This week I’m handing over to the wonderfully talented Claire from Make Do Mend, for a simple yet beautiful DIY fabric corsage. For those who haven’t heard of them yet [pay attention!] Make Do Mend run clever craft workshops in pretty tea house venues all over London and the South East, which cover everything from knitting and basic sewing to experimental textile jewellery. What a great idea!
I think this corsage is so clever too – you can make it in your favourite colours and patterns and use it to adorn anything be it a bag, hair clip, to jazz up a cushion or just yourself! Anyway, enough from me and over to Claire…
Hi everyone! This is just one of the many simple yet stunningly effective patterns we demonstrate in our basic sewing workshop. You don’t need to have any previous sewing experience as all the sewing happens at the back of the corsage and so is hidden away. It also takes no time at all to make so it is unfussy, easy and quick – meaning there is no excuse not to make one!
You Will Need
A variety of fabric circles as wide in diameter as you want the corsage to be. The one I am working on here is 6cm in diameter. You will need at least 10 circles, but you can add as many as you need to make the corsage as full as you like.
Scissors or pinking shears, dependant on the edge you want to achieve.
Sewing needle and thread.
Safety pin or kilt pin, or hair slide, dependant on whether you want a brooch or hair-clip.
Step 1 Draw out the circles, using a template to ensure each is the same size.
Step 2 Cut out the circles using scissors or plinking shears.
Step 3 Fold each circle in half and sew it down the fold to secure.
Step 4 Attach each folded semi circle together along the fold using simple tacking stitches.
Step 5 Keep adding circles until the corsage is as full as you desire.
Step 6 Attach a safety pin, kilt pin, brooch back or hairclip to the back of corsage.
Et voila!
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