I had a post go up on Monday for Imaginisce that some of you might have seen using the i-Top tool to make hair accessories.I am only now remembering to share that project... Life as the school year winds down always seems to ramp up and move at even faster than normal break neck speed. More and more people are requesting my therapy services (not a bad problem, at all), the kids need a little more help getting organized and staying focused as the weather gets nicer and their heads are constantly outside playing and just getting to and fro and here and there. There is little down time in our schedules these days...
The Twist Daddies are interchangable hair accessories that can be attached to headbands and alligator clips. There are also Snap Daddies that can be used with bobby pins. I know a little girl who is all about fashion and matching her hair pieces with her outfits. With the Twist Daddies, you can quickly whip up any number of "toppers" that are easy twisted onto/off the headbands and alligator clips depending up the mood.
I made a little tutorial that teaches you how to make these lovely interchangeable felt and ribbon flowers.
Gather your materials:
- wool felt
- iTop
- button Daddies, medium
- Twist Daddies, medium
- glue
- fabric scissors
- tulle
- yarn
1. Cut the wool felt so that you have a rectangle approximately 9 inches long and 3-4 inches wide.
2. Place fabric glue along one edge and fold the wool over.
3. Use
your fabric scissors to cut down (but not all the way) strips into the
folded edge. Don't go too wide or too narrow. I went about a quarter of
an inch wide.
4. Layer
your tulle then wind your ribbon. If you'd like, you can glue this. It
didn't stick well with the glue I was using so I used the sewing machine
to stitch it down.
5. Apply another line of glue at the edge, on top of the tulle and ribbon.
6. Begin rolling, keeping the bottom edges even and aligned.
7. In order to make things more secure, I put a few stitches using DMC floss to secure everything.
8. Use glue gun to adhere a button made using your i-Top to the front center.
9. Flip over and use your glue gun to adhere the backing of a Twist Daddy to the back of the flower.
10. Voila! Interchangeable headband and Alligator Clip flowers!
I hope you are inspired to create some fun hair accersories of your own! What little (or big) girl doesn't love to accessorize?! I would love to see your creations, feel free to link me up! Thanks for stopping by this Friday - I hope it's a great one!
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