My oldest has a dressy, vintage (but still trendy) style. Last week she wanted to make some flower headbands, so we took a look on Pinterest and found a couple tutorials that we liked. I just happened (haha) to have some silky fabric left over from a project several years ago, and it worked perfectly for the hot pink, satiny flower.
First we cut several circles, in different sizes. We cut two large (4 inch), two medium (3 inch), and two small (2 inch) circles using various jars we had in the kitchen as templates. Then we cut little half inch slits in the circles every inch or so. Then we carefully held the fabric, shiny side down, over the tea light flame to gently melt and curl the edges. I think a lighter might have been easier, but we don't have one, so the tealights worked in a pinch. On one of the small circles, I tried cutting it into a flower shape first, but found that it really didn't make a difference, the slits worked fine. So, no need to go through that extra step!
After you melt them, they will end up slightly different sizes depending on how long you melted them. I put the largest and least curly one down first, then layered them according to size and the curly factor to try to get the best look.
Viola! We hot glued the layers together and then hot glued a rhinestone in the middle. Not pictured: Now all you have to do is glue a circle of felt to the back of the flower. Then glue a circle of felt to the underside (the side that touches your hair) of a headband. Then glue the two felt circles together to form a sandwich with the headband in the middle. The tutorial I looked at can be found here. It's amazing how different each flower and fabric can turn out!
If you would like to see how to do the twisty flower, you will find a tutorial here on Blooming Homestead's site.
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