Dahlia

Today I feel uninspired, which means I am not making the most of my photography, being uncreative and trite. So, here instead is post about another project I made a few weeks ago.

I found a tutorial for a lovely Dahlia brooch on Holidash, and suddenly I was obsessed, and while I knew I would never wear it as a brooch I saw many other opportunities. First up, as we have just moved into a new flat, a new very very white flat, I have been trying to add a little colour. My idea had been cushions, covered with dahlias, I worked it out as each cushion would need nine flowers. But, as I had three cushions to do it didn't take me too long to do the math and realise I would need to make 27 flowers, and as each took me about 2 hours, this simply was never going to happen. So I have made two big dahlia's and stuck them one smack bang in the middle of each cushion, which I also quite like.

Next up was one in a beautiful blue, which I also had some matching vintage buttons. I have decided to usethis one in one of my millinery projects, possibly the fascinator with sinamay leaves. I think this could work quite well?

One small adjustment I made to the pattern was instead of glueing the petals, I hand-stitched each one on. This was mostly because I could not find a decent glue here in Sydney, but also I suspect that for cushions stitching might be a bit more durable. This was also one of my first times working with felt and I really enjoyed it. I think it might have opened up a few more creative doors for me. But, we will see.