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Easy DIY Satin Flower

February 26, 2019 By Erica Deuel 2 Comments

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As I mentioned in my last post, we are READY for spring around here. Sunshine. Warmth. Color. Anything to get beyond this cold grey reality. While the weather around here isn’t totally cooperating with my desires, I’ll continue to take matters into my own hands and create something to introduce a little warmth and pop of color. Take that Old Man Winter.

If you’ve been around here for a while you know that I love to make flowers out of all kinds of materials for different projects. Burlap. Felt. Chiffon. Today I want to walk you through one of my all-time favorite projects, the Easy DIY Satin Flower.

If you like to read the step by step, carry on, my friend. However, if you’d like to get your supplies and create along with me – you can do that too! Our latest YouTube video is me walking you through this tutorial step-by-step. Enjoy!

Supplies:

  • Your favorite colors of satin fabric. (An 1/8 of a yard will go a long way. The more satin flowers you want to create and the more colors you would like to incorporate, the more satin you should purchase.)
  • Sharp scissors
  • Needle and thread (thread color doesn’t matter because it won’t be seen)
  • A multi-purpose lighter
  • Fun embellishments of your choice, i.e., buttons, beads, scrapbook charms & hardware, jewels, etc.
  • Hot glue and hot glue gun
  • Once you’ve created your flower it can be used in dozens of different projects. In the YouTube video, I use mine for hair bows and headbands. You can get a variety of those from the dollar store.
  • Alligator clips (If you’d like to have a flexible way to attach your flower without permanently connecting it to a hairband.)

Tutorial:

For this tutorial, you are going to cut your satin into 6 circles. When you branch out to make your own, feel free to adjust the number of layers for your own unique look. Before starting on your circles you may want to cut the satin into manageable squares/rectangles to making cutting the circles easier.

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The circles do not need to be perfectly round and you’ll see why in a moment. The first circle should be the largest. You can decide how large you’d like for your flower to be but I’d recommend 3-4″ round for the first one. Now cut 5 more circles making each one a little bit smaller.

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Now being very careful, use your lighter to singe the edges of your satin circles. As the flame is applied to the satin, the heat will cause the edges to begin to curling up. The longer the heat is applied the more the satin will curl. Test it out and find the look that you prefer. This step will also help to seal the edges of the fabric and keep it from fraying in the future. The satin flower should not catch fire. If it does, you are holding the flame to the fabric too long.

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Once all of your satin circles have been curled with the lighter, stack them largest to smallest. Get your needle and thread and go ahead and thread your needle. I like to double thread mine to make it extra strong. Give yourself about 18-24″ of thread and double knot it at the end leaving a few inches of slack past the knot.

Now sew your needle through the bottom of your satin flower petals all the way through to the top of the smallest one. Because you are going through 6 layers of satin you may want to use a table or hard surface to help push your needle through. Be careful and watch your fingers! Don’t ask me how I know!? 😉 Pull your thread through so that the knot presses against the bottom of the satin petals. Now sew back through the top down to the bottom. Repeat this step 5 to 6 times to make sure that your satin flower petals are securely fastened. Finish by sewing through the bottom. Take the remaining thread and the slack from your first knot and tie them together with another double knot. Your flower is now secure you can cut off the slack, being careful not to cut through the knots.

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Pick out a fun embellishment for the center of your flower. Sew or hot glue it to the center of your flower depending on what you choose.

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At this point, your satin flower is done. Now the question is, what are you going to do with it?
The possibilities are endless. Make several and sew them to a pillow. Hot glue it to a frame or table display. Sew or clip it to a handbag. Or you can do like I did and incorporate it into a hair bow.

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If you are going to use it in a hair bow for a little one and you’d like to add some flexibility and longevity to your flower, I’d recommend hot gluing one of the alligator clips to the back. That way the flower can be attached to the perfect newborn headband for those itty-bitty newborns… but as they grow, it can be moved to a bigger hairband to grow with them!

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You can do this! This project is easy, fun, and a GREAT way to give an inexpensive but super special gift for a variety of occasions. Share your projects on social media using the #spoonfulofimagination hashtag so that we can be inspired by your creations. Keep checking out our YouTube Channel for new videos and projects. We’d appreciate it a ton if you’d subscribe and share with your followers. Have a great week that hopefully filled with lots of warmth and color!

 

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DIY Felt Hair Bow

January 6, 2014 By Erica Deuel Leave a Comment

DIY_felt_hair_clipImagine walking down the hair bow aisle at one of your favorite stores and realizing that you can make some of the same pretty items that are marked for $5+ for just mere pennies. You can. You don’t have to imagine it. You can create this simple felt hair bow quickly.

Pieces of felt are about $0.20/$0.25 a piece at craft stores. If you get a few colorful sheets, a handful of buttons, and pull out your hot glue gun, thread, needle, scissors, and some clips you are ready to start a masterpiece (or at least a little fun piece :)).

felt_hairbow_suppliesThe first thing you need to do is to cut out four circles that are the same size. I eye balled mine, but you could easily trace the rim of a cup onto your felt and cut that out to get a perfect circle that you can be sure to have four of equal’s in shape and size.

cutting_felt_circlesNext step, is to fold your circles in half and place them intertwined with each other as shown in the picture below. This step may look harder than it actually is. Have you ever folded a cardboard box top closed where each flap had one corner sticking up? It’s kinda like the same concept. With all four of your felt circles folded in half, stack them while rotating each one so they have that intertwined affect. By the time you have all four folded and pinched in your hand it should look like a complete circle with half of each felt piece facing up. It gives your flower a fun 3D kind of texture.

creating_felt_flowerI then used my thread and sewed stitches all around that caught all four circles and bound them together.

felt_flower_tutorialBefore completing knotting my thread and cutting the threads off, I cut out a scalloped circle and sewed that and a button on top of all my first ugly stitches.

felt_flowerI then knotted the thread and cut it off my felt flower. I wanted to add another color to my flower, so I cut some leaf petals and hot glued them onto my clip. I then simply glued the felt flower on as well, and it was done!

