I made this one for my Mum. I’ve been trying to think of something pretty to make from this fabric for ages, but I had such a tiny piece that I didn’t know what to do with it.
The fabric is the remnants from a dress which was made for my Mum when she was a little girl. It’s the most adorable print, of fairground carousels with horses, and these doves.
It’s made from a very large self-cover button, with the loop at the back removed. I fixed the fabric firmly over the button, and attached the back to hold it into place. I then sewed a brooch pin to a piece of matching felt, and joined it to the button with blanket stitch.
Voila – one pretty brooch, from a tiny scrap of heirloom fabric!
This one was made for Paul’s Mum, whose birthday is very soon. The button is the same size as the one above, covered in a tiny square of quilting fabric. The spotty fabric is actually brown. It’s gathered into a Suffolk Puff, with the button sewn into the centre. There’s a brooch pin on the back, to fasten it onto a jacket.
As soon as Stef saw this, she came up with loads of great ideas for these Suffolk Puffs with buttons in the middle. She suggested hair ties, shoe clips, embellishments with beads – all sorts of things!
I have so many teeny-tiny scraps of fabric that I didn’t know what to do with. I also have two art market stalls coming up in September and November. I can feel a whole lot more Suffolk Puff making coming on!
