Scrap Fabric and Button Brooch

Chasity of Belle and Burger shares this cute sewing project using scrap fabric and vintage buttons. These brooches make great gifts, as for upcoming Mother's Day. Create a whole bunch as Thank You gifts, like Chasity did.
 

Materials:

• fabric scraps
• fusible interface(optional)
• round template (i used a jar bottom)
• felt
• 1" bar pin (jewelry notion)
• glue gun
• thread
• needle
• button(s)
• sewing machine (optional)
• Iron

Directions:

1. Trace and cut out your pattern from the felt (backing ) and one piece of fabric with interface attached to it.
   
   
   
   You can use any pattern you would like for your brooch. I decided to use a circle. I wanted it to be easy to repeat and versatile, since I was making 5. I used the bottom of a pickle jar for my template and just traced it directly onto my fabric ( the back of course) with chalk
   
   
    
2. Sew the bar pin to the back of your felt piece. Think about where you want the location of the pin to be when you wear it. Make sure the opening of the pin is facing up so when you put it on it is easy to use.
   
   
    
3. Design your brooch with fabrics and buttons. Figure out where you want everything.
   
   
   
   Then start attaching each item from the bottom layer up.
   
   
   
   It helps to use your iron here. Iron all the scraps first. Then and if you want add interface to the back of them. Iron the entire brooch after you attach each layer; this keeps everything nice and flat. I like to add decorative stitching to the final layers. Then I arrange a few buttons, or just one special button.
   
   
    
4. Decide which way you want the brooch to be worn and where the pin should be located in relation to that.
   
        
    
5. Apply Glue to the back piece . I like to go around about a 1/4 " away from the edge of the brooch with a thin line of glue. Then sort of zig-zag in the middle. Then gently and evenly apply the top piece to the backing. Take care not to squirt excess glue out the sides.
   
   
    
6. Trim any excess fabric
   
   
    
7. ......Tada!