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felt_hair_bowOne of the beauties of knowing how to create these felt hair bows is you can make as many as you want and personalize them to each child or outfit and not break your bank account. Giving hair bows is a fun personal gift and you can also use the same steps of creating this felt flower to make a bunch of flowers and glue onto a wreath, sew onto a shirt or bag, or even glue a small one onto a greeting card. There are lots of possibilities, if you just use your imagination!

felt_flowersDo you love felt too? All these cold winter days make me crave a good felt project. Something like this would be an easy Valentines gift to make your little girl or use as party favors!

What would you do with some felt flower creations?

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DIY Christmas Hair Bow or Bow Tie

December 10, 2013 By Erica Deuel 3 Comments

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Tree is up, check. Lights are strung, check. Frosty is up in the front yard, check. The only thing not decorated is… You!?

No worries, I have just the thing for you and your little Christmas elves. A no sew Christmas Hair Bow or Bow Tie.

The first thing you need is some fabric, string, and ribbon remnants.

fabric remnant hairbowI cut a four-inch square to start my hair bow/bow tie.

christmas_bow_tutorialNext, I grabbed the middle of the fabric remnant in a way that pressed a folded pattern in to it. I then tied a piece of string where my fingers were really tight to keep the fabric in this fold.

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Christmas_bowtieI then cut the extra string long tails off and tied a scrap piece of burlap around the center to have a more decorative hair bow/ bow tie.

DIY_Christmas_bowtieThe last step was to hot glue a little pin to the back of the hair bow/ bow tie. This pin can be pinned to a shirt to be worn as a bow tie or to an elastic headband to create a fun holiday headband.

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handmade_bow_tieThat is it! I loved this simple look of the rustic burlap with the colorful plaid. You could decorate yours up more with ribbon or buttons if you want to create a different look. Just add a little hot glue after tying the string on and embellish it any way you want.

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I hot glued a small piece of paper to the center on my hair bows/bow ties with names on them to be used as name tags at my last Spoonful Lab. The idea was the paper could easily be removed, so my attendees could use their name tag as either a bow tie or hair bow.

This simple idea can be used for three different purposes and be made rather quick and cheaply. I love imagining the possibilities and how things can be used in more than one way.

Thank you again to Out of the Box Art Studio for hosting my last Spoonful Lab and to Sheila at Plum Doodles for helping me with my SWAG. If you missed this last lab, but would still like to make a winter feather wreath I have a soft launch of my Spoonful Tribe going. Sign up for a boxed craft delivered to your door and access to a special tutorial video of me teaching the craft. Can’t wait to see your creations.

Follow along with me and these journeys by following hashtags #SpoonfulLab and #Spoonfultribe on twitter, facebook, and instagram.

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The Perfect Newborn Headband

February 13, 2013 By Erica Deuel 20 Comments

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I’m on a mission to share some of my best tricks with you.  Periodically, I will have posts dedicated to sharing tricks that help my world go around.  The first of these type of posts was my Tips + Tricks on how How to Take a Toddler to an Arena Event.  Today, I am going to share how to make the perfect headband for a newborn.

If you are new here, I shared how to make a DIY Burlap Hair Bow and gave lots of ways to personalize hair bows.  If you have a collection of hair bows that you would like to clip to a headband for a new-born, this is the head band to create.

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Can you tell what the headband is made up of?  It is made from woman’s tights or stretch leggings!  I have found that this material is perfect for little newborn’s soft heads.  One heartbreaking moment as a mom, is seeing the headband leave a mark on your sweet baby’s head by pressing down to tightly.  I came up with this method for my little girl, and I hope you will give it a try.

Simply take a pair of woman’s tights or leggings and cut straight across the leg.  I like to create about a 2-3 inch band, so there is plenty of room for the headband to roll up, but it will still be nice and thick for a band look.

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Once I have cut my band, I stretch it out on a piece of cardboard to stretch it out a bit.  If it becomes too stretched out for your baby’s head, you can always soak it in some water and as it dries it will shrink back up.

Now, you have a headband and you can clip whatever hair bow you want to it!  I love all the fun colors that you can get with this technique.

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I think I have cut up tights in every color!  The good news too, is one pair of tights will make LOTS of headbands.  So, get your girl friends each to buy a different color and then you all trade headbands with one another!

These headbands were for my friend Dana.  I gave them to her at a little baby shower/craft night I helped host with my friend Erin.

I used these headbands as part of our shower decorations to come up with a hair bow bouquet.  It added a nice girly touch to our table decorations.

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To create this yourself, simply tape a stick to the back of your headband holder.

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DIY headband bouquet

Once you have a collection of headband/hair bow flowers, stick them all in a vase or recycled jar like I did.  You have a gorgeous bouquet!  To see how this vase looked with lots more pictures of our party please refer to my Girl’s Night + Baby Shower post!

Now for some link up fun!  Do you have a kid related tip or trick?  I would love to read you latest kid related post!  Please link one up here, and I will be sure to check it out!  Next week, it could be you who is featured!

I love the Lace Hearts that Angela made for her boys to practice some fine motor skills!  This is such a great activity, and it is right in time for Valentines Day!

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