No-sew sequin hair clips

Here's an easy, no-sew hair clip I made for Ry-pie. All you have to do is cut and glue. So simple - because simple, is about all I can manage these days. ;)

Supplies:

Scissors

Fabric glue

Heavy weight material for backing (I used denim)

Sequin fabric in your choice of color

First, I drew and cut out my shapes onto some paper. I used a water-soluble marker to trace my shapes onto my denim fabric. Then, I cut them out.

I traced the shapes onto my sequin fabric, and cut those out too.

I applied a thin layer of glue to my denim material, then placed the sequin fabric on top. (Sequin side facing up.)

Trim any excess fabric...

...so fabric shapes are even.

Finish it off by gluing the back to any hair clip, and you're done!

Sweet and easy. Just how I like it.

:)

Fabric petal headband (for Halloween)

Halloween is two weeks away. Do you have your costume ready? I'm still debating what the girls are going to go as. Cal J wants to be iron man. Ugh. Instead of stressing out about what to make (and or buy), I made Ry-pie a Halloween headband.

I used a camera lens as my template for the circles that need to be cut out.

I cut out 12 circles total. 4 of the orange, and 8 of the polka-dot fabric.

Take 1 circle and fold in half.

Shape in half, so the corners meet. This will cause the curved edge of your circle to turn upwards a bit. It should resemble a petal shape.

Take a needle and thread and sew through the corners which are touching.

Follow the same steps for your next circle (alternating colors if you wish), and sew, so it's attached to the previous petal.

After your petals are done and attached, it will look something like this. I chose to layer the petals so they cascade down sort of haphazardly. You could easily sew the petals together in a round shape so they resemble a flower instead.

This is how it looked from the underside. After that, I just attached it to a felt piece and then glued it onto the headband. Clearly, this is not limited to Halloween, there are may different color combo's you'd be able work with.

So cute and festive.

If all else fails, she can just wear this for Halloween, right?

a new blog post!?!?!

Wow! It's been way too long since I've shared anything with you all. To be honest, "crafting" just hasn't been in the cards for me these days. My brain is exploding with a million ideas, but it's in my mind where they sit. That is until I can figure out how to balance some things. :)

Little Shelby is doing great. She'll be 8 weeks on Friday! 8 weeks!?! Where has the time gone? In other why-I'm-not-crafting-much-these-days news. We're moving!!! Next month we'll be leaving New Mexico, the only state I've ever known, for an even bigger one. Montana! I'm getting really excited for the new experience, but nervous of the thought of being away from all our family and friends. I've been a teeny bit preoccupied with organizing/purging all of our crap for the move. Plus getting the house in tip-top shape for sale has been a bit time consuming. I have a few projects that are waiting to be posted. We'll see if I can actually get to them. haha.

Now that I feel (some-what) caught up with things. Here's a simple tutorial for a flower hair-accessory - made from one of Ry-pie's t-shirt's.

I have a weird obsession with crying baby photos. I think they're adorable! hehe

Start by cutting out several circles. I used 8 large circle and 6 small circles.

Stack 2 large circles and 2 small circles like shown.

Place your "stack" on top of 2 large circles like this.

Next, take a needle and thread - and sew through your "stack" making sure you sew through the two bottom circles as well. (Sew a few times through the center of your "stack" to secure).

Fold your just-sewn "stack" in half so it's in a half-moon shape.

Take your next "stack" and place in the center of the 2 main circles.

Sew this "stack" the same way you did the first one.

Fold into a half-moon shape and continue the same steps with your third and final "stack".

Boom! You're done.

Just slap onto a barrette and that's it.

Finish it up by placing it onto a headband like this. I made a single braid headband for Ry-pie's.

Those are tears of joy by the way. They must have really loved the hair-flair. Ha!

Even cute as a sleep accessory.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Braided t-shirt headband

I'm into braids these days. Remember this braided t-shirt for Ry-pie? I've made a few other braided items that I've yet to share with you all. Sometime soon perhaps?

It's been awhile since I've shared any hair accessory ideas. I was inspired to make this headband from this tutorial for a lace headband. I made it using the same t-shirt I used for this. I really should have thrown this t-shirt out by now, but I'm a sucker for the color grey and I just couldn't seem to part with it...and I'm glad I didn't!

Here you go...

I made double braids, so I cut 6 1" pieces from my t-shirt that were 22" long.

Pin the ends together and anchor (I used my pants), and braid so you have two braided pieces.

Take a piece of elastic and place together with the braided pieces.

Sew across the elastic and the braids like shown.

Trim off the excess from the braids...

and you're done!

I'm thinking I'll make a single braided one for Ry-pie and maybe adorn it with a little pink flower detail for the both of us. It'll be the headband I rock in the hospital when "new baby" comes! I'll keep you posted. ps. She should be here next week!

:)

Fabric Headwrap

Today's the first day of summer!

Here's an easy little tutorial to make your own fabric headwrap. Super easy, and cute!

Start off with two seperate pieces of material (one printed for the outside and one solid piece for the lining). These were 45" long and 5" wide.

Don't be lazy like I was. Please iron your fabric! :)

After I finished this project I realized that 5" wide was too thick for me, so I wore it folded it in half. That worked just fine but you might want to cut down your measurement to about 2.5-3" wide if you didn't want to have to fold it over.

Take your material and place right sides together.

Sew along the outer edges all the way around using a 1/4" seam allowance. Leave a 1-2 inch opening at one end of your wrap.

Trim around the entire "sewn" part of your wrap, making sure not to cut into the seams. Clip an angle at each corner as shown below.

Turn your wrap right side out and use a dowel or the eraser end of a pencil to push the corners out.

Fold the material in from the un-sewn opening at the end of the wrap and press.

Top-stitch around the entire wrap using a 1/4" seam or less.

And there you have it. Perfect for summer!