For two years now, I’ve had a bag of wood medallions for furniture (also known as wood medallion appliques) just sitting in my craft room. I purchased them at an architectural antiques store in Nashville, TN because they seemed PERFECT for a future project. At the time, I didn’t know what I’d do with them. Until I started envisioning them as jacket pins that I could wear…
After digging through the box of wood appliques, these were the four I selected.
The bag of wood medallions kept getting pushed back further into the depths of my craft room. But as I pondered different ways to transform them into statement brooches, I was reminded of all the tweed jackets I had gotten on clearance…
Now I was finally ready to upcycle those wood medallions, and I had a very specific vision in mind!
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Jacket Pins from the Unexpected
First order of business? Convincing Cottonball to let me craft with the tweed coats!
Then, I needed to pair the right wood medallions with tweed material from my various thrifted sport coats. So, I laid the wood appliques on the tweed to determine the best combinations.
I also gathered some of these cruelty free feathers that I had leftover from my harvest wreath project. I thought they might also pair nicely with the wood appliques and tweed fabric!
As you can see, I also cut out snippets of tweed fabric that were sized slightly larger than each wood medallion, too.
Next, I used my pinking shears on the snippets of tweed to keep the edges from fraying. Then, I fused the tweed to the wood medallion with fabric glue.
I was loving how these statement brooches were already looking!
Once the adhesive set, I turned my attention to the feathers- my gorgeous, humanely-collected feathers from Running Bug Farm.
Refashioning a Tweed Sportcoat with Wood Medallion Appliques
I then used my hot glue gun to bind them to the back of the tweed.
Finally, I needed to convert each one into a statement brooch!
I used scraps of leftover felt as the backing, and stitched bar pins to each circle/oval of felt.
Then, I used my fabric glue to adhere the felt to the back of each my jacket pins.
Ready to see how my jacket pins turned out?
What started out as a crazy idea turned into something fabulous, at least by my standards!
I love how the statement brooches as three distinctive layers of texture, yet they seem cohesive in style.
Jacket Pins from Wood Medallions and Tweed
The unique combination of wood, tweed, and feathers really works well against fall and winter coats, don’t you think?
Not entirely crazy after all…in fact, they’re pretty awesome (in my not-humble-at-all opinion)! A statement brooch without sparkle- who would have thought it was possible?
Warm and cozy and a conversation piece, all in one.
The jacket pins aren’t just for, well…jackets, either. Don’t they work perfectly on my trilby hat, too?
I loved this project so much that I even made an updated version for my book, “Crafting with Flannel”!
If you enjoyed this upcycling idea a tweed sport coat, then you’ll also love these decorative acorns to use as fall home decor, too!
Craft on!
S
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Sarah Ramberg is the owner of Sadie Seasongoods, a website that celebrates all things secondhand. From upcycling ideas and thrifted decor to vintage-centric travel itineraries, Sadie Seasongoods is a one-stop shop for anyone who loves thrifting and approachable repurposing ideas. Sarah is also the author of “Crafting with Flannel” and has been featured in numerous media outlets and magazines.
I give handmade gifts to my husband’s three aunts each year. I’ve been stumped as to what to give them this year. But not any more! These brooches are perfect. Thanks for sharing at the This Is How We Roll Link Party.
Thanks so much!
What a cool idea! Never would’ve thought of that but it’s amazing the unconventional items one can use to craft and create. Visiting from Vintage Charm party.
Thank you so very much!
These are so pretty! What a great repurposing idea. I have to admit this is something I wouldn’t have ever thought to do.
Thank you so much!
sarah, I would love to spend the day picking your awesome brain….. these are gorgeous xx
Thank you SO very much!!!
I loooove it! I love hair accessories so I would probably put it on a clip or headband instead. Pinning the share!
Oh yeah, these would work perfectly on a hair clip or headband. I’d love to find a vintage fedora and pin a brooch to it, too…but I can never find a fedora that fits my head!
I really like these! I did something similar with scrap fabric and buttons once. I had a puffer jacket that got a hole in the collar. It needed to be covered up so I made a 3D patch out of some herringbone fabric and stacked and staggered buttons. It’s long gone and i wish I had a picture! There are bits and pieces floating around in my work space that would work perfectly for this!
Thanks so much, Kristie.
Wow! Beauties!
Thank you so very much!
What an incredibly ingenious idea, awesome and gorgeous. Can hardly wait to go digging for parts to make at least 2 or 3. Would be pretty on scarf also don’t you think?
I get most of my feathers from our chickens who seem to lose feathers regularly. Can’t seem to resist picking up feathers in yard, especially when chickens moult.
These would make great gifts for holidays. See what you started? How exciting, so glad you shared this. Better get myself back to thrift store for guys sports jackets.
Have wonderful weekend.
Thank you so much, JaneEllen- and YES, I can totally see these on a scarf. Check out the new photo I just added to the end of the post…they look awfully nice on hats, too. 🙂
What a clever idea, honestly, what will you think of next!!
Thanks, Julie!!
What a fun idea! Thanks for sharing on the Pleasures of the NW’s DIY party
Very pretty! Thank you for sharing with us at #HomeMattersParty .We would love to see you again next week.
Thank you! I’ll be there. 🙂
So pretty!!
Thanks, Michelle!!
Very attractive! I like the one on the gold coat the best, but they are all very nice. And they’re unique too, with the feathers & tweed. You ought to sell those in your Etsy shop! I would love to find some furniture medallions sometime.
Brilliant Sarah, they look amazing. The feathers and the tweed are a perfect backdrop for the medallions. I’m sure you’ll be wearing these all year 😉
Thanks, Michelle. It’ll be tempting!
What a beautiful brooche! I would have never thought to use those pieces that way!
Thanks so much, Mary!
You are so creative. Your brooches are lovely. Thank you for sharing them with us at Vintage Charm.
Thank you, Sharon!
What a smart idea
Thank you, Janice!
Some of the most unique accessories I’ve seen in a long time. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!
Thank you for sharing with us this week at Celebrate Your Story, have a great weekend.
Thank you, Sandra!!
Sarah, you’re amazingly creative!! These brooches using tweed and furniture appliques are beautiful!!
Thank you, Keri!!
Wow…so pretty!
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I love the retro look! Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday!
Thank you so much, Dee!
Loved finding you on the All Free Holiday crafts site! Great idea. You have got me thinking even further outside the box than I usually do! Thanx!
Thanks, Kathy- yes, AFH has been very, very good to me over the years. 🙂
Each post, I think it’s the best you’ve done. And you just keep creating amazing things. These are so unique, just beautiful and very stylish. Can’t wait to see what’s next! Have a wonderful weekend.
Thank you so much, Cheryl!!! I really appreciate that- I’m always worried that “the well will run dry” and while it’s come close to that, I’ve always snapped back. Fingers crossed… 😉