Friday, April 1, 2011

floral headband tutorial


 Need the perfect touch to your new outfit? A beautiful floral headband is the answer!




 Want your own massive head decoration?

Read on!



You'll need:

piece of 3/4" elastic cut to your child's head measurement
piece of fabric cut 2.5"x that measurement+half the measurement.
thread
felt
flowers


First, sew your fabric together into a tube.


Then insert your elastic into the tune using a safety pin.


 Pull through and sew the end of the elastic with the end of the tube with a zig zag stitch.


Pull the other end of your elastic through and sew it to the zig zagged edge.


Then fold under the raw edge 1/2" and pull it over the other end, then sew it together.


Hack off remove your flowers from their stems.


Then hot glue them into place! I also added a few oversize felt leaves. (I ended up changing the position of the lower ones. They were just a tad bit in the way, ya know, a little obtrusive.)


Tada! Gorgeousness. Perfect for church or a park play date. Or a bee farm.

;) 




April Fools.

21 comments:

Just Jaime said...

APRIL FOOLS!

Megan said...

I'm really hoping Jamie is right.

Nikki said...

Definitely perfect for a bee farm!! ;D LOL!

erin said...

ohmygosh. i was thinking this canNOT be serious and then read on and there was a full tutorial. i started thinking this craftiness is not optional is definitely losing her credibility. good thing this is april fools!

crafterhours said...

I love that it's just so elegant and tasteful. I might need one to wear to weddings this summer. Only the black tie ones though, of course.

Ashley W. said...

I know it's for April Fools, but I think would be super cute to add to my daughter's dress up collection!

jill said...

LOL...too funny. Sadie could actually pull that little number off :)

Courtney Lee said...

Phew....I kept thinking.."Is she serious?!?!". Lol. I love your blog! I have gotten so many great ideas from you. Thank you for making my days more interesting :)

Rachel said...

Oh boy! You got me! I was wondering what is she thinking with those huge flowers on her child, she can hardly see! ha ha.
It looks as if Sadie doesn't even mind them though.

Beverly @ FlamingoToes.com said...

Soooo funny!!! I love it! Just what I need when I go to the bee farm. ;)

Julie Rosenhan said...

Hahaha! Nicely done! Oh and congrats for winning One Month to Win It. I loved your last craft, very cute!

Jonathan said...

I knew you had april fools in your blood!

mom

Rebecca said...

LOL you had going. I agree with above that it would be cute for dress up. ;)

Congratulations on winning One Month to Win It! Love the fabric puzzle blocks and going to make some myself.

Rachael from Domesstic said...

I thought you went off the deep end here! Hilarious! At first I thought "Oh that poor child.." Haha!

ellen said...

thought so!

L Johnson said...

Good one!

Ruth Thompson said...

This made my day...really. I cannot believe you went so far as to write a tutorial with step-by-step instructions! And Sadie with messy hair and everything...love it. Have a great weekend.

**nicke... said...

buahhhhhh ah ah ah hha hah ha ha ha ha ha! That is awesome! Although, thanks for the step by step tute, my sara saw it and said momma a flower crown, will you make me one!

Mylinh said...

This one actually fooled me, because it wasn't so over the top crazy. But I was thinking that these headbands did not seem like your style at all.

Stacey said...

I bet your little darling actually really likes this headband. All little girls like to feel like a fairy princess! Which works if you live in Texas, right?

Rebekah said...

Ginny just saw this and she wants one, too.

 
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