Craft #1: Candle fabric petals flower hair clip
Craft # 2- Pom Pom Hair tie
- Materials: scissors, needle & sturdy thread, cardboard sheet ~ 3×5 inches, knit fabric cut into 1/2 inch strips
- When cutting fabric, cut strips parallel to the stretch so each strip. Run each strip through your fist, stretching the material slightly. Each strip will curl around itself, forming a hollow string.
- Wrap each string around the card. The longer the card, the larger the pom. Don’t worry that the string isn’t continuous, just keep layering each segment on top of the other.
- Once you get a nice pile of jersey wrapped around the card, you’re ready to tie it off.
- Before removing the pile of strings, tie one side of the loop off. This helps to keep the strings organized when you pull it off the cardboard.
- Carefully remove the pile of strings from the cardboard.
- Tie the entire bundle with string as TIGHTLY as possible. You may need some extra hands for this part.
- With your awesome sewing scissors, cut each loop in half. You’ll want to do this over a garbage can, it gets messy. After you’ve cut each loop, fluff the material out to make a ball. Trim the ball down to a round sphere, fluffing as you go.
Visit ISLY - She also has some really cute printables that makes great gift boxes
Craft #3- Flower headbands
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She doesn't have a tutorial for this but she has some other cute stuff
Craft #4- Flower bracelet
First take some household items of varying sizes that can help you trace out some fabric circle. I used a baby bottle, a Salt City candle, and a spool of thread. Find a color scheme you like, and cut out the fabric circle.
Next, stitch around the outside of circle, being sure to stick close to the edge. If you want to be extra safe, you can even run a little fray-check around the edge of the fabric.
Once you've made it all the way around the edge, pull the thread tight until the circle forms a pumpkin-looking shape.
Push your needle through the center of the gathered top, and thread through the back where you can tie off your thread. I even did a few passes back through the top and back down to make it a bit more durable.
Continue this process with all of your fabric circles and press them flat with an iron. Once you've finished making all of your flowers, lay them out to find a grouping that works for your taste.
Cut a strip of wool felt that's wide enough to accommodate the grouping of flowers, and long enough to wrap around your wrist. Start sewing on your flowers. Stitch through the center, and continue to stitch small stitches around the outside of the flowers to make it stay in place. I let the outer flowers hang over the felt a bit so the felt is more hidden.
I embellished my flowers with vintage buttons that I found in a tin from my Grandma Tresa. But, I know most thrift stores have bins of buttons you can buy loads of for a STEAL!
The great thing about working with wool felt is, it holds its own pretty well. So, button holes are super easy. First wrap the strip of felt around your wrist and mark with a disappearing quilting pencil where you want your button hole to be.
Then, take a small and SHARP pair of scissors, and cut a straight slit where you've marked your button hole. No sewing is necessary for this step, but I did do a small stitch around the outside of my slit simply for looks.
Sew on your button. I prefer a button that is the same color as my felt, so the flowers, the REAL centerpiece of the bracelet, can take center stage.
And, ta-da! A little whimsical and feminine fabric flower bracelet. Now, do I keep this for myself? Or, give it to my little sister for Christmas... it's a true debacle.
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Craft #5- Flower hat & Scarf!
Start with fleece- I decided I wanted three different colors and I wanted a really pretty color- grey, plum and black combo (color is EVERYTHING!)
Measure your head by wrapping the fleece around your head and mark.
Cut a strip of fleece to size.
Keep in mind that this strip will be the main part of the hat so the taller you want your hat- the wider this strip will be.
Cut another strip of fleece in a contrasting color- this is option- but I wanted the look of band around my hat.
Fold the strip in half and sew down to the bottom of the wide strip of fleece making sure to sew only at the bottom of the band- this will force it to stick out a little on top and have a little depth to it.
Once the band is sewn on- turn everything inside out and sew the ends together.
At this point it should look like a hat without a top :)
Now it is time to make the top of the hat- You could have fun making the top a different color or use the same color as the bottom of the hat.
Trace the outside of the hat.
Note- before sewing it down make sure the two pieces fit together you may have to trim a little excess off the edges to get a clean fit. It also helps to pin the two pieces together and then sew the top to the bottom.
Sew together- I chose to let the stitches show because the black stitching compliments the black band (and I just love the look of stitching!!)
To make a flower- use a bright and colorful piece of fleece.
Cut out circles and stack on top.
The more circles the bulkier the flowers will be.
I used four layers.
Sew the layers together with a pretty button in the middle.
Attach to the hat.
I had quite a bit of leftover fleece so I whipped up a quick scarf that is made from the leftover squares and then stitched on the outside.
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Craft # 6- Flower Belt
anthro's version:
and here's Rylee's version:
{You'll need an ugly, old belt. 1/8 of a yard of chiffon in three different colors, of your choice. 1/4 of a yard of satin. and scissors.
$28
$1.80
my flowers are bigger because, frankly, i love flowers.
So, i made a step by step plan to complete this pretty little belt!
{You'll need an ugly, old belt. 1/8 of a yard of chiffon in three different colors, of your choice. 1/4 of a yard of satin. and scissors.1. You'll need to cut the satin into two pieces, make and inch thicker than your belt on BOTH sides. {so, your belt is an inch thick, your two pieces of satin will need to be 3 inches wide} This also means, if you have a really really thick belt, you may need more than 1/4 of a yard.
