Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Tulle flowers

I have always loved all the flowery hairbands that so many girls wear. They look so cute on them. And when I wanted to buy somethings like that for my daughter, I don't always get what I am looking for. Especially with my interest of making her hairband match with the dress she is wearing, it just gets more difficult. So I decided to make flowers myself and attaching them to the plain hairclips I got from Michaels and Walmart.

This one was for her yellow salwar (Traditional Indian dress). I had some (actually a lot) of tulle left out from Risha's birthday party. I googled for ideas and as usual I found one :).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zRoqXmqWbc

Inspired by the above video, here is what I did:
1) I cut the yellow tulle I had into small squares.
2) Folded them 3 times - First: Fold the square along the diagonal into a triangle. Second: Fold the triangle again into a smaller triangle. Third: Fold the triangle again vertically one more time (Please watch the video for a demo of the same)
3) I cut a small round out of a thick cardstock.
4) I found sticking the tulle to the cardstock with a glue gun was easier than stitching the tulle pieces together.
5) I used around 12 tulle pieces for each flower.
6) And finally added some beads in the center


I just couldn't stop with one.. it's so cute and so easy to make !!! So I went ahead and made one more - this one is multicolored - to go with the multicolored traditional dress Risha has. Customizing to all our needs... isn't that just lovely?

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