DIY Big Bow Headbands

My daughter has quite the collection of plain and solid headbands.  Her bangs have finally grown out enough to tuck behind her ears and she can wear the headbands more on top of her hair.  (They stay put better this way…)

I saw a cute headband with a big bow at Gymboree recently.  I really liked the big bow headband but didn’t want to spend $7.00 on it, especially when I had all the supplies I would need to make one already in my craft room.

So I got to work and of course, I didn’t stop at one…

For these bows, I used the pattern from my Boy’s Bow Tie Tutorial, just using a larger piece of fabric.  It’s a perfect project for using up fabric scraps.

Ready to make some?

Materials needed for the Big Bow headband:

• 1 Fabric piece 11 x 13 and one fabric piece 2.5 x 2.75
• Needle and thread
• Small piece of felt
• Headband (It helps to use a fabric covered headband. This gives you one more place to put stitches to keep the bow in place.  If your head band is plastic or metal, you may want to add a dot of glue to ensure the bow does not move.)

Instructions:

1.  Cut your fabric pieces to the sizes specified above.  Go the the Boy’s Bow Tie tutorial and follow the instructions, stopping once the bow is made. Use a 1/4 inch seam allowance unless your fabric is particularly thick, in that case, you should use a scant 1/8 inch seam allowance when sewing the loop that goes around the bow.  (If you don’t, the fabric might be too thick to pull through the loop.)

That’s it!

Cute isn’t it?  I liked the look of the bow being a little lower on the headband and not sitting on top of her head like Minnie Mouse…  She has a pair of gold metallic skinny jeans that are perfect with this bow!

For the St. Patrick’s Day bow, I didn’t have a large enough scrap of fabric, so I sewed 2 pieces together, ( measuring 5.75 by 6.75)  The next time I piece together 2 pieces of fabric, I’ll use interfacing, because the bow just didn’t have the same amount of “body” the others had.  (but it’s still cute!)

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Jamie Sanders is a wife and mom of 2, located in the heart of Texas. She founded Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom in 2011 as a place to share creative ideas and family friendly recipes. Her work has been featured on Martha Stewart, Woman’s World, HuffPost, TODAY, Pioneer Woman, HGTV, CNET, Good Housekeeping, Yahoo, Oprah Daily, and Redbook, plus many other publications. To date, she had given away just under a million free pdf sewing patterns.

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