Ruffled Headbands

I recently spent an hour or so making these singed fabric headbands.  I'm sure that you've seen them before, but it was fun to make some for my own use.

This cream headband is made out of scraps of taffeta from my lace for days maternity skirt.  I used some gold vinyl as the leafs/slide.

This is obviously a different headband, but I wanted to show you how the slide is attached to the headband.  I cut out the leafs, and then sew a strip of material down the center of the headband piece.  You want the two stitching lines to be at least 1/8" further apart than the width of the headband.  The headband piece slides easily onto standard headbands.  It allows you to have interchangeable headbands.  

This black little headband was made for my niece.  The flowers (if you can call them that) are made from circles of fabric that are singed, and then pinched and stitched together in clusters.

For the actual black headband I used ruffled elastic from Deb's Lace 'n' Trims.

Now I know that I've been a bit of a poor blogger lately, but I am actually regaining my energy, and my motivation to get going again.  

I'm planning on having a week long series of spring projects the third week in April.  I already have two of them finished, and have plans for the remaining three. 

 We are currently getting ready for a trip to warmer weather, I'm quickly realizing that Clark has outgrown most of his warm weather clothes, and that I need to get my buns in gear and make some short sleeved shirts.  I'm off to Joann's later today to find some more ribbed knit.  He's getting to the age where he is starting to have opinions about clothing. I asked him what kind of a shirt he wanted me to make him, and he informed me that a Spiderman shirt was at the top of his list.  I'm going to have to see what I can do to tactfully make a super hero shirt. Any suggestions?

Thanks for reading.  I'll try to pop back in before we head out.

A Flower or Two For You

Along with sewing baby booties, I've also spent much of my "free" time crafting flowers for the headbands that will be making their way to my shop.

These faux leather beauties have really caused some pair to my fingers, but I sure do love them.

These felt flower headbands were made on a whim, and are designed to coordinate with several of the Mary Jane style booties that will be available.

 This last headband was made at a recent church activity.  I was teaching some of the young women at church how to make felt slides for their headbands, and this is what I came up with.  I kind of like her, but haven't been bold enough to wear her.

Homemade Christmas Gifts: Part 1

I know that Christmas has past, but I finally feel like I can share the gifts that I made and gave.  We just opened gifts with my parent yesterday, and it's time to share a few things with you.

This is part one of my homemade Christmas gifts.  I have some additional gifts that I'll share with you later this week, but as for today, here are a few that don't currently include tutorials.

For The Neck

I ended up making four bow ties, two for my husband, and two for my brother in law.   My husband has officially declared that he is a bow tie guy, and so I had to add a couple to his collection. You can find the David Bow Tie pattern at burdastyle.com.

For The Hair

I made up a few headbands for my sister-in-law.  She's expecting her first baby, and there's nothing nicer than a headband to make you feel semi-put together at the end of a pregnancy, or after the baby comes.

You can find the leather bow tutorial here, and information on the headband construction here.

For The Kitchen

My Father-in-law has an addiction to tacos, and I don't blame him one single bit.  I'm quite fond of tacos myself.  I made this tortillero for them, so that their tortillas would stay nice and warm at dinner time.  We also gave them a lime press and some freshly made corn tortillas.

Did you miss the tortilla cozy tutorial?  You can find it here.

For The Craft Room

Both of our mothers were given needle books.  I love mine so much, and figured that they would both appreciate a storage book.  I added some simple stacked flowers to dress them up a bit.  Both of our mothers do some sewing, so I knew that they would be used.

  After giving one to my Mother-in-law, we found out that she normally stores her needles in the curtains, hopefully this is a better solution.

Just a few of the quick little projects that I made for Christmas.  I'll have some tutorials and additional Christmas gifts later this week.

Thanks for reading. I'll be linking here.

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