More Kanzashi

In my recent post Love in Bloom I wax poetic (sort of) about Kanzashi, folded fabric flowers that can be used to adorn all sorts of items.  I love the trend of big flowers that people are wearing these days, and I wanted a flower pin of my own to wear.  Starting with some moth-eaten scraps of raspberry coat-weight wool I fashioned a 7-petal flower.  For the center I covered a large button with a raspberry and white silk houndstooth check.  I wanted to be able to wear this pin on my leather jacket but did not, of course, want to put a pin through the leather.  Instead I used a mitten clip on the back which I can clip onto the collar or zipper edge of my jacket.  When placing it on my collar I made sure the teeth of the clip were centered over the stitching along the collar edge so as not to leave an impression in the leather.  Love it!