Zipper brooch

Combine zipper and felt to make fashionable brooch. Here is how you can make:

I found it to be impossible to put down this project... I was determined to make as many brooches I could from the leaves I had made.

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I love the texture of jewelry and accessories made from metal zippers. This rose brooch is an especially nice mix of hard-edged and softness. If you have a center for reclaimed materials near you, you might be able to get a deal on metal-toothed zippers for this project. (I just visited SCRAP in Portland, and […]

When I posted this picture of a zipper rose I had stitched onto a crazy quilt block a couple weeks ago, it stirred a lot of comments on my blog, my emailbox and on the Crazy Quilting International List. I vowed to do a zipper flower tutorial, and here it is! Zipper rose surrounded by old jewelry and findings I only do three types of zipper flowers, and I will show each of those. You can find a lot more images and tutorials if you Google zipper flowers. The variety is endless. But let’s get…

It was just a matter of time before I finally got around to making these...