Denim & Lace Flower Pin Tutorial

Gather some denim and lace scraps.  Draw a flower shape on paper and cut out.  This does NOT have to be perfect! As you can...I'm definitely NOT an artist! :) Trace onto the denim.  
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Cut flower shape out.
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Nice stack of flowers.....you will need 10 denim flowers and 10 lace flowers.
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Fold each flower shape in half....
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And in half again and pin.
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Another view of the pinned petals.  Do this to 6 lace flowers and 8 denim flowers.
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Make a 'sandwich' of lace-denim-lace out of the remaining flowers.  These will be the flowers' center.
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Fold in half....And half again....
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And fold again to end up with this.....
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Now take the pile of flowers to the sewing machine and sew 5/8 inch from the pointy end.
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A pile of folded and stitched flowers.  Not all are in this picture.  You will have 8 plain denim, 6 plain lace, and 2 denim & lace sandwiches.
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Arrange four flowers as shown and sew onto a scrap of denim.  You can use a glue stick to hold it in place until you sew it.  :)
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 Arrange four more denim flowers on top and stitch into place.
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 Here is what you end up with at this point.
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Next, take 4 plain lace flowers and tuck into place in between the two layers of denim flowers that at sewn into place.  I used a hot glue gun and glued them into place.
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Take the folded flower sandwiches and glue them in the center.  Tuck the final 2 plain lace flowers in the center.
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Glue a small scrap of felt onto the back along with a pin.
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Flower pins finished!
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A side view....
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Fun tutorial! I wonder, could you sew down the inserted lace petals in a previous layer? My dd loves to tear apart anything glued.

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Originally Posted by sewingmel

Fun tutorial! I wonder, could you sew down the inserted lace petals in a previous layer? My dd loves to tear apart anything glued.

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I'm sure you could. I just took the pictures as I was making it this way. I truly detest things that are glued for the reason of kids pulling them apart. :shakinghead[1]: I plan on making more this week and definitely will try to finagle them in there some way or other when I sew the other layers. :)

How cute!

neat tute

It's gorgeous! Thank you a lot for sharing :)

These are cute ornaments to the denim bag I recently made. :)

These are adorable! I made a bunch of flowers for my wedding last year, and now I'm wishing I had found this site back then. Seriously, fantastic job! Thank you for sharing!

Those are very pretty! Thank you for taking pictures for every step. I am just amazed how talented you are. Would want to make this as a V-Day present for my girl friends. Good job and keep it up! :yes: