Miscellaneous

Fabric Flower Bib Necklace Tutorial

April 10, 2012

Fabric flowers are all the rage these days – you see them on jewelry, on clothing, and even in home accessories like on decorative pillows. And as I showed you last week, I did several fabric flower bib necklaces – which are also currently very trendy! Here’s a look again at the first flower bib necklace that I made:

I also mentioned last week that I made some video tutorials on how to make different kinds of fabric flowers, including how to incorporate them on necklaces. I finished editing my first video, and I’m very excited to share it with you! This first video tutorial shows you how to make the fabric flower bib necklace shown above. Now, this project does involve a little bit of sewing but I promise you that it is very easy and will take you no more than half an hour to make.

Here’s the list of supplies for this project (which I forgot to include in the video):

  • cotton fabric (scraps will work)
  • felt (about 8″ x 5″ should be enough)
  • necklace chain (I used a 16-inch chain)
  • glass pearls, beads, or other embellishments
  • fabric scissors
  • needle and thread that matches your fabric
  • glue gun

You’ll have a better idea on how much fabric and felt you need after viewing the video.

The design of the necklace is very dainty – perfect for my teenager! Of course, it will look good on anybody! :D

I also used the fabric flower to give a nice accent to a couple of pearl necklaces! The burgundy looks really nice on Mica but Rinoa is super thrilled that I made her a pink one!

I hope you enjoyed the video – comments are very welcome! And if you try out this project (which I encourage you to do), I’d love to see your finished piece! Ciao!

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Fabric Flower Bib Necklaces

April 2, 2012

I’m swimming with the tide and made my own flower bib necklaces – since they seem to be all the rage these days and my two daughters love to accessorize! It’s easy to go wild with the flower arrangements when making a bib necklace but I like to keep my designs dainty so Mica can where the necklaces to school without being gaudy. (She’s actually wearing the lace necklace today.) And as you can see, I love the look of pearls.

Lace Flower Bib Necklace

Rosette Flower Bib Necklace

I did several necklaces which showcase different kinds of fabric flowers. The ones above are just two of my favorites. I also created video tutorials on how to make them. (Yes, I’m slowly conquering my fear of ‘talking in front of the camera’ and started making videos. I figured, the necklace tutorials are good warm-up video projects for me.) I’m in the process of editing them but I will be sharing the videos here in the blog very soon – so please watch out for them.

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Hapa-zome: Eco-dyeing with Plants and a Hammer

August 29, 2011

Beating color onto cloth is an age-old technique, and one which India Flint has coined Hapa-zome in her book Eco-colour. It’s quite simple, really. All you have to do is smash plant materials (flowers and leaves) on fabric with a hammer or a rubber mallet to create an imprint. The results are amazing! (If you want your dyed fabric to be washable, I read that you can steam iron it to set the imprints.)

This technique makes for a really good children’s art project. Rinoa did some smashing with me and I will share our experience with you on Friday.

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