by VioletLeBeaux | Mar 19, 2012 | Hair-Accessory-Tutorials, Tutorial, Video-Tutorials, Violet Vision Videos
See the full post here for more information: https://violetlebeaux.com/2012/01/even-easier-usamimi-tutorial/
And here’s another post I did with another method: https://violetlebeaux.com/2010/04/tutorial-making-a-bunny-hair-scarf/
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Violet LeBeaux spends most of her time trying to think of ways to make life prettier, posting said ways on her blog and drinking very strong tea. She writes about big hair cute things, girly fashion, beauty finds, sometimes Hime Gyaru fashion (姫ギャル) and crafty tutorials.
She lives with her adorable boyfriend Jimmy, fluffy puppy Miss Lottie and Bergamot Bunny in Melbourne, Australia.
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Usamimi Sewing Instructions
Today I’m sewing a simple usamimi headband!
Gather your materials.
Cut a long rectangle of fabric and put the ends together.
Fold in half length-wise.
Snip the end into a rounded point like this.
Unfolded it should look something like this.
Unfold and then fold in half to form a big sausage.
Thread a needle and start stitching at one point.
Running stitch down the side.
It can take a while to get to the other side.
Leave a small gap when you reach the other end and tie off.
Turn the whole thing inside out through the end gap.
Flatten it out and you should have something like this.
Unwind a piece of wire twice as long as the tube.
Fold it in half, twist together then fold the ends into loops.
Thread the wire into the tube.
Then stitch up the gap.
Tie off the end.
All done!
Taadaa!
Cure and it holds itself up with the wire, the perfect bunny headband.
And that’s it! You can whip one of these up in a couple of minutes once you get the hang of it and it’s even quicker on a sewing machine.
Check out the link in the description for a photo version of the tutorial on my blog.
Hope you all enjoyed the video and good luck if you give it a try yourself.
Thanks so much for watching, bye!
by VioletLeBeaux | Mar 19, 2012 | Craft, Hair-Accessory-Tutorials, Tutorial
I realised over my crafting holiday that for some reason I’ve amassed a lot of coloured wire in my stash. No freaking clue how it got there but I figured if it’s there I might as well use it!
So the first thing I made was a little flower hair clip. It’s pretty crazy looking but I really like it.
I used:
- Wire in various colours
- Bobby pin
Originally I was planning to make this into a magnet but I went with hair clip instead. You could really put whatever backing on that you want though!
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I did the flower in two sections. The middle out of yellow and the outside out of red. For the inside I made loops of wire… Then twisted them leaving the end as a circle.
I made a bunch of them like this…
Done! Next the red section. I wrapped the red wire around my fingers…
Then used some pliers to twist the ends together.
It ended up like a tear drop shape.
I flared the end loops out to form petals.
After making a second one I placed them on top of each other with the twisted ends in the middle.
To make the flower a bit fuller I wrapped the wire around my fingers again and twisted in the middle.
I flared it out and then placed it on top of the first red parts. I tied them all together with more wire and then added the yellow part in the middle.
Everything was held together with wire and then I inserted the bobbypin and wrapped it in with more wire.
Done!
You could make so many variations on this style.
I could really picture a gigantic version of this perched on top of a big bun, pinup style!
Now to think of what to make with the rest of the wire! |
by VioletLeBeaux | Mar 16, 2012 | Baking
Today’s Food Friday is inspired by an idea I found on Pinterest and changed to my own tastes. You can see the original idea over here.
So Strawberry Cream Cheese Puff time, I’m drooling already just thinking about it.
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You need:
- Strawberries
- Cream Cheese
- Icing sugar
- Sugar
- Cream
So first step is making the icing. The original recipe just used whipped cream from a can but I can’t stand the taste so I made cream cheese icing.
The amounts will change depending on how many strawberries you have, I made 14 and here are my measurements.
Add 3 tablespoons of cream cheese to a bowl.
Add 2 tablespoons of icing sugar
Add 1 tablespoon of regular sugar.
Mash it together with a fork until it comes together.
Add half a tablespoon of cream, this measurement will depend on how heavy your cream is. Mine was 45% and delicious so I used half a tablespoon, if yours is runnier you’ll need less. Done!
No to prepare the strawberries.
Chop the ends off.
 
Cut through the top, I made 3 cuts and it formed 6 “petals”. Make sure not to cut through the bottom or else the icing will just fall out.
Pop the icing in a piping bag…
Open up the petals…
And pipe a bunch of icing in 😀
I added some little decorations to the top too 😀
Best thing ever for a midnight snack because they are sweet with a tiny bit of bite too!
Let me know if you give them a try! |
