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poppy pins for Remembrance day

by Chloe on November 10th, 2007

I thought it would be nice to do something to commemorate Remembrance Day (or Veteran’s day, depending where you live)

Karen recently sent me a wonderful link for a poppy corsage, designed by Juju Vail.  I love her concept and wanted to play around with it a little.  Here’s what I came up with:

remembrance day poppy corsage or pin

I used two different sized flat yo-yos to make the flower, and embroidered a black center using floss.  This is just the first one I made, but I’ve got some changes in mind for the next batch :-)   I think I’d use a black button or a third yo-yo instead of the embroidery.

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3 opinions for poppy pins for Remembrance day

  • Karen
    Nov 10, 2007 at 11:13 pm

    Love it, I knew you would have fun with it.

  • Terri
    Nov 11, 2007 at 11:14 am

    That’s great Chloe. It makes me think of the number of poppy pins I have had over the years, and they never seem to be around the next year and so I get another one. One like this would be a ‘keeper’ and I could still donate and wear a beautiful handmade poppy pin.

    I love the yo-yos for the making of the flower. What a great project this would be for school children….and anyone!

    Hugs,
    Terri

  • Anita
    Nov 12, 2007 at 6:42 am

    Chloe, I love it! Are the leaves just folded and gathered, or did you seam them?

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