Brooch Day!

   I have been kind of sick for over a week now.  I say kind of because I can't really pinpoint what's wrong.  I do have a scratchy irritating throat feeling, but not coughing anything up.  My sinuses are stuck, but nothing is running and I can breathe.  Well, I can sort of breathe.  I was actually having a hard time breathing today and I have been extrememly tired for over a week now.  After I used my inhaler in the afternoon though my breathing is better.  Okay, wait, this post is supposed to be about Brooch Day.  Boy, how did I start off on such a different topic - must be the strange illness!

Okay, so I've been home everyday, no exercising.  Today I decided to work on some brooches.  My girlfriend Val was saying that she needed a brooch to funk up a blouse she sewed.  I decided to finish up the loopy brooches to try and match her blouse (although I don't have the blouse with me so I'm relying on my memory - yikes!)

Here's pictures of the finished loopy brooches.

The button is a really light aqua blue color that I hope will match the blouse that I'm thinking of.

I actually crocheted this flower yesterday afternoon because I wanted to try the pattern out.  I finished today with the black button and attached it to the red cap.  My older daughter now likes the cap.  She said it made a huge difference.

Here it is one the cap.  I really need to get one of those foam heads.

Since the Ribbed Hat with the wonky stitches was originally intended for a guy, I wanted to make a flower to "feminize" it up a bit.  I made this bloom.  The colors are cool, but the style doesn't really match the hat.

Here it is on the hat.

Since I was on a roll, I decided to make a lace bracelet that I'd been wanting to make for about a week now.  When I was at Bella Beads last week Friday, I bought some connector things that I could put lace in.  I had intended on using a piece of lace that I did some silk embroidery on years ago.  I took a class from Creations By You and loved the lace, but never did anything with it.  I decided I would make the bracelet with it, but the components didn't fit.  I used another lace and here's the result

   

Here's a picture of the silk embroidered lace and the this lace.

I'm going to the shop tomorrow so I'll see if they have components to fit the embroidered lace.

While I was on a roll, I had seen a button bracelet in a book that I wanted to make.  I changed it up a little, but here's a picture of the one I made.  I'm curious to see how long it will last.  It's strung on ribbon and the ribbon is pretty delicate.  Sorry, the picture is indoors at night so it's really not that good.  And please excuse my skin!  Yikes!  I don't like seeing my skin zoomed in!

So I guess it was a Brooch and Bracelet Day!  It was fun!  Bye!

Comments

[melissa]

hey, the clasps on the green (beaded?) lace bracelet and the button bracelet are both nice and a bit unique. i couldn't tell which one you embroidered on but either would be quite impressive! thanks...

[Barb]

You had such a surge of creativity. The flower really does do a lot for the hat! Hope you feel better soon.

[Wendy]

Wow! You have been so productive. I really like the green beaded bracelet. Very pretty.