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Gathered Threads

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diy. felt flower headbands.

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We had a bit of a ‘hairband love’ day today. Maddie wouldn’t take hers off and Abi used
 hers to hold her top knot in!!  
You can use as many or as few flowers on each hairband as you want although I found when using two or three flowers you need to stitch them together to give them a bit of extra strength and help them stay together.

Totally adaptable!

***Enter the giveaway to win a set of three here!***

They are soooo easy to make…here’s how:

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^^ You’ll need a small piece of felt, an elastic hairband and a glue gun.
^^ If you don’t have a glue, simply hand stitch in place.

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^^ Cut the felt into a spiral…don’t worry about getting the edges perfectly straight as this will give the flower a more rippled edge (which I actually prefer).

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^^ Start at the outer point and start rolling.  Keep going right until the centre.

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^^ Using your glue gun, put a dot on the last edge and then in the centre.  Hold down the centre part of the spiral over the flower.  It should hold really well in place.
 (You can put small stitches here instead of a glue gun if you don’t have one)

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^^ Lay the flower face down on the table.  Position the hairband along the top and cut out a small felt circle to place on the top of the hairband.
^^ Glue all these pieces in place.

And that’s it, you’re done!  Now you can go use up all those little squares of felt you have lying about.  I have glued them onto hair clips and bobbles too!

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Come back on Thursday and I’ll send you the direction of some gorgeous hairband tutorials from around the net. 

Comments

  2. Ana Lopes says

    Adorable!!! I love this and your happy smiles!!! Thanks for sharing this tutorial! Would love to have you visit my blog sometime 🙂
    Hope you have a wonderful day and week!
    Hugs from Portugal,

    Ana Love Craft
    http://www.lovecraft2012.blogspot.com

  4. Paige says

    Very cute! Visiting from the Tea Party Tuesday Link-Up!

  5. Janice Armstrong says

    Awww, thanks Ana. Am sure Portugal is gorgeous!! Am heading your way now!
    x

  6. Amy W says

    These are really adorable and you're right… so easy! Thank you for sharing at our link it or lump it party!
    Amy @ Delineate Your Dwelling

  7. springs222 says

    These are adorable! I love no-sew projects. I think my daughter would love these
    Thanks for sharing,
    Kelly

  9. Janice Armstrong says

    I know…it's good to have a few wee easy projects to hand!! My girls love them so I'm sure yours would too!

  11. Kim Conner says

    This is just the sweetest headband ever… and one of the cutest felt flowers I've seen! Thanks for linking with Inspire Me Wednesday. I pinned and stumbled this post. 🙂

  12. Creative Dream says

    Very cute idea! I would love it if you joined and contribute your awesome posts at my link party at City of Creative Dreams on Fridays 😀 Hope to see you there at City of Creative Dreams Link Party

  15. Ginger Bergemann says

    Beautiful photos and of course, love the headbands. I'm featuring you tomorrow at Gingerly Made!