OK lets get started! Felt Flower Hair Pin with Beads

 

Free Instructions for Felt Flower Hair Clip!!!



Ready.... Set.... GO!!!

Firstly here is what you need to get started.....

This is a cheapie cheap acrylic felt from the craft aisle at Tescos the quality is not the best but is fine for this project, it came in a multi-coloured pack with about 10 colours in it. I think it cost about £1.50 or so.

I drew a five pointed flower shape on the felt and cut it out, next I shaded it with a coloured pencil in the centre extending out into the centre of each petal.

Using a paint brush, paint around the raw edges with an acrylic paint - I used black but any colour that complements your felt will do - this is just to seal the edges. You could even use PVA or craft glue that dries clear.

Next I threaded my needle with the yellow thread making a knot at the back of the flower and passing it back and to the front a few times to anchor the thread, to commence beading start with your needle on the 'Right Side' of the flower, thread a white 'rice' bead (that's the long one) first and a small yellow seed bead next - then pass your needle back through the white rice bead helping the thread through the seed bead so it doesn't get tangled.

When you pass your needle back down through the felt close to where you originally came through - pull it just tight enough so that the beads stand up on end. Repeat this multiple times knotting the thread at the back each time to secure the beads. Keep going until you are happy with the centre of your flower.

Now thread your needle with double thread so now you have four strains of thread make a knot in the threads and trim excess close to the knot - start from front of the flower and hide the knot in between the beads. Make 1.5cm loops of thread and knot at the back of the flower. Repeat until you are satisfied with the quantity. Secure the last knot and then cut the loops (the knots secure the threads so that they don't pull through).

Lastly cut a small circle of felt about 1cm diameter. Put a blob of craft glue on the back of the flower (make sure to coat the thread knots too this will help secure them) and one on the felt circle place your hair pin (face down) with the closed end in the centre of the back of the flower and press the felt circle in place.

Rocking my new Felt Flower hair pin in my pink hair!

Voila!!! Tres jolie et tres chic!

 

Sneaky Peek of what's coming up!

Oh my gosh! it has been ages since I posted anything, I've been so busy with my 'Day Job' that I haven't had the chance to edit photos and write the instructions for all the projects I have been working on lately. But I promise - there will be some exciting projects to follow appearing here very soon and here is a sneaky peak! Hand made easy peasy flower hair clips (or hair pins depending on what part of the world you are from!)

 

So easy and super cute!

Complete instructions (free) coming soon......

Hanging in there...

I am persevering and trying to get the hang of this blogging thing! But in the meantime as I did mention a couple of days ago that my next post would be a little bit about me I thought I would give you a little sneak peak at some of my work.

'Kakatoi' (The local name for Parrot Fish)

Kakatoi (pronounced "kak - car - twar") is made up of every conceivable fabric and textile embellishment techniques. It is made mostly of recycled materials including buttons, beads and zips. I have appliqued, embroidered, stuffed and quilted my heart out! I love how the orange live coral on the left handside turned out - can you tell what its made of?

It has been a while since have completed any art work of this size. From 2010 to mid 2013 I was a fulltime artist, painting and producing textile/fibre art pieces such as the 2D sculpture above. But since then I have a fulltime job that doesn't leave much time for arty-ness on this scale.

In my spare time I still try to indulge in my passion for art, I love all things textiles, I love sewing and beading and everything in between. And lately I have caught the "art doll" bug! And that is definitely on my list of next must do's.

 So for a bit more of a taste of what my blog is going to feature, you can view more of my art on my Facebook page - www.facebook.com/lionfish.seychelles or  follow this link to my Flickr page https://www.flickr.com/photos/lionfishseychelles/

New layout and experimenting...

I have been doing a little bit of experimenting and moving stuff about. Just trying to get the hang of this blogging malarkey! So please bear with me while I work it all out :-)





Today I'm loving beads!



 

Getting started!

Ooh how exciting my very first blog!
I don't know if it's just me though, but it's REALLY hard to get started!
So much fiddling about trying to get the look I want. So expect a lot of changes in appearance as time goes on and I get to know the how to do's!
This morning I spent hours trying to set up my new iPad, I'm feeling a bit disappointed in myself because I didn't think I was such a novice in all things technological! But the more technology I invest in the more challenging the set up seems to be. Is it just me or does it seem as though it's all just getting too hard?
Well one of the problems I was having with the iPad was my country region - being so wee and out of the way my country was proving to be the thing giving me the problems - so changing that to UK sorted it out. So here I am with technology at its finest burning the tips of my fingers ready and waiting. I guess my next post will be a little bit about me!