Here is the promised tutorial for button flower hair clips. It is laughably easy. And super cheap.A pack of 12 hair clips is $1 at Wal-Mart. A piece of polyester felt is 25 cents.
So here goes…
- Supplies: two identical green felt “leaves”, hair clip, large button, green thread, needle
Cut out two identical felt “leaves” slightly larger than the hair clip.
- The green leaf should be slightly bigger than the hair clip
- Cut a slit through one of the “leaves” and push the bottom half of the hair clip through. The slit will be off-center.
Sew down the "flower" on the other felt leaf
Sandwich the clip between the two leaves like so
Sew the leaves together with a running stitch along their outer edges
The back - all finished
the clip - all finished!
Once you figure out the basic sandwiching method, the possibilities of these felt hair clips are ENDLESS. I’ll post more pics soon of the Valentine’s Day Clips I made for my daughter and nieces. UPDATE: here it is.
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