How to Pin a Boutonniere to a Shirt
Although a boutonniere is small and unassuming, if you do not attach it properly to a lapel, it will flop and become unpleasant to wear. With one or two stickpins, you can securely pin a boutonniere to a shirt and it will stay where you pin it until you are ready to remove it. Choose the most beautiful rosebud from your garden to make a boutonniere. Once you see how simple it can be to pin a boutonniere, your boutonnieres will always stay put and look smart.
Place the boutonniere where you want it on the shirt and align the pin near the stem of the boutonniere with the point of the pin facing up.
Insert the point of the pin in and then out of the shirt (taking up approximately 1 inch of shirt material).
Poke the stickpin back into the flower of the boutonniere. Allow the point of the pin to stay within the flower.
- Although a boutonniere is small and unassuming, if you do not attach it properly to a lapel, it will flop and become unpleasant to wear.
Use a second pin in the same fashion if the boutonniere does not seem secure with only one pin.
Warning
Do not try to use a bent pin. If a pin bends as you are pinning the boutonniere, discard it and use a different pin.
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Warnings
- Do not try to use a bent pin. If a pin bends as you are pinning the boutonniere, discard it and use a different pin.
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Kathryn Hatter is a veteran home-school educator, as well as an accomplished gardener, quilter, crocheter, cook, decorator and digital graphics creator. As a regular contributor to Natural News, many of Hatter's Internet publications focus on natural health and parenting. Hatter has also had publication on home improvement websites such as Redbeacon.
