Make a ribbon and button brooch

Minimal sewing and minimal materials to make this chic accessory. By Adrienne Wyper

You will need

● length of wired ribbon, measuring around 15cm

● two buttons, one large, one small

● brooch pin

● scrap of felt or other non-fraying fabric

Time taken: around 20 minutes

Pull the wire out of one side of the ribbon. Now hold one end of the wire on the other side and ease the fabric of the ribbon along it so that it bunches up. Continue until you can bend the ribbon round to make a circle. The hole in the middle should be slightly smaller than your biggest button.

Sew the edges of the ribbon together to form a circle. Cut the felt to a circle slightly smaller than your bigger button. Stitch the felt to the ribbon to cover the hole.

Sew on the bigger button in the centre of the brooch. Sew the smaller button on top. Now sew the brooch pin to the back. (You can use a safety pin if you want; no one's going to see it!)

You could make two overlapping ribbon circles to give a fuller effect.

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