued to its wrong side. The brooch is ready, it remains to make the base.
A circle with a diameter of 6 cm is cut out of the atlas. The part is smeared with glue and fixed on the back of the flower. The brooch is ready.
Thus, creating a stylish accessory with your own hands is not difficult at all. It is enough to show a little patience and diligence, and then the original brooch will certainly decorate and emphasize the image of its owner.
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- A strip of fabric at least 40-50 cm long and not 7-10 cm wide (2-3 strips can be used in one flower for splendor);
- Beautiful beads or buttons, you can also use beads;
- Threads and needles for sewing;
- Basis for a brooch;
- Tailor's scissors ()
Recommended fabrics: natural fine fabrics such as silk, chiffon, cambric, yolk, muslin and even dress wool.
How to make a fabric flower with your own hands
Step 1
Fold a strip of fabric with an accordion (the size of the petals depends on the width of the fold);
Step 2
So that the "accordion" does not crumble in your hands, you can smooth out each fold.
Step 3
Secure the resulting "accordion" with a tailor's pin.
Step 4
Step back from one short cut 1.5-2 cm and cut out the shape of the petal.
Step 5
Cut the strip, iron and shape the petals if necessary.
Step 6
Gather the strip along the edge of the cut with small stitches by hand. Or sew a stitch with the maximum stitch length on a sewing machine.
Step 7
Pull off the strip
Twisting it in a spiral to get the shape of a flower.
Step 8
Fasten the thread.Step 9
On the front side of the flower, sew a beautiful bead or button into the center.
Step 10
From the wrong side, sew the base for the brooch.
This is how you can easily and quickly make a flower out of fabric.
Petals and open sections of the strip do not need to be processed.
Wear this beautiful accessory as a brooch or hair clip, use it as a decoration for a bag or belt. If you want to get the petals of the same, even shape, you can first draw a template and cut out the base for the flower using it.
Beads are an affordable, beautiful material for needlework. A variety of shapes and colors allows you to create any "beaded crafts", ranging from small simple jewelry to large compositions. Today, on the Internet, you can find a huge number of schemes for beadwork: —beaded trees—, fabric and beaded toys, paintings, key rings, earrings and necklaces, —beaded bracelets—, various embroidery patterns on clothes and various —beaded flowers— and beads. Having basic beading skills you can create an amazing decoration- brooch. We will show you how to make a beaded brooch with your own hands for beginners, and we will provide diagrams and master classes, following which you can easily make your own unique product.
How to do it right
With your own hands, you can make a brooch not only from beads, but also from its varieties - glass beads, beads, pearls. Weaving the product is necessary with the help of fishing line and special beaded needles. You will need fasteners-pins for fastening the product. And of course, you will need diagrams with detailed instructions, according to which you can easily make a brooch. If there is a desire to achieve the task, we suggest starting weaving.
Beaded brooch "Bullfinch"
Such a beaded brooch can be made on felt. To create a product for you you will need a fishing line, beads of different colors, rhinestones, decorative felt as a basis, beaded needles.
- First, draw a sketch, make a template and apply to the felt. Circle with a pen, drawing the contours of the wing, breast and beak. Cut out, stepping back from the contours to 1 cm.
- Place the rhinestones on the wings at a small distance from each other, glue, and then sew with a thread. Sheathe with black beads, as shown in the photo. The thread must be fastened from the inside out and brought to the front side. Having strung two beads, lay them along the rhinestone and bring the thread inside out. Next, we draw the thread between two beads and draw the needle through the second bead, stringing the next two, and so on.
- We also embroider the contours of the wing and head. The eye can be decorated by gluing a rhinestone and sheathed it with beads. Make a beak from a piece of baked clay, remembering to make holes for sewing.
- Embroider the head and wing adding beads of different colors. A multicolored beaded brooch will look much more interesting.
- Starting from the wing, we embroider the bullfinch breast.
- We embroider a ponytail.
- Cut the felt, seal with cardboard. We fix the base and cover with a piece of felt or leather.
- We get the finished product.
It will look effective brooch in the shape of an owl. For its manufacture you will need:
- Two rhinestones.
- Beads in two colors.
- Nose bead.
- Glass beads to simulate feathers.
This beauty is sure to become your favorite.
In order to make a beaded brooch in the form of a dragonfly or a butterfly, you will need a lot of skill. We offer a master class on creating a "butterfly". You will need beads of different colors, amethyst, threads, glue, sequins, a pin.
- We make a sketch in full size (10 × 7 cm).
- We sew amethyst with white beads. To do this, we bring the needle from the wrong side to the face, string two pieces on the needle and take the needle to the wrong side. Next, bring the needle between the beads and again string two pieces.
- We make a butterfly body. We sew across the pattern of the calf.
- So, moving from bead to bead, we sheathe the whole body with silver beads.
- They will lay down like fish scales.
- You embroider the next row of sequins by bringing the needle between the sequins of the first row and adding small beads to close the thread.
- Above next to the small beads, we sew a row using larger beads.
- At the ends of the wings we make legs of beads, at the end of which we attach larger beads.
- Each row of legs is separated by embroidery.
- Next, sew on elongated beads.
- We string small beads between the beads.
- Between the sheathed amethyst and beads we make legs from beads of different sizes and colors.
- Sew on smaller beads near the body of the butterfly.
- Similarly, we make the lower part of the upper wing, using beads of different sizes and stitching the rows of legs with beads.
- The top wing is ready.
- On the lower wing, we sew the upper part of it with sequins.
- We fill with beads in the same way as the upper wing.
- When half of the butterfly is ready, you can start decorating the second half.
- We glue the blank from the skin.
- We insert the needle between the felt and the skin and collect two beads. We retreat one and insert the needle from the inside to the front side.
- Insert the needle into the last bead from the bottom up so that it turns over.
- Next, embroider one bead at a time.
- We don’t touch the felt at the butterfly’s head, but sheathe a bead on the antennae with small beads.
- We sew only the edges of the skin.
- A luxurious brooch in the form of a butterfly is ready.
A brooch in the form of a dog is made by parallel weaving. To do this, you will need round beads of several colors, wire and wire cutters. The weaving pattern is shown below.
Ears and paws are woven parallel to each other. It is better to start weaving from the nose, highlighting it with a black bead. You can make a voluminous brooch. To do this, weave two identical dogs and connect to each other. Add to such a brooch, and you get your own jewelry set.
To create such an original product, you will need red beads of different sizes, red felt, a pattern base, threads, a needle, glue, scissors and a pin.
- We use a stem seam. We string three beads, go back to two and again go through these two beads.
- When you put beads on the thread, pull the thread and move the beads to the sewn beads so that there are no gaps.
- If you hit the needle exactly in the middle of the line drawn by the pen, you can get a completely even contour.
- In order for the sponges to turn out voluminous, we cut out the details from red felt.
- Now start embroidering with white beads. When you're done, cut the outline of the brooch and trace it on a piece of cardboard.
- We process the edges with a monotonous thread in two additions, hiding the knots inside, as shown in the photo.
