Show your fashion side with your stylish hair. Create your own hair accessories using buttons. You can make your own headband and barrette.
Materials:
Headband:
- 1/4" wide elastic headbands, 3 bands
- Favoite Findings Ocean #434, 1 bag
- Confetti button #3203, 1 card
- Glass e-beads, turquoise
- Needle and thread to match
- Scissors
Button Barrette:
- 4" metal barrette
- Glass e-beads, turquoise
- Favoite Findings Citrus #426, 1 bag
- Confetti button #3220, 1 card
- Ribbon scrap
- 22 gauge wire
- Scissors
- Wire cutter
- Needle nose pliers
- Ruler
- Glue
Steps for Headband:
- Center Confetti button on one headband and stitch in place with needle and thread with an e-bead in center of button. Stitch in place, and carefully knot on back.
- Stitch 4 stacks of 2 or 3 smaller buttons - also with beads at the center of either side of the large button as above. Alternate button colors and stacks. Repeat with 4 stacks on the other side of the large button.
- On a second headband, stitch 5 stacks of smaller buttons as before. Repeat with 5 stacks on a third headband.
Steps for Barrette:
- Glue a small piece of coordinating ribbon to top of barrette.
- Cut 9 pieces of wire 6" long. Thread the wire up through one hole of a Confetti button, two smaller stacked buttons, then through a bead. Thread the wire down through the buttons to the back. Even out both ends of the wire and twist at the back of the button to secure.
- Repeat step 2 on each 8 sets of smaller stacked buttons alternating colors.
- Wrap the wire ends of large button stack around the barrette in the center, and twist the wire ends together under the button. Cut the twisted wires to about a half inch, and curl the ends up under the button with the pliers.
- Repeat step 4 with the small button stacks, arranging 4 stacks on either side of the center button to cover the barrette.
