If there is one item of clothing/accessory which is synonymous with me, it has to be the humble corsage. I just love 'em! I think it's because I'm also a big fan of the scarf (the chunkier the better) and find the two to be a most decorative, and indeed practical, coupling.
I love corsages so much that it became a bit of a running joke with my friends at one point as to which part of my person I would be adorning with a corsage next. As already mentioned, the scarf-corsage combo is a frequent winner but I do also love to fix one on the side of a trilby or maybe clip them to my handbags. The options truly are endless and they will always add a nice individualistic twist to the most unoriginal of outfits.
So, in view of my slight preoccupation with these pretty accessories, I have taken it upon myself to begin researching some of the techniques which can be used to make your own. Honestly, I never knew there were so many lovely variations.
I don't want to bore you with flower talk for too long today so I'm just going to show you a couple of my favourite first efforts. This first one is probably a bit too 'groovy' for my usual tastes but I just wanted to have a go at the technique first and perhaps worry about colours later.
That said, I actually quite like the contrast between the mega-bright psychadelic fabric and the vintage-esque button that I've sewn on the centre. Not sure I would wear this one on my person but it could be a nice centrepiece on a summer clutch bag or perhaps a nice bright coin purse....I shall ponder this some more.
Generally speaking, I'm more of a 'big and fluffy corsage' kind of person and this one is one of my favourites out of all of the ones I've made so far.
I made it quite simply by stitching together loads of scraps of fabric into one long beautiful patchwork ribbon then revisiting one of my childhood pastimes of pom-pom making! I had forgotten just how much fun that can be! I hope I'm not the only one who used to spend whole afternoons quite merrily wrapping ball after ball of cheap wool around cardboard hoops and wondering why no-one was quite as impressed as me at the end result...?
Anyway, this technique seems to work really well, especially with nice flimsy fabrics like the ones in this picture. I'm still not sure what I would use as a brooch-back though as a simple little stitch-on finding would get lost amidst all those layers of fabric! I need something which would hold the back of the pom-pom nice and flat - I'm sure there'll be something suitable out there amongst all these clever haberdasheries and specialist internet shops. It must have been so much harder to source clever craft materials and gadgets in the days before the Internet became such a huge part of our lives. But I bet people didn't spend their pocket money quite so quickly!
Well that was rather more rambling than I had intended to inflict on you at the start of this post so I think I'd better leave it there. More corsage talk another day.
Wishing you all a most lovely Thursday - hope the sun is shining where you are cos it seems to have well and truly deserted us here in the North East! Fingers crossed for a brighter weekend.
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