Rose Day which begins the official valentine week is here. So If you are somebody who is into celebrating this holiday, you will need lots of ideas for new gifts (to your BFFs). So here is an idea that will make cool (Thrifty) Valentine week BFF corsage that you and your BFFs can wear to show your solidarity and friendship.
Materials:
Remember from pink cami from the last post.The strap area remained unused at the end so I am utilizing those little pieces to make this corsage bracelet. You can use any knit corsage. The rosettes are made from the armhole bindings and the strap is the shoulder portion. you can also use a 1″ satin tape or twill tape for the base.
(Compliments to self : great idea to use all leftover pieces from so many UFOs lying around the house)
– some spare beads or pearls
-a small square (3X3) of silver gauze/lace or tulle
– hand needle and matching thread/ Scissors
Procedure:
Cut the binding of one armhole. Use half of it to make the smaller rosette. You’ll need the full length of the other armhole binding for the bigger rosette. Start with a knot and roll the extra fabric around the knot, twisting it as you go. Secure with hand stitches while adding pearls or beads as embellishments.
Repeat for the bigger rosette. Now take a square of tulle/ gauze or anything shiny and gather it (or pleat it) in the center so that it looks like a unopened fan. Sandwich it between the 2 rosettes and stitch through all 3 pieces to secure them. You can add a couple of beads on the joint for decoration.
Without Snipping of the thread attach the focal to the base. Measure your wrist and add 4-5″ to it. Cut the shoulder strap or use a ribbon in that measure. Stitch it tight and its done. Now wear it on your wrist and tie it up at the back.
Now all my designs have some funda in them..here the rosettes stand for you and your friend/partner (no ego here so your friend is obviously the bigger rosette 🙂 )The tulle is your friendship or love for each other. The beads are the memories that you share and finally the base is the trust on which your relationship stands. Too cheesy right ? but what the heck…its Fun 🙂
I hope you’ll have fun making/wearing/gifting this corsage bracelet. Tell me what you think of it
Will meet you all again with a new tutorial on Valentine’s day for Feb15th happens to be
“My First Blogiversary”
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