Lace hairband with a tulle felt flower DIY

For my romance-inspired DIY this month, I just wanted to make something sweet with two of my favorite and also possibly two of the most romantic materials - tulle and lace. Here's what I made, a lace hairband with a tulle felt flower!

What you will need: Some felt and tulle, 12cm of elastic band, 44cm of lace, 1 small button
Not in photo: Fabric glue, basic sewing equipment and a safety pin

1. To make the lace hairband, simply sew the ends of the lace to the ends of the elastic band. I sewed a box just to secure them better as there will be a lot of tension when the elastic band is being stretched.

2. To make the tulle felt flower, firstly, cut 2 tulle circles of diameter 10cm and 11cm.
3. Place the smaller tulle on top of the bigger one. Sew (by hand) a circle using running stitch in the centre, leaving the ends of the thread free.
4. Pull the two ends of the thread to create the gathers. Tie the two ends with a dead knot and snip off the excess thread.

5. Cut a felt circle of diameter 3cm. Sew (with a sewing machine) the felt circle onto the centre of the tulle gathers. This is the base to attach the tulle felt flower on.

6. Cut 3 felt pentagons of sides 2.8cm, 2.5cm and 2.2cm respectively.

7. Cut 1 felt circle of different colour as the pentagons. This felt circle should be slightly bigger than the button.

8. Now layer the pentagons, from the biggest below to the smallest at the top. Then top it off with the felt circle and the button. Sew all the layers together. I find it easier to just secure everything with a little glue then sew them together.

9. Using glue, attach the felt flower to the felt base of the tulle gathers. The tulle felt flower is ready!

10. I used hot glue to attach the flower to a hair clip. Then simply clip the flower to the lace hair band. I prefer not sewing the felt flower onto the lace hairband so that there are more variety on how to wear it!

You can wear the hairband without the flower.

Or just clip on the flower for that extra tinge of sweetness.

Or how about letting the hair down for a more boho look?

Hairbands like this are really versatile. Have fun in creating your own hairbands!

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