Crafts flowers: Quinn's Farm-tastic First Birthday, The multi-use DIY hair clip!
What you need:
Sewing patterns
• pinking sheers
• ruler
• 1"x12" fabric strip
• Approx 3" of felt
• needle and thread
• button
• alligator hair clip
• 5/8" ribbon
• hot glue gun
• fabric marker
• optional: Print out of "thank you" template and lollipop sticks for plant/cake picks.
What to do:
1. Cut a 1"x12" strip of fabric with pinking sheers.
Tip: My mom folded the fabric in half and then in half again and cut her strips with one clip of the sheers.
Note: some of the clips we did were 1.5"x12". They were a little too big (unless you live in Texas)
2. On one side of your length beging gathering your fabric on a needle and thread every 1/4", about 1/8" in from the side.
3. Pull snug and tie thread but do not cut.
4. If the end of your circle do not line up perfectly, now is the time to trim.
5. Using the same needle and thread stitch up the seam of your flower and then back down to the center. I would sew in and out rather than sewing as show below. This was faster but left ripples.
6. Use your spool of thread to trace 2 perfect circles on wool felt.
7. Cut out your two felt circles with your pinking sheers.
8. Use your spool to find the center of your felt circles and make a small dot.
9. Place one felt circle on the top of your flower and the other on the bottom.
10. Sew button securely into place through all layers.
Front:
Back:
11. Use hot glue gun to attach 5/8" ribbon to alligator clip as described in detail here:
12: Apply hot glue to top of clip and immediately attach flower.
13. Trim loose threads. And you are done, unless you want to add the little "Thank You" ribbons.
14. Use this template or design your own "Thank You" strips and cut.
15. Fold in a "V" and snip the ends like ribbons.
16. Clip both together on the end of a paper lollipop stick.
Source: @prudentbaby.com