Tutorial of the green & yellow flower pin
August 17, 2006 at 9:55 am | In Craft - How-to's | 23 CommentsIt has been almost 1 year since my last picture tutorial. I’m not sure if I have “recorded” all neccessary steps.
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1. Use color pencils & sketchbook to design the color theme. It’s easier to do so with the available fabric scraps around. The petal color is considered as the top. As for my design, the light yellow fabrics would be on the top and the dark green on the bottom.
2. Make the template….with my pepper bottle. ^^ It would be better if there is a pair of compasses…or a printer. But I’m lucky enough to find something fit my scraps. Most of my scraps are 2 inch squares. Here is the pattern. Resize as you want.
3. Cut the template out. It is possible to draw a circle directly on the fabrics without such a template (but with the bottle), even though I prefer to make one so as to keep a record of this project. That’s why I always keep the paperboard packages of various food. 
4. Draw the pattern on the scraps. It might be easier to use a “B” pencil. My HB pencil was just too sharp at the moment, hence I use my fast-fade marker. (The circle faded kind of too fast. -.-)
5. Pair the top fabric with the bottom and pin the right sides together. In my project, it’s to pin each yellow scraps with a green one. We need 6 such pairs for one flower pin.
6. Sew each pair together following the circle drew before, but leave a small open of 1-2cm.
7. Trim the piece to a circle. I only keep 2mm “seam allowrance”.(I’m not sure whether it can still be called “seam allowrance” or not if it is made in this way.)
8. Turn the right sides out from the small open left in step 6. Use blind stitches to “close” the open.
9. Mark the sewing guidelines on the “TOP” of each round piece. It was my favorite part of this project to obtain an equilateral triangle inside the cirle with just one ruler. 
Anyway, the lines are also in the pattern.
10. Attach each circle with another two following the lines from step 9. Please note, “bottom” is facing “bottom” during this process.
11. That’s how it looks like after all six pieces are sewed together. It’s almost done, and we still need some decorations. ^^
12. Yoyo is quite popular in this situation, however I think making a yoyo is too wasteful. Here I just use a 1-inch wide orange leftover. The length doesn’t really matter.
13. Fold each end of the orange tape and fold it into two.
14. Sew the open with running stitch and pull the thread so as to gather this side of the fabric. Ajust it to a circle, exactly like a yoyo. ^^ If you want to make a yoyo, see Heather Bailey’s tutorial.
15. Attach the “fake” yoyo to the flower.
16. The last thing is to add a button over the orange piece and we are done! The back of this flower will be like this:
Don’t hesitate to ask if you have any question.:-)
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hehe,这几张的手就很漂亮啊,反面看起来也不错, 是不是本来打算同花样的两片相对的
Comment by Anonymous — August 18, 2006 #
lindissimo!!!!!!!!!!parabens.QUE O TODO PODEROSO,O ETERNO.TE ABÇOE MAIS E MAIS.LUCIA
Comment by LÚCIA DE BARROS — November 3, 2009 #
这个排列是随意而成…..^^
Comment by polarcat — August 18, 2006 #
Wow, polar cat! I love it, and I will definitely make one. Thank you for making this tutorial.
Comment by Lisa K. — August 18, 2006 #
This is so clever! I make fabric flowers too, just love the look of them. Yours is so pretty
Comment by Miriam — January 3, 2007 #
[...] made this tutorial last August when I just started blogging in [...]
Pingback by Flower-pin revisited « Crafty Beats — May 23, 2007 #
It’s just a great your tutorial, I’ll give it a try, it’s beautiful. Thanks for sharing and being available for question.
Comment by Yho — May 28, 2007 #
Très joli….. merci pour ce tutorial
Comment by patou — September 11, 2007 #
it is very wonderful!!!Many thanks to you!!!i am from Italy!!
Comment by Diana — September 14, 2007 #
Thank you for your tutorial, It’s very interessant. In an other langage, it’s very easy to undestand. Thank you
Friendly from France
Comment by nathalie L — September 19, 2007 #
[...] Polarcat’s Flower Tutorial [...]
Pingback by Embellishing is SEW Creative « THE DOMESTIC DIVA’S DISASTERS™ — November 26, 2007 #
I would like to see a continuation of the topic
Comment by Maximus — December 20, 2007 #
Very clever. Seems easy enough….
Comment by Custom Pins — February 17, 2008 #
absolutely FABULOUS..I will use it on chemo caps that my church friends and I are making..will use a pin backing so it can be removed and worn as a pin for blouse/coat/handbag. THANK YOU for this tutorial..great job !!!
Comment by Ann — May 6, 2008 #
Very cute and clever!
Comment by Tracy — July 29, 2008 #
[...] flor dá um pouquinho mais de trabalho, mas o acabamento é perfeito. O tutorial é maravilhoso! Os méritos são do Polar Cat. Fonte: Craft [...]
Pingback by As flores de tecido não morrem… « — November 14, 2008 #
gostaria de receber sempre informativos
amei cada foto e cada flor!
parabéns
Comment by cristina — February 14, 2009 #
Great
I try make it by myself
Comment by Luba — April 12, 2009 #
é perfeitooo
amei…………vcs estão de parabéns
me ajudaram bastante…..queria uma coisa diferente e encontrei..rsrs
muito bigadoO…
adoro vcs,,,,,
bjOs..fiquem com Deus
Comment by elisama — May 14, 2009 #
That’s beautiful! A lovely tutorial, well done!
Comment by julie — May 26, 2009 #
this is fabulous….thank you sooo much for sharing..it’s very generous of you..I guess I’ll try one now..happy crafting
Comment by phiphi — August 14, 2009 #
I just made one and it came out great! Not quite as nice as yours but after a few more I think I’ll have it down.
Comment by Lapel Pins — September 21, 2009 #
Thank You very much for your beautiful tutorial!!!
Regards,
Carine
Comment by Carine — November 19, 2009 #