‘Brooching’ the subject..
In a recent search through my ‘archives’ whilst looking for bed jackets…I came across an ‘arresting image’ of brooches to make..so I thought why not? I did not indeed make the bed jacket, but maybe I would have more chance at making a brooch. This rather ‘clawing’ image of lace, ribbons and flowers was in fact rather suffocating, but I thought why not just go with it and get the job done?
So I did…with a vengeance, I rummaged through my fabric box like there was ‘no tomorrow’..and came across some ‘ready-made’ crochet flowers = snip! (originally designed as a napkin holder’s) = tick, then some lace = tick..then the feeling it gave me ‘OMG’ another tick! So I put them all together and came up with my own ‘OMG’ brooch and it is rather…
I was inspired not only by this retro pattern, but two images I captured at a Charity shop a while back, one a rather resplendent ‘crafted notion’ of animal print (yes very in now..) tape measure’s (a most unusual use..) a heart shape and a plastic rose, love it! Then rather like my brooch a flowered and lace pin cushion. When I snapped these two items, I definitely knew one day they would come in ‘handy’ and I was not wrong… 