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Zipper Pin Instructions

1/12/2016

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MATERIALS
  • 1 piece of dark colored zipper approximately 8 to 10 inches for center
  • 6 pieces of zipper 3 inches for petals in the color of your choice
  • Felt circle 1 inch in diameter
  • Small pin back
  • Needle and strong sewing thread (I use button and craft thread)
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MAKING THE CENTER
  • Fold down one end of zipper and secure with thread.
  • Roll the zipper around the folded edge to form a coiled center and secure with thread at the base of the zipper (opposite the teeth).
  • Continue until entire length of zipper is secured folding end in.  Take care to keep the zipper teeth as flat as possible 
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MAKING THE PETALS
  • To make petals starting at the teeth side of one edge using large running stitches, stitch up to the other side at a slight angle, across the edge to just short of the other end and then down at a slight angle back to the teeth edge.
  • Pull to gather and form petal.  Secure with a few stitches. You can pinch the bottom edges together form a more dimensional petal.
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ATTACHING THE PETALS
  • Attach petals around coiled center overlapping if necessary.
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  • ATTACHING THE PIN BACK

  • Attach pin back to felt circle through the holes in the pin back.
  • Attach felt circle securely to back of flower.  You can put a few stitches through the pin back holes and out the coiled center to make sure the back is secure.
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