A few months ago, I ordered Heidi a lace romper on GroopDealz. I didn't really know what I was going to do with the romper. I just knew that it was an amazing deal and I had to take advantage of it. Plus, my husband left his credit card at home that morning... Oops! When I got the romper and tried it on her, I knew I was going to need a headband of some sort to go with it. I had planned on just buying something on Etsy, but never got around to it.
And it's a good thing I forgot to order one on Etsy...
Because I was looking at my blog, earlier, and noticed I haven't posted a tutorial in a LONG time, so I rummaged through the house for something I could throw together quickly. Unfortunately, while I was spring cleaning, I threw away a lot of my extra craft supplies, to make room for all my yarn. I was left raiding my husband's hardware drawers.
And this is what I came up with...
The Boho Princess Headband
Materials used:
Jute Twine (can be purchased at craft stores or the hardware department of Walmart)
crochet hook (I used a size F)
a small strip of fabric
fabric glue
The headband is simply a chain of crochets. I just kept making chains until the headband was long enough to fit around Heidi's head. Then I joined the last chain to the first chain with a slip stitch and fastened off the chain. Then using a tapestry needle I weaved in the ends of my yarn.
***If you do not know how to crochet, you can cut your jute into three strips and braid it, tying knots in each end. Then leaving a tail with your jute on each side to tie together when you are done. ***
Now that you have a headband, you need to embellish it!
Cut a strip of fabric. (I used a one of Skywalker's old tshirts) How long and how thick you cut your strip will depend on how big you want your rosette to be.
Tie one end of your fabric strip in a knot. Begin twisting your fabric around the knot, applying fabric glue to help hold it in place.
***Here is a photo to help show you what I'm talking about. You will want to apply your glue to the side of the fabric, gluing it to the knot. Then you just keep wrapping it around and adding glue, until it's the size you want***
Once you finish wrapping and gluing your rosette, you can take another piece of your fabric and glue it to the back of your rosette.
Trim any excess fabric around the rosette and glue it to your headband.
Once it dries, try it on your Boho Princess and don't forget to take a picture for me!
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