Flower pins

[koffipot]

These are beginning to create interest and are selling, so I've just made a few more. Not the best photography in the world!! They have much more lustre! Now on to some more colours.

CIMG0395 by koffipot, on Flickr

[Pandagirl]

They are lovely Judith. Are they are organza or silk? What did you use for the stamens and leaves? How did you get such a nice edge on the flowers?

[koffipot]

Thank you. They're mostly organza with some inserts of silk. The stamens are just made from several different shades of art. silk thread, looped and stitched, some also have a few beads in the middle. The leaves are of green silk woven with an extremely fine copper wire. The feathers are some which I dyed. They looked a bit tatty, but dried perfectly.

The synthetic organza is cut in various sized circles, then carefully hold the edges over a flame, which seals the cut edge and shrivels it a bit so it becomes a cup shape. Too close to the flame and it can become a melted mess!!

I use a drop of hot glue to make sure the pin stays in place.

[MTRuth]

Gorgeous flowers Judith. I hope you sell a bunch.

[lyn]

They are very pretty indeed - I wonder if you could get into the wedding market i.e. buttonholes. Modern brides prefer flowers like yours instead of the trad carnation and fern.

[Pandagirl]

Thanks Judith. I never have luck with the flame. I'm heavy handed I guess. You must have a great deal if patience. ;-)

[halay]

Fantastic! I admire your patience, I think I would have problems holding them in shape let alone deal with a flame.

[koffipot]

Thanks for your comments.

Lyn, the wedding market is what I'm aiming at and I have a couple of orders for specific colours. We'll see how it goes, but I'm having fun which is important. I'm thinking of trying a small bouquet.

[luvswool and dyestuff]

The flowers are very delicate-looking, quite pretty. Do you think their popularity have anything to do with the interest in ecology?

[Shepherdess]

Very nice flowers. I would think the graduation market might be good too. Better than real flowers they keep much better.

[zed]

Wow, Judith, they are gorgeous! I think a bouquet and even table arrangements would work brilliantly

[koffipot]

Thanks zed, hadn't considered a table decoration. It's on the list now and I just need to find the time to do them.

[jufergu]

I am not surprised that these are selling. They are wonderful.

[mrsplop]

They are absolutely gorgeous.

[mrsplop]

Did you get an email that Flickr aren't going to be associated with google or facebook now and those on flickr need a yahoo account? Bit of a pain that isn't it?!