OnePerfectDay: May 2016

Saturday, 21 May 2016

GIVEAWAY - Red Poppy Pin

-THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED-

-YOU WILL FIND THE WINNER HERE-

I made these big, bold, red poppy brooches last week for a school performance.

They're about 3 inches or 7.5cm across and they were worn on white shirts, so they really stood out, I can tell you!

In my humble opinion, they were wonderful and the girls seemed to love them.

They loved taking them home with them too...

As this is as good an excuse for a giveaway as any, I'll make and send their very own poppy pin to the person who can guess the number of the poppies made in this batch.

I'll keep this giveaway open till Friday 27 May and if more than one people guess the correct number of poppy pins made, I'll make a mini rafflecopter draw.

Just leave a comment with your guess and you're in the running. As simple as that!

Small Print:

If no-one guesses the correct number I'll give it to the one who comes closest to it.

Linked to:
Annemarie's Haakblog, I Heart Naptime

Tuesday, 17 May 2016

White Camelia

This is a new kind of flower I attempted, in a style totally different to any I have made before.

I was asked by C for a camelia-type flower -but on the flat side- and this is the result of that request.

The larger one is 6 inches wide and will be sewn directly onto C's wedding dress and the smaller flower which measures about 5 inches across is a hair flower, attached to a bobby pin - which you can see in the picture directly below.

What's totally different in this flower compared to all my other flowers is that I have not singed the edges of the organza. This may sound completely trivial but, in fact, it means that the flat organza material will remain a flat piece of material without any further manipulation and it also means that the petals will fray with use.

Which is why I have never attempted to use un-singed organza petals to make flowers before.
Which is ironic really if you think that I like the shabby chic, deshabille look....

But, while I'd happily fray cotton or silk or any number of other fabrics, there's just something about organza that's too pristine and elegant in my mind to spoil or mess with.

I did enjoy making this though and I love how it turned out. I just may play around with the fraying organza idea in the future.

Linked to:

Homework, The Dedicated House, The Silly Pearl