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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Wheat Weaving: Hunger Games Mockingjay Pin

Well, I'm betting I'm the first one to try this! A mockingjay pin made out of wheat. I just finished reading the first and second Hunger Games books, so I decided to weave the famous mockingjay pin out of wheat. (Hey, we all need to geek out once in a while, right). So I used a simple plait for the circle and used a straw marquetry technique for the bird, and then just joined the two with glue to make the pin. Straw marquetry refers to the practice of ironing wet straw flat and then gluing them onto a surface (in this case cardstock shaped like a mockingjay). It actually came out great on the first attempt, so I thought I'd post it for any fellow Hunger Games fans who wanted to try it. Hope you all have as much fun with it as I did!

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