This headband is fun to make, and requires absolutely no sewing! And, it can look dramatically different based on how many of the fabric “feathers” you add. I did two different sides, one with lots of feathers, and one with less, and added a fun rolled flower where the two met up, for a little more pizazz. Though, with the bold colors of this fabric, I think it has a lot of pizazz already!
The no-sew feathers are made using this printed fabric from Art Gallery fabrics. I cut two rectangles of the fabric, and put the first right-side-down on my ironing board.
I ironed some Heat-n-Bond to the back of the fabric.
After peeling away the paper on the Heat-n-Bond, I put the second piece of fabric right-side-up on top of the first. I was careful to line up the print on the feathers, so that I would have double-sided feathers. you can see at the top of the picture where the feathers line right up!
Then it was time to cut out all the feathers. I cut around each one, in preparation for gluing them onto my chosen headband.
Just using my hot glue gun, I glued the feathers in place. On one side, I glued them on very densely. On the other, I was more sparse.
The two halves met up off-center, where I added a rolled fabric flower. I’m no fabric flower expert, so here is a link to the fabric flower tutorial I used over at Jones Design Company.
In case you missed the first headband post for headband week, go check out the Yo-yo Headband tutorial that I posted yesterday. I’ll be posting another fun tute tomorrow!
Comments & Reviews
DECOR8Rgirl says
This is so cute! Do you mind if I feature it on my blog? (http://www.decor8rgirl.com)
Heidi says
I LOVE this! Now to find some feather fabric!
Jennifer Curtis says
I love this Cara!
Therm O Web says
Thank you Cara for using our product in such a creative way. I can way to see more!!!! Love it!!!
Erin says
Did you find that the edges of the fabric frayed at all once you got some wear out of it?
Carolina says
I didn’t have issues with the fabric fraying – it isn’t cut right on the grain, because it is cut into the feather shapes, and the feathers themselves don’t get a lot of wear and tear while sitting on top of a head. I imagine they would get more wear being stored in a drawer where they were pushed about.