September 14, 2015

Flower Headband for Dolls – Tutorial

$Flower Headband for Dolls – Tutorial$

Things have been super busy around here. This week I am off to the EE Schenck Trends Trade Show in Portland, where I will be doing demonstrations, doing a book signing, and teaching a Make-n-Take project. Here’s what I came up with for the Make-n-Take: A cute fabric flower headband for dolls! The free sewing tutorial to follow 🙂

The thought behind this project is quilt shops can host their own free activity on a Saturday afternoon to help promote their kids’ sewing classes. The project can be sewn entirely by hand and is designed for kids to do all by themselves.

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Supplies for each doll headband:

Kraft-Tex* – 1/2″ wide X 9 1/2″ long
1/4″ wide elastic – 3″ long
Fabric – 1 1/2″ wide X 6″ long
Small button (1)
Needle and thread

*Ribbon may be substituted for Kraft-Tex

Prep work:

Pre-washing the Kraft-Tex makes hand sewing on it a little easier to do. To make the hand sewing even easier for young children, prep the Kraft-Tex by using a mini hole punch to punch “sewing” holes in the Kraft-Tex. Punch 4 holes (1/16″ diameter) on the ends where the elastic will be sewn and punch 4-5 holes where the fabric flower and button will be sewn.

$Kraft Tex headband tutorial hole punched image 1$

Make the Flower

1. Fold fabric in half to form a loop, with right sides together. Sew the short ends right sides together with 1/4″ seam allowance.

2. Fold the fabric loop wrong sides together and sew a single running stitch through both layers of fabric, 1/4″ from the raw edges. Leave a long thread tail at the beginning of the running stitches.

3. Pull on both ends of the thread until the loop cinches closed into a disc, with the folded edge on the outside and the gathered raw edges in the center.

4. Tie the thread ends together into a knot.

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