Crochet Flower Embellishment

It appears harvesting and preserving vegetables from our garden has practically eaten up all of my extra time! I'll try to take pictures of all the pretty jars we made...

Before I do that, I wanted to post the instructions on making that flower embellishment that I made for the Starling Handbag, just in case there is someone out there who might like to make one too.

Makes a 4.5" diameter flower

Materials

Worsted weight yarn

Size G crochet hook

Instructions

Make a magic ring with 16 sc. (here's a good video to learn to make a magic ring)

Round 1: ch 7, sl st 6 down the chain, sl st in same as beginning of chain,

[sl st, sc, ch 7, sl st 6 down the chain, sl st in same as sc before chain] 7 times (8 petals total).

Round 2: sl st, [sc, sc, sc, hdc, hdc, hdc, hdc 3, hdc, hdc, hdc, sc, sc, sc, sk 1, sl st, sk 1] 7 times.

sc, sc, sc, hdc, hdc, hdc, hdc 3, hdc, hdc, hdc, sc, sc, sc, sk 1, sl st, fasten off.

Now attach a button, yo-yo, or fabric scrap or any combination of those to the center....and now go embellish away!

Crochet Flower Variation

This flower is similar to the Floppy Flower but it is smaller and holds it's shape a little better.

Materials

1 skein of non-divisible, fray resistant craft thread or crochet thread

Size 3/2.1 mm crochet hook

button or other embellishment

Instructions

Make ring: ch 2, sc 14 in 1st ch, join with slip stich to first sc.

Round 1: ch 6, sl st 5 down the chain, sl st in same as beginning of chain,

[sl st, sc, ch 6, sl st 5 down the chain, sl st in same as sc before chain] 6 times (7 petals total).

Round 2: sl st, [sc, sc, sc, hdc, hdc 3, hdc 2, hdc, sc, sc, sc, sk 1, sl st, sk 1] 6 times.

sc, sc, sc, hdc, hdc 3, hdc 2, hdc, sc, sc, sc, sk 1, sl st, fasten off.

Attach button to the center.

As you can see this is a fairly easy pattern to modify to your liking. Enjoy!

A Halloween Treat!

Crocheted Floppy Flower

Materials

1 skein of non-divisible, fray resistant craft thread or crochet thread

Size 3/2.1 mm crochet hook

button or other embellishment

Instructions

Make ring: ch 2, sc 14 in 1st ch, join with slip stich to first sc.

Round 1: ch 6, sc 5 down the chain, sl st in same as beginning of chain,

[sl st, sc, ch 6, sc 5 down the chain, sl st in same as sc before chain] 6 times (7 petals total).

Round 2: sl st, [sc, sc, hdc, dc, dc 4, dc 3, dc, hdc, sc, sc, sk 1, sl st, sk 1] 6 times.

sc, sc, hdc, dc, dc 4, dc 3, dc, hdc, sc, sc, sk 1, sl st, fasten off.

Attach button in the center.

Toddler Pa'u Skirt

For Personal Use only. Feel free to link to it, but please do not distribute or make it for profit.

Materials

2 yards of 45" wide fabric
1 1/2 yards of 1/2" elastic
matching thread

Instructions

1. Calculate the height of the skirt. Measure your child from the waist
to mid-calf (or longer) and add 8 inches for the casing. In my case the
total height is 21 inches.

2. Cut the fabric using the measurement made in Step 1. You should
have a piece of fabric that measures 2 yards by your height
measurement. In my case, 2 yards by 21 inches. (Tip: use a cutting mat
and rotary cutter for a straighter cut)

3. Sew the short ends together (5/8" seam). Press the seam open.

4. Fold the cut edge toward the selvage edge (wrong sides together) to form an 8 inch casing. Pin and iron the fabric.

5. Sew the ruffle row 3/4" from the folded edge.

6. Sew 3 casing rows each 3/4" wide leaving a space in each row to slide in the elastic.

7. Measure your child around the waist and cut 3 equal pieces of elastic.

8. Work the elastic into the 3 casing rows starting with the row
closest to the ruffle row. Join elastic ends (make sure you don't twist
the elastic) and sew the row closed. Use the same process for the other
two rows.

If you would like to hem the edges of your skirt, add an extra 1" to
your height measurement and make a 1/4" turn hem on each edge before
Step 4.

Note: To make an adult pa'u skirt use 4 to 5 yards of fabric and the full 45" width. Just fold over the excess to make the casing.

Paper Baby Shoes

I made these over a year ago for a friend's baby shower, and I've finally made a downloadable pattern for it! Download it here and test it out.

Remember that this is for personal use only. Please, please, please link back to this page if you post it online.