How to Make a Blue Flower Brooch with Beads, Ribbons and Felt

Most people like to wear brooches as a fashion decorative accessory that keeps them with the fashion trend or just to make their outfit more appealing. Today's DIY project is a blue flower brooch. The combination of different beads and blue ribbon makes this blue flower brooch fabulous. Now, let's see how to make this flower brooch.

Materials and tools needed in DIY the blue flower brooch：

14mm White Pearl Beads
6mm White Pearl Beads
6mm Golden Faceted Beads
3mm Peacock Blue Seed Beads
2mm Silver Seed Beads
2mm Golden Seed Beads
2mm White Seed Beads
4mm Electroplate Glass Beads
Azure Cube Glass Beads
11x8mm Blue Drop Bead
Silver Brooch
Silver Jump Rings
0.3mm Tiger Tail
0.3mm Golden Copper Wire
Blue Ribbon
Needles
Sewing Thread
Pink Felt
White Cotton
Stainless-Steel Scissor
Round Nose Plier
Glue Gun
Lighter

 

Instructions on how to make the blue flower brooch：

Step 1: Make a blue ribbon flower

1st, cut a piece of blue ribbon and cut it into a heart shape item. Repeat this step 4 times;
2nd, use glue gun to combine the five heart-shape items together (as shown in the picture);
3rd, cut a piece of pink felt that is larger than the blue ribbon flower and put the blue ribbon flower onto the pink felt;

 

4th, sew the blue ribbon flower onto the pink felt with needle and thread;
5th, cut the excess pink felt along the edge of the blue ribbon flower.

 

Step 2: Make a bead flower

1st, cut a piece of 0.3mm golden copper wire. Then, thread a 6mm golden faceted bead to the middle of the copper wire and fold it into half;
2nd, hold the two pieces of copper wire together and thread a 14mm white pearl bead and a 6mm golden faceted bead in sequence through the two pieces of copper wire;
3rd, split the two pieces of copper wire apart and thread 5 6mm golden faceted beads to the right copper wire. Then, cross the right copper wire through the 6mm golden faceted bead below the 14mm white pearl bead(as shown in the picture);
4th, continue to thread 5 6mm golden faceted beads and cross the copper wire through the upper 6mm golden faceted bead above the 14mm white pearl bead(as shown in the picture) and tighten. Then , cut the excess copper wire.

 

Step 3: Combine the blue ribbon flower with bead flower together

Step 4: Add beads onto the blue flower

1st, use needle and thread to sew 4 4mm electroplate glass beads onto the five linking lines between every two heart-shape petals (as shown in the picture);

 

2nd, use glue gun to add 5 6mm white pearl beads onto the five heart-shape petals respectively (as shown in the picture);
3rd, use needle and thread to add 14 2mm white seed beads onto the middle line of every heart-shape petal (as shown in the picture);

 

4th, use glue gun to add several 3mm peacock blue seed beads onto every petal.

 

Step 5: Add drop beads and silver brooch

1st, cut a piece of 0.3mm silver tiger tail. Then, thread a 3mm peacock blue seed bead to the middle of the tiger tail and fold it into half;
2nd, thread a 11x8mm blue drop bead, 6 2mm silver seed beads, a 3mm peacock blue seed bead, 6 2mm silver seed beads, a 3mm peacock blue seed bead, 7 2mm silver seed beads, a azure cube glass bead, 7 2mm silver seed beads, a 3mm peacock blue seed bead and 7 2mm silver seed beads in sequence through the two pieces of tiger tail;
3rd, add a silver bead tip on top of the bead strand and tighten;
4th, repeat the above steps to make four such bead strand of different length;

 

5th, combine the five bead strands together through a silver jump ring;
6th, take out a silver brooch and add it onto the back side of the blue flower using the glue gun;

 

7th, combine the five bead strands with the blue flower through wrapping 0.3mm copper wire onto the silver brooch.

 

Here is the final look of the blue flower brooch.

 

This blue flower brooch can be worn as an accessory of your clothes and will make you stand out. Brooches have always been an essential part of anyone's wardrobe. If you don't already own any brooches, it's never late to start to DIY such a flower brooch.