Braided Headband
Materials:
- 3 scrap strips of fabric
- Elastic
- Cut your fabric into 3 strips measure 20 inches by 2 inches. To get a slightly rougher look, rip your fabric rather than cutting.
- Place the ends over each other and sew to secure.
- Braid your fabric until you reach the end, and then sew over all 3 pieces again to secure. Make sure you braid consistently. If you start braiding tightly, make sure you braid the entire length tightly.
- Measure your braid and measure your head. Now subtract your braid measurement from your head measurement – this will give you how long your elastic should be. Cut your elastic. You can really use any elastic, but I used fold over elastic because it comes in lots of cute colors.
- Attach your elastic to the ends of the braid by using a zig zag stitch.
- I also made another thinner head band using ½-inch-wide strips. For this one instead of laying the elastic flat over the braid before sewing, I folded it over the ends encasing them, and hand stitched it closed.
And there you have it! An adorable braided headband you can wear a million ways!
Flower Headband
Materials:
- CS11236 - Mod Podge ® Paper - Matte, 8 oz.
- 1" Foam brush
- Scrap paper
- Decorative paper
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Wax paper
- Rick-rack trim
- Hot glue
- 3 small silk flowers
- 3 medium rhinestones
- Scrap of coordinating ribbon
- Create a template of the headband by tracing it on a piece of scrap paper. Using the template as a guide, cut the headband shape from the decorative paper.
- Using a piece of wax paper and a foam brush, coat the back and front side of the paper with Mod Podge. Position the paper on the headband, press out any air bubbles with your fingers and smooth your brush strokes. Allow to dry.
- Hot glue rick-rack trim to the edges of the headband. Hot glue silk flowers to the mid-top section. Hot glue a rhinestone to the center of the flowers. Hot glue a scrap of ribbon around the two ends of the headband to secure the rick-rack. Allow to dry.
