Felt flowers are easily becoming one of the most popular and sought after crafting ideas for headbands and are especially popular for seasonal wear. You can choose between bright pink and red colors to create a traditional Valentine’s Day headband or even choose a popular style of purple and blue to create something a little more funky and modern for the holiday.
What type of felt should you choose to create felt flowers? One of the most popular types of felt that is available through the local craft store is Eco felt. Available in many types of colors that are suitable for Valentine’s Day, eco felt can be purchased in shocking pink, pale pink, white, red and even mauve and deep red colors. Combining the colors to make dual colored flowers or even combining the flowers with various types of headbands in coordinating colors can help to create a unique appearance with each headband.
How to Make Felt Flowers
One of the most popular styles of flowers that can be made are roses. Surprisingly simple, the roses can be prepared with a scrap of felt that is 4” squared. Once the felt has been cut, the person designing the flower can begin to draw a shape that includes circles that get larger and larger, similar to the shape of a snail. Once these have been finished, the crafter should cut along the lines of the shape to create a ring of circles that are still attached to one another.
Once the cutting has been completed, the flower is going to be created by rolling the felt from the outside edge in, resulting in a flower.
To secure the flower there are many options that are available. Small stitches can be placed throughout the style and the design of the flower, or glue can be used to affix the flower to it, wrapping the last section of the flower around the bottom to easily secure the style. When choosing glue, it is important to choose glue that is going to hold up against washing and regular wearing of the headband.
Attaching the Felt Flowers to Headbands
Using fabric glue or hot glue to attach the flower to a headband can be an effective way to create a style of flower that is going to last. Hot glue is a durable choice that will easily affix to the flower and can be used not only to attach the flower to the headband, but also to use small beads to secure the many layers of the felt flowers together, to ensure that it is going to remain in its original form after being attached to the headband.
Attaching two, or even three different flowers in varying shades of colors to the headband that has been chosen in various sizes, can help to create the effect of modern styles while wearing the headbands and can help to you to create a style that is sure to shine. Since there are many headband styles that can be chosen from, including thin headband styles and thick styles that are crocheted, you can easily find that you can suit the number of flowers that are desired to be attached to the right style of headband.
Finding inspiration for roses and many other types of flowers that can be layered atop one another to create a three dimensional design can help to create a style that is bound to shine and bound to allow you to create a unique look for the event that the headband is being created for.
