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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

scrappiness

here's what you get when you combine playful mary engelbreit fabric with a fabulous tutorial from rebecca sower......a happy, colorful, scrappy flower!! rebecca's tutorial comes with well-written instructions and wonderful photographs, making it really easy to finish one of these sweet flowers lickety-split! it's a super way to use up little scraps of fabric that have been living in your stash for a while......


and when you're finished, you can pin your new scrappiness to your winter jacket to help cheer on those warm days of spring that we're all longing for!!

click here for more information about rebecca's scrappy flower!



28 comments:

  1. holy moly! this is gorgeous! and you are brave for even trying this. me? i draw, i color i glue. that's about it. but i have the time of my life and part of it is coming here! just gorgeous!

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  2. oh I love your touch of spring on that jacket, great job, so how's the hair, lol. Sandi

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  3. This is so fun, fun, fun!!!
    If you are making more to maybe sell....I want one!!!! :)

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  4. When I first saw the flower I thought it would make a great brooch - and then I saw the second photo. Thanks for the link, I may have a few minutes to spare today to make one of my own.

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  5. That is adorable! I am going to try it.

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  6. i just love rebecca. it is certainly a wonderful project to try. yours turned out beautifully.

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  7. That's easier than hair??? Great job!

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  8. What a wonderful brooch you have made and with bright cheery fabrics. Well done. Thank you for the tutorial link. Keep creating...

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  9. That is adorably bright and cheerful! What a great idea. I'll need to have a look at that link. Thanks

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  10. This flower is so cheerful, just like you.

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  11. hi lori...it looks so pretty! thanks for sharing with us.
    love,
    rebecca

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  12. thank you.
    thank you.
    i honestly have scraps ALL over my floor.
    i was in a MAD rush to finish an apron for an apron exchange at "an artful journey" and really needed this tutorial to help clean things up.
    you are just so cute.
    happy wednesday.
    c

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  13. How cute is this! What a perfect accent for Spring.

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  14. elvie: by the cute & girly challenge blog is looking for a design team with diversity. and i think you would fit the bill. if you'd like to take a look, here's the name of the link....
    http://bythecuteandgirly.blogspot.com/2010/02/design-team-call.html

    thanks.

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  15. I love it. It gives you the feeling that maybe we are getting closer to spring. I just like wearing things like that on the lapels of my jackets or coats. Thank your for sharing.

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  16. this just made me smile : )

    Thank you!

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  17. That is completely DARLING.. LOVE the fabric and can't wait to make one.. I think it's just so fun looking .... GREAT FUN!!

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  18. Very cute, fun and Spring hopefulness inducing.

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  19. How cute; I can't wait to try one.
    I have lots of fabric so it'll be interesting to see what comes together....
    Thanks for sharing....
    Hugs and Blessings,
    Butterfly

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  20. I see you made something wonderful out of that fabric...pat yourself on the back!

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  21. So adorable! I'll have to check out the pattern.

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  22. Oh Lori, this is just sooo pretty! I love, love, LOVE it!!! xoxo Paulette ;)

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  23. it is so hard for me to part with pretty fabric...even if they are small scraps...great way to utilize them...thanks for sharing this.

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