I’ve read many tutorials online showing how to make fabric flowers, like House of Three and ~Ruffles and Stuff~ (I can’t find the exact blog). I had wanted to try it, but I usually don’t wear huge fascinators on my head. Being a bridesmaid of a Baroque on the Beach theme was a good enough excuse. Of course, with the turn of events, I made one but wasn’t able to wear it. I guess I’ll have to find an excuse to do so later. 
The headband I started with was an elastic ribbon that came on my box of Godiva chocolates (Yummy!!! I want some now!) the Hubster gave me for Christmas. He calls me a pack rat, I call it being creative with what you have.
The other websites say to use felt as the base. I didn’t have any so I just used cotton fabric. For the flower, I have a huge stash of purple satin fabric (along with other colors like orange, red, and green) from my wedding florist. They were used to decorate our gazebo.
Photo: Courtesy of Yann Kherian
Isn’t it so pretty! My florist did a wonderful job with it!
Do you see the purple? Ahem .. I digress… Going back to the headband, you use fabric glue and start from the middle of your base. You twist the fabric along, and glue at different points as you go. Once at the end, you tuck the end between your last row of fabric and the base, glue. Wait until the glue is all dry and embellish with either beads or buttons or something entirely different. When you are done, sew it (or glue it) to the headband. And you are done!
Here’s a close up of the flower.
Do you like it? Have you tried something similar? Are you the fascinator type?
- ASH
