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How to Make a Rickrack Brooch for Mother's Day

Linda Permann, contributor

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Give these flowers to your mom, grandma, or favorite friend. Happy Mother's Day!

Linda Permann

To get started, fold the lower ridge of the beginning of the rickrack under, as shown. Tack in place. You'll do this at the end of the rickrack, too, when you're finished making the flower.

Linda Permann

Sew in and out of each lower point of the rickrack, all the way across.

Linda Permann

Give these flowers to your mom, grandma, or favorite friend. Happy Mother's Day!

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As I mentioned in my last how-to post, I recently came into a pretty sizable stash of jumbo rickrack—I'm talking six spools of it. This week's project is a quick and simple one, a pretty rickrack corsage for Mother's Day. You can use smaller rickrack for a more delicate effect, or try a grouping of these flowers to accessorize almost anything. They would also make cute gift toppers instead of bows.

Materials

• Length of rickrack with at least 12 points on the top edge (14 on the bottom edge)
• Scissors
• Needle and thread
• Button
• Felt circle (cut to size based on the size of your brooch)
• Pin back

To get started, fold the lower ridge of the beginning of the rickrack under, as shown. Tack in place. You'll do this at the end of the rickrack, too, when you're finished making the flower.

The rickrack I'm working with was pretty thick and started to fray. It won't show in the finished flower, but if it bothers you, either tape the edges (again, they won't show) or brush some Fray Check over them before you cut your piece of rickrack.

Sew in and out of each lower point of the rickrack, all the way across.

Fold down the last point as shown in step 1, and sew back through the first couple of points/folds of the rickrack. Pull taut, and your flower should look something like this.

Holding the raw edges of the rickrack out of the way and working on the back side of the flower, sew the inside corners together. Stitch across and around the flower to snug up the center.

Sew a button to the front of the flower. Knot off the thread at the back of the flower.

Cut a felt circle slightly smaller than the back of your flower. Sew the pin back to the top edge of the felt circle (if you sew it in the center, the flower will droop).

Whipstitch the felt circle to the back of the flower, concealing the raw edges of the rickrack underneath the felt as you go.

Give them to your mom, grandma, or favorite friend. Happy Mother's Day!

See more of my projects on my personal blog, and look for my new book, Crochet Adorned, in stores August 11, 2009.

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Comments (7)

aprilleigh1974 writes: Instead of putting the pin on back, these would also make really cute fridge magnets! :)
Posted: 11:11 pm on September 14th

ImaMes writes: Great idea, Linda! It would make a cute barrette, too... maybe using slightly smaller rickrack. I have some barrette backs (similar to the pin backs). I think I'll make one for my granddaughter!
Posted: 4:09 pm on May 10th

beaderonboard writes: Linda;
What a great idea, they would be great to wear on clothes, hats, or purses.
They look like they would be quick and easy, I guess I will have to take a road trip to buy some giant rick rack :-)
I can't wait to try them.
thanks for sharing.
Posted: 7:59 pm on May 9th

sewitall writes: these will be great for my fabric purses; I was looking for an original "brooch" to use other than my vintage brooches and incorporating old buttons is great; you could make a mound of teeny tiny buttons for the center
Posted: 2:15 pm on May 7th

Sister_Diane writes: Adorable! And I love any project that gives me an excuse to buy giant ric rac. :-)
Posted: 10:07 am on May 6th

theemptynest writes: I agree with Jennifer...perfect for embellishment
Posted: 7:10 am on May 6th

JenniferStern writes: Linda I love these brooches...I think they would make the perfect embellishment for felted wool purses and hats!
Posted: 6:43 am on May 6th

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