Monday, 28 March 2016

Vintage Yoyo Hair Band

I recently bought a bag of silk and chiffon scraps in a Charity Shop. They were crying out to be used to create another hair band to add to the planned Christmas present hamper of hair accessories. I'm not sure whether the scraps are old or not, but they have that kind of look and feel to them, and to complement this I thought 'yoyos' with some vintage buttons would work well.


I did persuade Maria to model it for me, but she wasn't overly enthusiastic at being photographed so not the happiest face ever! 




And I got a second hanging fabric basket finished for the storage side of the present. (Find the first one, with links to tutorials, back here.)

If you look closely, you'll see where I had a slight accident on it with my rotary cutter! Maybe I need to make another butterfly to hide it a bit better!

I added an extra layer of wadding to this one and it keeps its structure just well enough, even when hanging, to avoid the front pleat I had to add to the first one.

I know it's Easter, but it's also 'Ho, ho, ho and on we sew' time of the month, so I'm linking up again, over at Pesky Life this month. The year is whizzing by so fast, you'll soon be wishing you'd got your Christmas crafting already started!

Hope you've had a wonderful Easter weekend too though,

Sally.







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12 comments:

  1. Yvonne from Quilting Jetgirl28 March 2016 at 20:44

    Oh, double batting is a great idea for helping the basket hold shape! And the hand in front of the face photo; I am totally guilty of still doing that on occasion. :)

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  2. Carie @ Space for the Butterflies28 March 2016 at 23:21

    Oh what a pretty hair band - and a very sweet if rather unimpressed model!!

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  3. sustainablemum29 March 2016 at 01:37

    I am in the middle of birthday crafting as I am coming up to birthday season for me. I don't start the Christmas crafting until September otherwise I find that I spend the whole year making presents! (The birthday season rolls into the Christmas one)

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  4. Anonymous29 March 2016 at 03:03

    Such a lovely hairband. Sadly my 'little' girl is now taller than me and not in a pretty hair band stage of her life.

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  5. Kim 29 March 2016 at 03:57

    Love the hair band, and your little model, even if she isn't that happy about it :)

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  6. Anonymous29 March 2016 at 15:01

    I love the headband and I think Maria did a wonderful job, modeling.

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  7. Celtic Thistle29 March 2016 at 22:47

    What a great use of those fabric scraps Sally and thanks.for linking up to Ho,Ho,Ho and on We Sew too.

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  8. Celtic Thistle29 March 2016 at 22:48

    What a great use of those fabric scraps Sally and thanks.for linking up to Ho,Ho,Ho and on We Sew too.

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  10. Pam @Threading My Way30 March 2016 at 05:08

    You are powering on with your Christmas sewing, Sally. My intentions are good, but haven't turned into reality yet. Adding the extra wadding has definitely given the extra structure. Both baskets are going to look great hanging on the wall.

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  11. Penny31 March 2016 at 03:50

    Love the 'enough already' hand photograph! What a pretty headband. I can't see any mistakes in the hanging basket at all! X

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  12. Pesky Life2 April 2016 at 11:32

    What a beautiful hairband and some great modelling!

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