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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Well that was easy. a tutorial

Valentine headband and gloves

So there I was at JoAnn's the other day and gloves and headbands were a buck.  Why would I not buy them?  I needed something Valentine-y for the girl child, and thought they were a good place to start.  And if my little project was a complete disaster I was out--a buck. 
I do have to give credit to Etsy and Yastikizi for the glove idea.

Valentine's Day is coming; it's not too late to try to do this.  It probably took me a total of 20 minutes to make up the headband and gloves.  So here's the tutorial, such as it is.

Step one:  get a headband, gloves, and a square of red felt.  Bring home.
Step two:  cut out some various sizes of felt heart shapes.  I figured out the correct size for the gloves by, well, cutting a couple hearts in half holding them to the palm of the glove (told you this was easy).
Step three:  for the gloves, I put each one on my hand, placed the half where I wanted it, and held it in place while I took off the glove.  That's about the trickiest part of the whole project.


Step four:  pin the heart halves to the gloves, get yourself a needle and thread and baste around the each half, obviously making sure you only have one layer of glove when you're sewing.
For the headband, arrange some of the various size hearts and tack the center of each heart to the band with a needle and thread.  I put the headband on after a few, noticed the blank spots, and stuck on a couple more.


Step five: present gift and prepare to be loved!

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