Tartan, the trees and wreaths are beautiful on Pinterest. I have so much costume jewelry from my mother and MIl that I didn’t know what to do with. Great ideas. Thanks!

Linda, have you seen those Love Letters quilts? Some have openings for old hankies or anything you want really. I just thought how lovely they would look with a brooch as a "clasp". They are gorgeous and I intend to make one someday.
I'm trying to think of where I saw them......... brain fog here!! :)

I did a search for that pattern and saw quite a few. Not sure if any were the one you meant tho. I have a lot of old hankies from my mom and grandma. Perhaps using them for the "flap" with a brooch pinned there as the clasp? I'm getting some great ideas here!!

Is there a pattern somewhere that is like a box that a ring or other jewelry would be gifted in? My first thought was simply to create a quilt with squares and pin the brooches to the squares but then got to wondering about a "box". As another commented, this could get pretty heavy depending on how many brooches you want to display. And black velvet or a blender that gives that effect would be perfect for showing off each one.

I am reminded of a craft project that my mother did many years ago that she made a shadow box using a large antique picture frame. She used jewelry to create a "Christmas" tree shape inside the shadow box. The weight of the jewelry was supported by the back of the shadow box.

I don't have any ideas for you but I hope you'll post a picture when you're through with your project, I'd love to see it. I also think "Red Garnet" had a great idea when she suggested decorating a lamp shade for you bedroom. Good Luck!

wildyard, we are twins separated at birth. I never went anywhere without a suit jacket with a big brooch on it. Nothing I have now has the ability to hold a brooch firm, unless I pin it on through to the bra...Rob found my biggest one, a four incher! They did get a lot of use in my red hatting time warp.

Looking forward to more ideas to go with the good ones already shared.

Marty Michelle has a pattern for a wall hanging that would be perfect. I have it and all the material to make one for my son's Olympic pins. Before I got it made I discovered that taking the pins off the tag backing or out of their original boxes devalued them so never made it. I will see if I can find the name of the pattern.

What an opportunity you have. You are starting with something beautiful that you love and there is no better beginning. You could make a new design that is all your own. My first thought was something like a crazy quilt with all that beautiful stitching to add more texture than just the pins. In my mind's eye, I see a crazy quilt with satins and velvets stitched together around a center reserved to show off each of your brooches. A crazy quilt could even display those family heirloom hankies. Let us know what you come up with, it's definitely going to be exciting to see what you decide.

I had a bunch of pewter buttons I bought from a boutique going out of business and wanted to display them. I digitized a button card. The buttons were heavy and had shanks, so I digitized a buttonhole for the shank and attached them on the back with a pipe cleaner - this way they can be easily removed.

If you google quilt for pin collection you will see lots of ideas. My favorite is the dress making dummy covered with brooches.

I just made a wall hanging for a friend to display hatpins. It was very simple. I had a piece of antique tatting that was fairly heavy that I cut into lengths and stitched onto the sandwiched wall hanging. I staggered them so they look a bit like ruffles but they lay flat and I only stitched them on the top. Then I added binding, making sure to catch all the tatting edges, and a hanging sleeve. Sorry, I mailed it off before taking a picture.