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Wednesday, 30 October 2013

head bands

The imaginative titles are just coming thick and fast this week!  Yep, you guessed it, more baby-photo props.  My friend always has her little girl (who is the cutest little baby ever) in a headband, so I thought head bands would go down well.  After flicking through Pinterest, I came up with an idea.  

A dusky-pink piece of wool felt, with some cotton lace sewn to the front and finished with three rolled roses and 2 leaves.

I only had enough of the dusky pink felt to make one rose, the others were from another shade, but I think they look OK.  All the tutorials I found on these little buds were for gluing them which I didn't want to do, so I wung it and stitched them.  The top one is definitely the best!  Leaves and roses were attached by hand with embroidery floss.

Still not having a newborn head (or indeed the attached baby, I'm not some kind of baby-head collecting sicko) to hand, I had a bit of a guess at the size and added some elastic - I made a casing from the pink felt.  I don't think it looks too bad, but this will be at the back, out of shot.

The flower for this one was based on this tutorial.  It is made of a couple of strips of grey linen, artfully frayed, a short piece of lace and then I stitched some artificial pearls in the middle.  

I made a headband from grey linen and attached the flower off centre.


Again with the newborn head size guessing, I added some elastic.  I don't like the way I've done this one, but again, it will be at the back, out of shot.  

Does anyone have a newborn they can lend me for a couple of days?

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13 comments:

  1. Celtic Thistle30 October 2013 at 15:16

    So you are the mad woman peering into buggies and muttering about head sizes!! I wondered what she was doing :)

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  2. Sandra :)30 October 2013 at 15:54

    Oh sheesh - I want to have a little girl just so I can make her headbands like those, lol. So sweet! Sorry, I don't have a wee one to share, but I think I know where there's a size guide you can "borrow" (aka pin, lol) *goes off on a search* - a couple of minutes later: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/507358714242092993/ and http://www.pinterest.com/pin/298152437802196221/ - these are GREAT!

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  3. Ninu30 October 2013 at 17:06

    i was also thinking about cotton lace head bands, all looks cute, badly need a model

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  4. Samantha30 October 2013 at 19:54

    Sorry hon, I don't. If I did I'd lend it to you though :)

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  5. Anita30 October 2013 at 23:48

    Hi Wendy,
    Oh they are such cute little head bands. It's nice seeing little babies dressed up.
    Cheers, Anita.

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  6. JoJo31 October 2013 at 00:54

    Very cute! Well you could always try them out on large sized dolls at the toy store.

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  7. Jane31 October 2013 at 06:08

    The one with the flowers is very pretty, I like the elastic encased in the felt, looks so much more comfortable

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  8. Anonymous31 October 2013 at 08:12

    These are both so pretty, I can imagine a baby looking really sweet in these. Perhaps you could go into a baby clothes shop with a tape measure to get the sizing? Or perhaps a velcro fastening if its out of shot?

    ukcitycrafter@live.co.uk

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  9. Anna31 October 2013 at 14:37

    So romantic...and beautiful !
    Have a nice day !
    Anna

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  10. Janine @ Rainbow Hare31 October 2013 at 15:05

    These are really sweet! You'll have to measure some babies' heads surreptitiously!

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  11. Hanni2 November 2013 at 12:29

    They are so sweet! I especially love the linen one.
    I am also always confused about baby and little child heads: the standards are rarely matching to the newborns in our family...

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  12. Unknown18 December 2013 at 18:32

    Hello,

    Very cute and beautiful...

    Newborn baby girl tutu dresses

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  13. Pam @Threading My Way18 January 2014 at 02:27

    They both look great, Wendy. My favourite is the first one with the beautiful felt roses. I'm with you, I mush prefer sewing things on, rather than glueing.

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