Mess on my table

A few days ago, after sewing and making some headbands I realized I made a huge mess all over my table and room. I was enjoying one of those "creative chaos" moments, that I talked about in the previous post/last question in the article



Gathering crochet flowers with fabric buttons, looking for the perfect match, is one of my favourite embellishment "tasks".





I just love to use the for many things, either hair accessories or garment details;)



As you can see, I have tons of these and constantly making new buttons, with new fabrics, so if you need some, don't hesitate to contact me, I would gladly list them in my IwannaBE etsy shop

xo, Katarina

Reversible headband tutorial

As promised to some people asking me how to made reversible headbands...I took some photos when making one headband-step by step and will try to give the description, as well. Hopefully it will all make sense;)


Reversible headbands are great to make with some scraps that has to have about 15 (38 cm) " in length and to be around 4"(11 cm) wide. You will also need about 5-6 "( 10.5 cm) of elastic. These measurements are appropriate for kids heads, and will make the finished size around 19" ( 48.5 cm) (including elastic) that is appropriate for toddlers, but adding 1-2 " in length, you can also make great headbands for you and your friends;) or reducing it, you can make some cute baby headbands too.



Wind a bobbin in way to match the fabric on the other side and also, if the fabrics you will be using are light weight, you should use some interfacing(use of interfacing even for quilting weight cottons will improve the durability and even look of the headband;)

Ok, let's start:



Cut the fabrics and elastic



Place the fabric bands, right size together, making sure that they are aligned perfectly. You can even pin the edges, for security.





Serge the longer edges (or if you don't have the serger, do the zig zag stitch on longer edges) and after that you can even sew along, making sure that you are leaving openings on each side of the tube.



With the safety pin, turn the fabrics inside out, as shown.







Now you need to insert the elastic, starting from one side: fold down the edges, pushing them inside the tube and place the elastic in the tube.



Sew along, continuing until the next side-hole.



Here you need to insert the other side of the elastic, of course and then stitch over.



Continue stitching until you join the start of the thread...just make sure that you finish sewing securely-if you are using polyester thread, you can even heal the edges;) (I'm always first making the knot and than seal it;)



You are done!!!!:o)







As my English is not very good, please if reading this, you notice that some changes may improve the description, please be so kind to leave the comment or e-mail me;)

If you find this tutorial useful, I would love to hear from you or see your headbands;). Enjoy the weekend!
Katarina

Hairbands day...ssss...

Oh, I been sewing for the last few days-headbands!!!!I got an order from my wonderful UK customer, that has become a fantastic friend for over a year now as she is attending many craft, handmade fairs over there. She is doing the most beautiful knitting items and we are also collaborating at the moment for some stuff that will be listed tomorrow on eBay, but will dedicate my next post to that.










I had a request for the shabby Chic ones and some children character ones. I just fall in love with the Barefoot roses fabric line by Tanya Whelan . I was so inspired that I just needed to make some twirly skirts,too.


I'm also in the middle of sewing with some great Japanese fabrics.





Love them so much and I needed to make the hairbands,too:)





xo
Katarina