We had a great time at bee yesterday, learning to make zipper flower pins. Cyndi was our leader. She brought the pins (below) that she had made to show us before we began.
Doris wore her zipper pin (below) that she had made with her art-quilt group.
I finished two pins (after I got home), and you can see them in the two photos below. I felt a little fumble-fingered with this craft, so I likely won't make more of these. But it was fun to learn something new. And Cyndi is a great teacher.
My first pin
My second pin
There are several methods for making these pins. Some involve looping, some gathering, some cutting your zipper tape into lengths. Go to Google and type in "zipper flower tutorial," and you should find some instructions. I've listed a few links below that have zipper flower tutorials.
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On 03/08/2011, Nicole said ...
I love those!
On 03/08/2011, Barbara Anne said ...
What pretty pins!! These zipper pins can be made in such a delightful variety of shapes, too. I will have to try this as I think DS1's sweetie would enjoy having one or more of them. Thanks for the tutorial links.
Hugs!
On 03/08/2011, Kay Ellen said ...
oh my goodness these are adorbale Susan!!
I want that last one!! or maybe the green one or maybe the sunflower~~~hahaha
Well they are all very cute!!
Thanks for the zipper inspiration :)) Wow headed over to dig around in my Mom's sewing workroom for some zippers!!
xo
Kay
On 03/08/2011, Donna said ...
I love these too! I have lots of zippers I could use up!
Thanks for sharing!
Hugs,
Donna
On 03/08/2011, Kai said ...
How TOTALLY cute! I'm especially crazy 'bout the red one! I'm going to take a peek at the tutorials! Thank you for the links!
On 03/08/2011, Kerrie said ...
I think the pins came out so darling! What an Idea!
On 03/08/2011, Jen in NY said ...
Wow, those are adorable! Might have to try that myself!
On 03/08/2011, Lynn said ...
Thanks for the links! I've been wanting to learn how to make these. Yours turned out so nice!
On 03/08/2011, Valerie said ...
You sure did a great job!!!
On 03/09/2011, Deb P. said ...
Oh my stars! Those are so cute, especially the red and blue one you did! I'm going to need to try these. Thanks for showing pics of them. I thought it had something to do with quilting! Geez!
Have a wonderful day!
Hugs from a thawed-out Indiana :)
On 03/09/2011, Jan Maniatis said ...
the zipper pins are cute, cute, cute. Great job. I so enjoy your blog.
On 03/12/2011, Natural Area Rugs said ...
Those were so cute, I just watched the tutorial and I'm looking forward to try making some.
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