Design by Night

I love getting catalogs in the mail, for me they are a poor man’s magazine. One of my favorite things it so sign up for catalogs from expensive stores, pick out an outfit or an item and try to find a cheaper version somewhere else to recreate the look. Recently I got a catalog from Fossil. One of the photos showed a girl wearing a simple cardigan sweater and a cluster of oversize flower pins. All in all, the pins were not that expensive individually but if you wanted to wear the in a cluster of three it would cost you around $45, plus they weren’t even handmade! After looking at the catalog several times I decided to take a trip to the fabric store and see if I could come up with an alternative that I could make for less money. For less than $10, I made three pins…making this project great for gift giving! What you will need to make one large (approximately 4.5”) pin: 1/8 of a yard of 30” wool felt Straight pins Scissors 2.8 cm pin back Sewing needle Thread in matching color of wool R...