I love scarves. Not much more to be said, I love pretty much all scarves no matter what they’re made of but I love silk and chiffon scarves the most!
I had some chiffon left over from a skirt that I was going to make but gave up on so I decided to turn it into a scarf instead. This is a quick tutorial on how to roll the edges of silk/chiffon.
This is the skirt I was making.
I snipped it up and cut it into a rectangle. It’s very important to cut straight so it’s easier to roll.
So start at one corner.
Tie your thread in the corner.
Fold the hem over once around 2mm. You can make it smaller if you are confident in your sewing skills.
Fold it over a second time so the raw edge is completely incased inside.
Hold it in place between your fingers like this.
There are several stitches you can use here to keep it in place. I’ve done a basic whip stitch to show you how far apart the stitches should be. Usually with this kind of stitch you would move the needle inside the seam so the thread is completely hidden.
When you stitch you should make sure to only take tiny pieces from the main piece of fabric so the thread doesn’t show through everywhere.
Continue stitching all the way down until you reach the corner.
When you get there you should stitch to just before the end and fold the next side in the same way. If you roll them together tightly the corner will form a nice triangular split like this.
Ridiculously simple decorations for holidays with absolute minimum effort? CHECK.
I wish we had more space in the apartment, it looks cluttered enough as it is without more decorations but I couldn’t help trying to do something anyway, so I made a couple of hanging puff balls. Of course I then realised I had no where to hang them and scrapped the project XD Forward thinking is not my strong point!
You need:
Tissue paper
Scissors
Yarn or string
Place a heap of sheets of tissue paper on top of each other and cut into a square. Fold down the middle like an accordion so it forms a bow.
Tie a long piece of yarn around the middle.
Fluff it all out into a ball and if you want to make it a bit more interesting tear the edges of the paper. You can also do this with recycled wrapping paper from gifts to make it colourful and more interesting 😀
Hang it up and put some wanky vintage filter on you’re camera and you’re pretty much set 😀 I actually think it would look much cooler if you had about 50 of them hanging in rows from the ceiling but we don’t have anything to hang them off so I’m off to think of something more suitable 😉
Someone wrote to me a while ago looking to learn how to make floral headbands. I really need a better system to keep track of tutorial requests, maybe a public list for submissions or something because I keep losing them between emails/Facebook/Twitter/everywhere else >_< They are super easy to make if you have the right materials so I was able to do one up in a few minutes.
Speaking of requests, I really need an easier way of keeping track of them other than email because I tend to lose emails and get confused as to who’s asked for what. I’m thinking of maybe starting a to do list somewhere where you can submit requests or something similar. Let me know what you think!
Anyway back to floral headbands…
You need:
Ribbon to be the base
Fake flowers
Green ribbon for leaves
Other pretty ribbons and beads
Needle/thread or hot glue
Start by wrapping the base ribbon around your head and deciding how much of it needs to be covered in flowers. I think it works best if you do ear to ear. I marked my ribbon using paper clips so I could see where I needed to work.
The first thing you want to do is lay out the flowers so you know how many you have and where the placement should be. I like to put them alone or in groups of two.
I had some rose ribbon so I measured it to weave in and out between the roses too. You could use regular ribbon or beads or anything.
Now we need to make a heap of leaves to go along with it. To do that you will need some green ribbon. Fold it in a loop like this.
Then into a figure 8 with a loop on the other side too.
Stitch it in the middle and snip off the extra ribbon.
Make enough of those that you can use them under all of the flowers. Some might need two or to be folded in half so both petals are on one side to make it look more interesting and natural.
Now you’ve got all the pieces it’s time to stitch it all down. If you’re in a rush you can glue it together but that’s not great for long term use, only if you’re aiming for a costume.
Taadaa!
Tie it around your head and you’re all good to go!
Thanks everyone for reading!
This totally reminds me of something Nessbow would wear, she always has the cutest floral bands!
It’s a round up day today and I’m feeling so organised 😀
I’ve joined Instagram (finally!) so if you’re on there too feel free to add me, my username is VioletLeBeaux!
I’ve gotten into a routine of posting Vlogs once a week again so here’s last week’s video of some puppies I saw kissing SO CUTE!!
We received a package from PureGirlBlue too and it was AWESOME!
