Magnetic flower brooch, caramel and gold tones

Two enamelled blooms on a gold-tone mount

The piece reads as a small cluster rather than a single bloom. Warm colour runs across it, from caramel and chocolate through to ivory cream and powder pink, with two round cabochons carrying the same warm palette behind the petals and adding depth. The gold-tone mount traces every edge without taking over. Nothing about the outline is perfectly balanced, and that is what stops it looking stiff.

Which fabrics a magnetic flower brooch sits best on

A pin has to go through the cloth. A magnet does not: the two halves meet on either side and grip through the fabric, so no pinhole is left behind. That makes it a sensible choice for lambswool jumpers, silk blouses, open-knit cardigans and anything loosely woven, where a pinhole never really closes up. Watch the thickness, though. The further apart the two halves end up, the weaker the hold, so a heavy coat or a padded jacket is worth testing before you go out. On light and midweight cloth it sits flat straight away.

Lapels, scarves and bag straps

A blazer lapel is the obvious spot, though it sits better a little higher than a badge would. Try it on a scarf and it stops being decoration: it holds the drape in place without a knot, and warm tones like these work against oatmeal, rust and olive. Canvas bag straps take it too, a neat way of using a brooch without pinning it to yourself. Because nothing marks the cloth, you can move it as often as you like.

The design, part by part

For daisies, sprays and more abstract petal shapes, have a look through the rest of the flower brooches.