December’s One Hour Craft Challenge: A Lovely Brooch or Boutonniere
(Colourful Kanzashi (Japanese folded fabric flowers) Brooch made by Emma Mill of OneHourCraft)
Ladies, Gentlemen, Here we are to announce our First ONE HOUR CRAFT CHALLENGE!. We all got so excited about the kanzashi that we thought about making these.
Then we decided to leave it more open and make December’s challenge for you to ……
MAKE A LOVELY BROOCH OR BOUTONNIERE! Just think how cute you will look at Christmas wearing one of these. They also make fantastic presents for Christmas.
(Brooch above made by Maria Binns of OneHourCraft)
This leaves you wide open to make any sort of brooch/boutonniere you like.
(Brooch above made by Maria Binns of OneHourCraft)
Ideas for broochs and boutonnieres that are gorgeous!
- You could make a brooche using a kilt pin like the second and third photos above.
- Make a crochet round (second photo) and add other things to the kilt pin. In this one I have added silver chain, beads, ribbons..
- Other things to add are limitless. You could add lace like Em did to hers, bits of fabric, fimo things like cupcakes etc.
- Buttons would look great, beads, knitted things, silversmithed objects, fabric flowers.
- Felted wool can be bent, sewn, moulded and twisted in a million different directions.
- You could use paper clay and make a gorgeous brooche imprinting leaves, lace, tulle etc.
- The SKY IS THE LIMIT – see where your imagination takes you!
Check out our tutorials and links to get started:
- Tutorial to Make Kanzashi
- Tutorial to Sew a Soft Circuit – the is so cool!
- Tutorial to Make a Geisha Flower Clip
More ideas for using kilt pins taken from Marie Claire Idees – these are to die for! And wait there is more!
Some ideas for using felt from Marie Claire Idees! Lovely!
So, I hope you can join us! Start creating!
Questions? Thoughts? Links? Tips?
Enjoy!
When you have completed your wild creation visit our new onehourcraft group on flickr and upload them! That way everybody will be able to see them!
The Team at One Hour Craft
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November 23rd, 2006 at 12:24 pm
Great idea for a challenge. I look forward to creating another brooch! Emma
November 23rd, 2006 at 2:07 pm
I see you have that issue of Marie Claire Idees as well. I love that magazine. :*) count me in on this one. Will let you know if I make some.
November 23rd, 2006 at 3:57 pm
oh i can’t wait…think i’ll try to work on some this weekend…..
November 23rd, 2006 at 4:34 pm
i would love to join in.. but is there any rules? is this somek inda whiplash? i mean do i have to make a tutorial or just make a brooch/boutonniere and show off?
November 23rd, 2006 at 11:21 pm
Nihal
There are no rules that we can think of. Oh, there is one. Enjoy! And no tutorial needed just make it and I will provide a flickr group to load up your photo to and I will post them on this site.
Make it and display it!
Mia
November 23rd, 2006 at 11:22 pm
I’m going to make a brooch for my mum! I cant wait! She will love one for Christmas I am sure!
Mia
November 24th, 2006 at 12:56 pm
just found your blog…hope to do a “one hour” project soon! great idea!
November 25th, 2006 at 11:14 pm
Nice new blog look. I like it. Oh, and the brooches are lovely!
November 25th, 2006 at 11:36 pm
Since most of what I do are broaches/pins, this seemed like an opportunity tailor made for me. I posted my picture in the flickr group and on my blog. It was so much fun, I think I’ll probably end up making a bunch more.
November 26th, 2006 at 5:05 am
How fun.
Count me in.
November 26th, 2006 at 10:09 am
so many ideas! so much fun! I am guessing they should be uploaded to the Flickr site by Dec. 31? or before Christmas?
November 26th, 2006 at 10:27 am
Oh I am excited. I love that other people are into this idea also. Things are so much more fun when loads of people are doing them.
Mia
November 26th, 2006 at 2:40 pm
By the 31st is fine! Happy Making!
Mia
November 30th, 2006 at 1:06 am
oooo Mine is up. :*) http://absolutfeli.typepad.com/lifeinmono/2006/11/brooch.html#comments
November 30th, 2006 at 2:22 am
[...] Yay! we are so excited here at OneHourCraft. It is not even December yet and the submissions for our DECEMBER CRAFT CHALLENGE are already coming in! [...]
December 2nd, 2006 at 9:01 pm
Here’s mine!
http://hashiworks.blogspot.com/2006/12/december-2.html
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:23 am
[...] This is my entry for the December One Hour Craft Challenge (a lovely brooch or boutonniere). I thought with Christmas approaching, I’d try making a poinsettia flower using the tsumami techniques I started learning last week. I tried making up some different folds for this one, and used fabric glue and sewing to assemble the flower from 10 separate petals and 6 leaves. [...]
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:43 am
mine is uploaded! http://www.planetjune.com/blog/?p=36
December 18th, 2006 at 8:56 am
[...] My first brooch for our OneHourCraft December Challenge. [...]
December 18th, 2006 at 8:58 am
[...] This is a brooch I just finished making for our OneHourCraft December Challenge. We are calling all crafters to make a brooch and upload it to the OneHourCraft Flickr group. Then we can all ooohhh and aaaahhh over your wonderful creations. [...]
December 26th, 2006 at 9:08 am
Hi, I made some of these back in November so I was a bit early… but take a look at my first efforts anyway
They really are fun to make.