I’ve always said that good hair is the best accessory. It makes literally any outfit look better. So, what about good hair that’s also well-accessorized? Even better. If you, like me, have grown tired of bobby pins and boring headbands and you want a solution that you can make in ten minutes while watching tv – here it is. Oh yeah, and it’s free, as long as you have some scrap fabric laying around.
My initial inspiration came from this sweet headband (from here):
And then there was this one (from here):
I love the casual look of the knit fabric mixed with the sweet flower. For mine, I decided to use an old pair of black, patterned tights (apparently I have a thing for sewing with tights), but you can use any stretchy fabric you have around (an old t-shirt would be perfect).
I cut a long strip from the tights and trimmed it until the length and width were right (i.e. lots of holding it up in the mirror, trimming some more, holding it up again). Then I stitched the short ends together with a loose basting stitch so it would gather (like you see in the first photo above).
I apologize for the awful photo showing this step. While I’m at it, I also apologize for not having photos of the other steps at all. Really, it’s so simple you don’t need them. If you do, that’s okay, just google different combinations of: fabric, flower, rosette, tutorial … until you find one you like.
The next thing I did was cut another long strip out of the tights, about an inch or so wide. The length will depend on how big you want your flower to be, but you can always add another strip on later if you don’t have enough. Then I began twisting, gathering, and stitching the fabric into a coil-like flower, sewing it directly onto the gathered part of the headband as I went along. Your process for making the flower will depend on whether you want a messier-looking flower or a nice and neat little rosette, or something in between. If you’re nervous about messing up, you can try out a few different methods before sewing it onto your headband, but I find that the best part about rosettes is that they’re so hard to mess up! Even the messy ones look cute, and no one will know if you didn’t intend for it to look that way.
Here are a few shots of how mine turned out:
Nothing like a quick project to liven up your hair wardrobe, eh? I think I’ll be making another one in red to support a certain favorite team of mine. Happy crafting!
Total money spent: $0
Total time spent: 10-15 minutes
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