Simple Baby Girl Headband Tutorial

Happy Monday friends....hope ya'll had a great weekend!  I woke up Saturday bursting with energy and was thrilled to get a bunch done! (Like canning 16 quarts of applesauce and 9 pints of pumpkin butter, making an apple pie, etc., etc.)


But enough of that. Can you tell that I'm beyond ecstatic to be having a baby girl again?  Yes, yes I am.  It's SO much fun to make things for girls.  I love my boys, they are awesome, but it's not like you can really dress them up, you know?  (And you certainly can't make them dresses, or cutesy-flowery burp cloths!)  Coming from a family of ALL boys (did you know I have 6 brothers???), I appreciate all things girly!  

This last week I had some fun making hair accessories for our newest princess.  Even though my babies have all had heads full of hair, it's still not quite enough to keep a hair bow completely secure.  Simple solution: stretchy headbands!  With some soft, stretchy, lace elastic and my sewing machine, I was able to whip up some little headbands in a matter of minutes.   

Here's how you can do it:
1.  Buy some knit lace elastic.  (I think this package was $1.29 @ Hobby Lobby.)
2.  Cut your elastic to the desired size.  (A "normal" sized newborn head is around 13-14" so I cut mine at 14".)
3.  Pin right sides together and sew a seam ( I did a 3/8" seam allowance)...be sure to backstitch!
4.  Trim the ends and voila!, you have a simple, stretchy, lacy headband for your sweetie-pie!

Now that you have your headbands, it's time to accessorize!  Below are some links to tutorials of the different flowers I've made for our baby girl.  (Just a note:  I decided to attach all of my flowers to alligator clips and just clip them on the headbands over the seam.)

{Box Fold Felt Flower}

{Wool Hair Accessories}

{Rolled Fabric Flowers}

{Satin Flowers}

{Won't she look darling in this?}

Go whip out your materials and have some fun!  Make some for your girls, some larger ones for you....just be creative, you never know what you could come up with.  But I warn you, these flowers are all so cute.  And addictive.  It's hard to make just one!!  =)   

Do you love making hair accessories for your girls or yourself?  Any favorite links you'd like to share?