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Sewing Tutorial: Ruffled Flower Corsage HeadBand


Ruffled Flower Corsage Headband
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Ruffled Flower Corsage Headband

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It is May, the month for mother’s day celebration… I am not going to do anything for myself, instead, I am making some pretty things for the 2 most important persons in my life who call me “Mummy”, whom who live my life to the fullest ever.

The first project for this month is the 3 layers ruffled flower / corsage headband for my daughter. I made them from a left over interlock jersey 3/4″ strips from the Welcome home rag rug. Just love the pink and blue, can’t stop myself for not making a darling headband out of them for my lovely daughter.

This Ruffled Flower can be detached from the headband and use as a brooch individually. It can be a hand corsage too if wear on the wrist [the 3rd photos in the photo browser above]. The headband can be put on without the flower for a simpler style.

Basically, you can substitute the materials I used with others to create your own style.


Raffles Flower Corsage Headband3 Layers Ruffled Flower / Corsage Brooch
Material::
1. 3/4″ Pink jersey strips, 1.5′ length
2. 3/4″ Blue jersey strips, 2′ length
3. 2″ Lace, 1′ length
4. 1.5″ Wooden button
5. Brooch pin
6. 1″ dia. of round felt

Raffles Flower Corsage HeadbandSet your sewing machine to the biggest stitch spacing, sew a straight line of 1/4″ from the edge along the strip.
If you don’t have a sewing machine, you can tack stitch with 1/8″ spacing.
Pull either the top or the bottom thread slowly to create gathers until you get the pink strip to 4″ length and blue to 7″. Tie the thread so that it is fixed to the length you want. Spread the gathers evenly.
Pull the thread of the lace until it gathers all the way to its maximum. Tie the thread.
Sew both ends for each strip together respectively to make 3 circles of ruffles as shown.

Raffles Flower Corsage HeadbandPlace the blue ruffles on top of the ruffled lace. Pin to secure.
Hand sew the blue ruffles to the lace.
Place the pink ruffles on top of them, pin to secure and sew it on.
Sew the wooden button at the center.

Raffles Flower Corsage HeadbandSew the brooch to the round felt. Sew the felt with brooch pin onto the reverse of the corsage.

Raffles Flower Corsage HeadbandThis is how the 3 layers ruffled flower brooch or corsage looks.



Raffles Flower Corsage HeadbandElastic Lace Headband
Material:
1. 1″ lace, 2′ length
2. Elastic thread
3. Tapestry needle

Raffles Flower Corsage HeadbandSew both ends together.
Weave a few rows of elastic thread along the spaces within the lace. Gather the headband to about 1′ length in circular.
Tie the elastic thread ends and hide in the lace.

Raffles Flower Corsage HeadbandAttach the corsage to the headband by pinning it on to make a Ruffled Flower Headband.

11 comments... read them below or add one

  1. Alice says:May 3, 2010 at 5:56 am

    Love this. It will be something I can make for my grandaughters.

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  2. Alice says:May 3, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    You are great Mommy! Happy Mother’s Day! :)

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  3. Doris says:May 3, 2010 at 7:56 pm

    Me encanto el corsage sobre todo por lo facil y rapido para realizarlo.
    Asi puedo hacer varios para obsequiar a las mamis.
    Muchas gracias.
    Besitos.:)

    Translation (by Google):
    I loved the corsage especially as easy and fast to do it.
    So I can make several to give to the moms.
    Thank you very much.
    Besitos.:)

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  4. Rachel says:May 5, 2010 at 3:40 am

    Aww, this is so, so pretty! I love this headband. Thanks so much for the how-to, I’ll be linking.

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  5. Wanha Cunha e Silva says:March 5, 2011 at 7:20 pm

    Gostei de mais e espetacular, muita criatividade parabéns…

    Translation (by Google):
    I enjoyed the most spectacular, very creative … congratulations

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  6. siri says:May 14, 2011 at 4:30 am

    Hi, can you please mention 2′ length means how many inches or cms

    Thankyou

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  7. Lucy says:August 18, 2011 at 11:16 pm

    This is absolutely gorgeous! I love it! <3!

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