Your newborn may not have much hair but does that means she cant have beautiful hair accessories? Of course she can - as soon as you get them made! Its easy to create satin or lace headbands, complete with beautiful embellishments, for your little girl. Youll have so much fun making them that youll end up with one to match every outfit she has! Whether you decide to make the headbands from satin or lace the technique is basically the same. Measure babys head from the back near the nape of the neck, to the top of the head, above the forehead. Cut a piece of quarter-inch elastic to this length.
Cut the satin or lace 3/4" wide and twice as long as the elastic piece. Lay the fabric, wrong side up, on a table. Lay the elastic on top of the fabric. Position the elastic in the center and allow equal amounts of excess fabric on each side of the elastic.
Fold each side of the material over the elastic. The two edges of the fabric or lace should meet in the center of the elastic. Fold one side under, to create a smooth edge, then position it over the raw edge of the other side. Stitch, using a zig-zag stitch, down the center of the elastic. As you stitch, tug the elastic somewhat, so that the fabric or lace will gather as you sew along. When you get to the end remove it from under the presser foot. Now take both ends, right sides together, and stitch across the width of the headband. Trim the excess fabric and threads. The basic headband is now complete. There are many things you can do to change the basic look of the headband. On the top of the headband you can add all sorts of embellishments. Start a little off-center, to the left or the right, and create the design you want. You can form a piece of lace into a circle, stitch or glue it to the headband, then add a satin rose. Or, use tiny strung beads to create an arrangement on a piece of lace. There are many things you can mix and match to create the final look. Its easy to create baby headbands to match every outfit. Great fabric choices for the headband itself include lace, satin, tricot, some velvets and other thing materials. Embellishments can include lace, bows, ribbons, fake pearls or jewels, sequin, tiny buttons, and even yarn. You can even perform one trick that will allow you to make one headband have many different looks. Sew a small square of velcro onto the headband. Now create an assortment of embellishments. Use a piece of lace, felt, fabric or something else as the base for each creation. Stitch or glue on beads, bows or other embellishments. Tack a piece of velcro to the underside of each embellishment you create. Now you can simply pull the previous embellishment off and replace it with a new one anytime you want. Make the headband a neutral color, like white, and you can create a new look to match many different outfits. A different hair ornament you can make for a baby is made like the headband embellishment. Create the circle of lace or fabric, then the bows or beads, and tack a folded piece of velcro the back of the hair decor. Place the homemade bow in the babys hair and use the folded velcro to secure. Simply fold the velcro around a gathering of the babys locks. Its so easy to make these and it costs only pennies to make one. Your baby will have the best hair accessories in town when you make an assortment of the velcro bows and stretch headbands. Scraps of fabric are all it takes to make many. Craft stores offer a huge variety of miniatures that are perfect for creating unique bows and headbands just for your little girl.
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