2. With the shiny sides facing each other, sew both sides together.
3. Now, sew over those lines again with a looser stitch, i turned mine to 4. on my sewing machine. you can also hand stitch this part (do on both sides)
4. Next, pull the loose thread to scrunch the fabric. Make sure you scrunch it enough to be an inch longer than your belt. Stitch again over that with a tighter stitch, to hold it scrunch.
5. Turn inside out and iron on one side. only ONE. because it looks nicer on the front if it doesn't look so flattened.
6. Moving on to the flowers:
cut your whole 1/8 of a yard into pretty even squares.
7. (in the pictures i'm using a smaller version) fold corner to corner.
8. fold again corner to corner. so its a little triangle.
9. Cut a slightly {SLIGHTLY} curved cut across the top to remove the pointy corners.
10. It should end up being a circle. Make adjustments if it's not. but, it doesn't have to be perfect, it won't be that noticeable.
11. This is pretty much the same as the folding steps before: fold in half.
12. Then fold in half again.
13. Look, you have your first little flower bud!
14. Sew the bottom of the 'bud' together a few times {hand stitched} to hold it.
15. Do the same to all your squares, and attach the bottoms together.
16. You should end up having a little pom pom flower!
17.Slide your old ugly belt into your new satin belt.
18. Hand stitch each flower on both ends of your belt , so it covers your belt loop.
{also keep checking during the sewing part on your belt buckle fitting into the satin cover. Because you want the satin to cover every part.
Now you have a beautiful anthropologie-inspired belt.
Did i mention it cost me a total of $1.80?!anthro's version:
and here's Rylee's version:
{You'll need an ugly, old belt. 1/8 of a yard of chiffon in three different colors, of your choice. 1/4 of a yard of satin. and scissors.
$28
$1.80
my flowers are bigger because, frankly, i love flowers.
So, i made a step by step plan to complete this pretty little belt!
{You'll need an ugly, old belt. 1/8 of a yard of chiffon in three different colors, of your choice. 1/4 of a yard of satin. and scissors.1. You'll need to cut the satin into two pieces, make and inch thicker than your belt on BOTH sides. {so, your belt is an inch thick, your two pieces of satin will need to be 3 inches wide} This also means, if you have a really really thick belt, you may need more than 1/4 of a yard.
2. With the shiny sides facing each other, sew both sides together.
3. Now, sew over those lines again with a looser stitch, i turned mine to 4. on my sewing machine. you can also hand stitch this part (do on both sides)
4. Next, pull the loose thread to scrunch the fabric. Make sure you scrunch it enough to be an inch longer than your belt. Stitch again over that with a tighter stitch, to hold it scrunch.
5. Turn inside out and iron on one side. only ONE. because it looks nicer on the front if it doesn't look so flattened.
6. Moving on to the flowers:
cut your whole 1/8 of a yard into pretty even squares.
7. (in the pictures i'm using a smaller version) fold corner to corner.
8. fold again corner to corner. so its a little triangle.
9. Cut a slightly {SLIGHTLY} curved cut across the top to remove the pointy corners.
10. It should end up being a circle. Make adjustments if it's not. but, it doesn't have to be perfect, it won't be that noticeable.
11. This is pretty much the same as the folding steps before: fold in half.
12. Then fold in half again.
13. Look, you have your first little flower bud!
14. Sew the bottom of the 'bud' together a few times {hand stitched} to hold it.
15. Do the same to all your squares, and attach the bottoms together.
16. You should end up having a little pom pom flower!
17.Slide your old ugly belt into your new satin belt.
18. Hand stitch each flower on both ends of your belt , so it covers your belt loop.
{also keep checking during the sewing part on your belt buckle fitting into the satin cover. Because you want the satin to cover every part.
Now you have a beautiful anthropologie-inspired belt.
Did i mention it cost me a total of $1.80?!Visit rylee hitchner
Craft #7- Headband from tie
For this project, you will need:
-1 tie (Thrift Store: $2 )
- Scizzors
-Embellishment for middle of your flower ( 12/$2 )
-Hot glue gun for embellishment, or sewing machine
-6 or more inches of elastic
1. Cut the skinny part of the tie for your headband. I cut about 16 inches.
2. Fold over the edge where you cut the tie and attach two elastic bands about 3 or more inches. You'll have to check to see how it fits on your head. Pin your elastic band to the edge.
3. Using your sewing machine or hand stitching, attach the elastic bands to your tie.
4. Cut open the largest part of the tie and spread it out.
5. Place a bowl or something about that size on the tie to trace a circle for your flower. Cut out the circle. (It doesn't have the be perfect).
6. Sew about 1/8 - 1/4 inch from the edge of the circle making stitches about 1/2 inch long. Sew all the way around.
7. Start pulling the thread along the way to bunch up the material.
8. Once you've sewn all the way around, pull the thread tight and tie it off so you have a flower that looks something like this.
9. I sewed my little jewel on the middle of my flower and to the tie headband. You can also hot glue your embellishment onto the flower and headband.
THAT'S IT! you're
done!
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Craft #8- Victorian Lace necklace with flower
It started out as this stained tank top that I couldn't bring myself to get rid of. I love the trim!
Add a silk flower and a lonely, unmatched earring.....
Ta-da! A necklace! I really like it!
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