Blue Roses

Blue Roses - a tattered and torn ode to one of my favorite plays
''The Glass Menagerie'' by Tennessee Williams

The directions are all here, just in reverse order...as seperate posts.

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add gromets or snaps to ends of bracelet

thread scraps of fabric through gromets to make ties

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once the top two layers for the the bracelet are stitched together

make five 1'' stitches in a circle, somewhat evenly spaced. Tack down end of fabric strip (about 1/2'' x 36'') weave in and out of stitches. tuck in the last stitch and tack down (This is called a spider wick rose and there are some wonderful tutorials on youtube)

pin top layers of fabric to the bottom

layer then handstitch around the edge. fold over the extra length on the bottom layer and stitch down.

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Beginnings of fabric bracelet

green fabric is 2''x6''

red fabric is one half in wider and longer.

both are scraps from old t-shirts.

The plaid fabric underneath will be the bottom layer of the bracelet and the fabric flower.

Rosecuff

Bracelet made from bits of a wool skirt, an old t-shirt, and even older curtains. I can't wait another six months for the roses in my yard to bloom.

Rosebud