Funky Head Band

First of all let me say that I wasn't going to post tonight. I was planning on staying up and eating Little Debbie cakes while I watched Mercy, but I got online to check my blog really quick and something amazing happened...

I have a follower! (Hi Meg!)

So in honor of this awesome event I stayed up late to do my first tutorial.


For this you will need some scrap trim, scrap fabric, headbands, and a covered button kit. Oh and the regular thread and hot glue gun sort of stuff.

By the way in future post you might notice a lot of head band type project... that's because I have a very bald baby girl.
First sew a straight line down the flat part of the trim. Don't stitch back and forth like you normally would because this stitch is going to be used to ruffle up the trim.

So to ruffle the trim you just take one of the threads from where you just sewed and pull it and... Ta Da!

Next we need to cover a button. This is one of my favorite things to do because it is SUPER easy (you don't need anything except fabric and the button covering kit which you can by at Walmart for like $2-3) and you can add them to anything for instant cuteness!



I wanted to mention that the covered button kit comes with instructions on the back in case this gets confusing. Basically you just cut out a big circle of fabric. Then set down the white rubber part of the button kit.

Next put the circle of fabric down over it and the front of the metal button on top of that. Push the pieces inside of the white plastic thing (Sorry for my lack of terminology).

Tuck the fabric inside the metal button front then put the back on top of the tucked in fabric. Use the little blue tool to push it all together.

When it comes out it should look like this...

Sorry it is so blurry. I couldn't figure out why my camera was taking such blurry pictures but then I figured out that it was zoomed in... go figure.

Next you should wad up the trim in a circular motion and sew the button in the center.


It will look sort of like a flower. Lastly you would just hot glue it to a head band, but because this is for my baby girl I sewed the end of the head band together to make it a tad bit smaller.


When you finish it should look like this... (please excuse my man hands)

I know that you would much rather see it on my beautiful baby girls head, but she is asleep. She has welcomed in two new teeth this week so she was worn out tonight. Tomorrow's post will include a picture of her sporting her new accessory I promise.

I thought this was a relatively easy project but once you break it into tutorial steps it was harder than I thought. Who would have thought it was so hard to make a tutorial.

I guess I won't have time to clean up this...

Thank you for the inspiration to blog tonight Meg!! Come back tomorrow for pictures of the head band in action.