WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: Create – Rosettes

For this week’s challenge – CREATE – I am posting two of the projects I did  a year and three years ago, respectively.

The first one is a crown of rosettes that I made for the traditional May Crowning of the Blessed Virgin Mary last year. This was fashioned from twisties that were, well, twisted together to make the round frame; white and pink ribbons to make the rosettes, and beads, and an assortment of bows.

The second photo is of the flower girl basket that I made for a family member’s wedding 3 years ago.  We got the basket from Michael’s and spruced it up with nylon, lace, ribbons, and beads.  I fashioned some of the  ribbons into little rosettes which accented the orange and gold bows that I made.

My mother is pretty good with fabrics – she being a seasoned seamstress.  It is from her that I got the interest to tinker with cloths although I never learned to sew.  When I was a child, I helped her put beads on the dresses she was making.  I also saw her make cabbage roses at one time or another.  When I was in grade school, we were taught how to make flowers out of  crepe paper.   I enjoyed doing it.  Since then, I would sometimes fiddle with tissue paper or any longish and soft paper to make flowers when my hands get twitchy.  That helped me fashion rosettes from cloth when I needed to.  To hold the form,  I stitched the folds in places.

Thank you for dropping by.  For more responses to the challenge, please visit Weekly Photo Challenge: Create.

Happy crafting. 🙂

~Imelda