The thought process in photos

I thought this might be interesting.....I'm not going to say much on this post because I want it to be visual and I'm going to post a few photos of a work in progress, from start to finish, as I love photos like this!
Let your imagination go wild, even try and get into mine through these photos if you want, and most of all, I hope they inspire you to get creative.

' Ooooh, which ones shall I choose for this brooch project today? '

' I've just spent the afternoon freehand machine embroidering these and then machine sewing the flowers on to give a 3D effect, cute! '

' Let's prepare them to sew up into a brooch! '

' Here we go.....action shot! '

' Et voila! '

They're cute aren't they?  They're called ' Folie Mixture ' jug of flowers brooches.  Folie because it's French for a bit of madness and rhymes with ' Dolly ', because these really do remind me of Dolly Mixtures when I look at them, it's the mix and match of buttons I think, he he he.

4 gorgeous brooches sewn up in 5 hours but of course I've not shown you every last detail about how to sew them up, it's my little secret BUT I assure you it was great fun choosing the fabrics, working out the design, freehand machine embroidering and then sewing them up.

Lucy x