How to Make or Knit a Headband With Flowers

Use any fabric flowers from faux roses to daisies and sunflowers for a seasonal look.

A headband is used for many purposes. It's used to keep hair out of your face, to keep your hair down, and to embellish a hairstyle or outfit. Headbands can be made of metal, plastic or elastic, each of which can be embellished as desired. An elastic headband is easy to sew and wear, cheap, and simple to embellish. Choose a solid, printed, or embellished elastic for interest. Add fabric flowers to the elastic for a sweet and whimsical head piece.

Things You'll Need

• Tape measure
• 1 yard 1/2-inch elastic
• Scissors
• Fabric flowers
• Sewing machine
• Thread
• Hot glue gun
• Hot glue sticks

Instructions

1. Measure your head circumference with the tape measure.

2. Cut a piece of elastic to be 2 inches shorter than the circumference of your head.

3. Overlap the two ends 1/2 inch, creating a circle.

4. Sew the center of the overlap of the elastic using a machine zigzag stitch. Make several rows of stitching one on top of the other to secure the overlap.

5. Remove the plastic center stem from the flower by pulling off the cap then pulling each petal layer off individually. Keep the petals in order as you remove them.

6. Place a small glue dot on the elastic directly over the overlap of the headband.

7. Press the bottom petal of the flower onto the glue dot.

8. Make another glue dot in the center of the bottom petal and stick the next petal on the glue dot.

9. Continue to adhere the petals to the headband, in the order they were on the flower, until all the petals are on the headband.

10. Allow the headband to dry overnight.