I’ve started feeling a bit more inspired with my make up again so here’s a Morning Make Up featuring some wearable fushia 😀
I had a lot of requests to do a tutorial on this style of bun which is braided upwards through the back of the head. Done and done 😀
The biggest news today is that I’ve finally been able to launch my Deluxe Tutorial Packs for sale. Nothing is going to change on this site, there will still be heaps of free tutorials for you guys so don’t stress out ^_^
Each pack will have a PDF pack with 3 step by step tutorials featuring 1 exclusive one and 2 reworked tutorials centered around a theme. The first theme is “Relaxing” and the tutorials are:
The 20 Minute Pajamas
The Recycled Bunny Slipper
The Kitty Sleep Mask
Each of the reworked tutorials has been reformatted, rewritten, the photos reedited so they are clearer to understand.
Each pattern includes printable pattern sheets with instructions on how to measure everything so you get the best result possible. This is all exclusive to the Deluxe Pack editions.
The PDF if optimised for viewing on iPad so you can have it there while you’re actually doing the craft and follow along.
I’m working on other packs at the moment but you can view and purchase the Relaxing pack in my Etsy store now.
And here are some of the preview images to give you an idea what you can expect in each pack ^_^
So there you go, I hope you enjoyed the videos and check out the Deluxe Tutorial Packs if you’re interested. Hope you all had a good weekend and I’ve got a lot of fun posts coming up this week to look forward too including a delicious donut recipe on Friday ^_^
A little while ago my friend Kim was nice enough to give me this cute bow shaped pencil case for my birthday. So cute!
I realised when she gave it to me that I had a big bow at home in my craft pile that came off a really cute bag which I’d accidentally spilled a drink on. I thought why not make a matching bigger version to keep even more pencils in!
And here they are together!
You could easily do this tutorial just with some spare fabric you have though.
This is the bow I started with.
I used:
Velcro
Ribbon
Needle and thread
Glue gun
First thing was taking it apart so it wasn’t joined up in the middle anymore.
I unpicked all of the stitching in the middle.
Then restitched it up the bottom, it wouldn’t be a very useful pencil case if they all just fell out the bottom haha!
So this is what I was left with.
I stitched the back pieces together as well.
At this point it was basically a big pouch.
Then on each side I folded the pleats up individually and stitched them together so they are held in place.
Next was creating something to hold the middle in place and hide the ugly marks from the original stitching. I only had thin ribbon rather than the thick stuff so I used 3 layers of it.
It was easier to just glue this than stitch because of the thick fabric. So two lots first:
Then one in the middle to cover the gaps.
And the ends were folded into the middle and glued in place.
Last thing to do is find a way to keep it closed. I didn’t have a zip the right colour so I used velcro. I snipped the middle so it would curve and follow the natural line of the bow.
After being glued in place it looked like this:
Not too bad!
Then it was just a matter of filling it with some more pencils!
Not quite big enough to fit all of my copic markers but maybe I’ll make a gigantic one!
To celebrate all of the fun things going on here recently and my return to regular every day blogging (yes actually this time!) I thought it was high time that I gave you all a Bergamot themed craft: Bergamot Bunny ears!
While you can’t buy a Bergamot Bunny yet, you can make your own ears!
You need:
Cute coloured headband
White fabric (polar fleece is good)
Pink fabric (polar fleece is good)
Lace
Cardboard
Glue gun
Needle. thread, scissors
Start by drawing an ear shape on the cardboard. It should be very round and a bit fatter at the ends. Draw a little rectangle tab on the bottom too.
Cut them out and you should have something like this!
Cut out a rectangle of fabric which is big enough to cover the ear when it’s folded in half:
Trim it down so when folded in half it forms a case for the ear.
Stitch it shut around the outside leaving the hole at the bottom and flip it inside out.
Slip the cardboard inside.
Once you repeat for the other ones it should look something like this:
Now cut some pink hearts and stitch them on here:
Next fold the cardboard on the bottom ends so they form tabs.
These cardboard tabs will hold the ears up straight.
Now glue the cardboard tabs to the bottom side of your headband. Make sure you place them off to one side so they look just like Bergamot.
Glue the ends of the fabric around the bottom over the cardboard so it covers it all.
If you want to you can place a piece of felt over the top to make it even neater.
Taadaa 😀
Now the finishing touches, make a little lace bow. This is Bergamot’s favorite kind of lace.
And glue it to the base.
Now you have some adorable Bergamot ears so go wear them out somewhere!
Illustrator. Strong tea, knitting, watercolours, and making a video game called Moonlight in Garland. Living with her adorable husband Jimmy, fluffy puppy Miss Lottie and Bergamot Bunny in Melbourne, Australia.
