**How to Make a Fascinator Headband: A Step-by-Step Guide**
Welcome to this crafting tutorial by Gabby, also known as supersonic Gabby, who will guide you through creating your own fascinator headband. This elegant accessory is both stylish and customizable, perfect for adding a unique touch to any outfit.
### Materials Needed
Before diving into the project, gather the necessary materials:
- **Headband**: You can use any type of headband as your base.
- **Fabric**: Choose fabric of your preference; Gabby used pleather from an old jacket and fabric from an old lace shirt.
- **Tools**: Prepare scissors, a needle, and thread.
### Step 1: Cutting the Fabric into Petal Shapes
Begin by cutting circles from your fabric. Each circle should be about one inch in diameter. While precision isn't crucial, aim for a petal shape to enhance the final look. Gabby started with ten petals but found that seven worked well for her design.
### Step 2: Sewing the Petals Together
Take one petal and roll it so the backside faces out. This allows you to turn the petal right side out once completed. Securely sew each petal together, ensuring they are attached firmly. Gabby recommends sewing through the center of each petal and then stitching back into the first petals to create a cohesive design without gaps.
### Step 3: Forming the Flower
Arrange the petals around the center, sewing directly through the middle. Place each subsequent petal opposite the previous one for an even spread. Continue adding petals until you achieve your desired number—Gabby settled on seven, which looked balanced and elegant.
### Step 4: Attaching the Flower to the Headband
Once your flower is complete, thread the needle and insert it through the middle of the flower, bringing it back down. This allows easy attachment to your headband or other elements. Gabby sewed her flower directly onto the headband for a secure fit.
### Step 5: Adding Decorative Elements
Enhance your fascinator by adding lace or fabric for a decorative touch. Sew these elements onto the flower, ensuring they complement your design without looking out of place. Gabby created a leaf from pleather fabric, sewing it onto her black headband with intricate stitching to mimic veins.
### Step 6: Attaching the Fascinator
You have two options for attaching your fascinator:
- **Sewing On**: For a permanent attachment, sew it directly onto your headband.
- **Using a Clip**: For versatility, attach the fascinator to a hair clip, allowing easy on-and-off use.
Gabby chose the clip method for her red headband, making it convenient and repositionable.
### Conclusion
With these steps, you've created a custom fascinator headband, perfect for any occasion. Gabby encourages creativity in personalizing your design—whether adding beads, chains, or other embellishments. The process is not only fun but also addictive, as Gabby discovered with her growing collection of flowers.
Enjoy crafting and experimenting with different fabrics and designs to create unique fascinators that reflect your style!
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi thread Brer this is Gabby also known as supersonic Gabby on the thread Brer forums and today I'm going to show you how to make a fascinator headband like the one I'm wearing for this project you're going to need a headband you are going to need fabric of your choice I'm using pleather fabric that I yanked from jacket and some other kind of fabric this is an old lace shirt that I'm going to tear apart oh and of course scissors and a needle and thread the first thing you're going to want to do when you start making your headband is take your Fabric and cut a bunch of circles that are about an inch in diameter it's not really necessary that you make them A Perfect Circle but you are going to want them somewhat petal shaped um once you've got a whole bunch of circles I started with about 10 um you take your needle and thread take your needle and thread and you start sewing them together what I did to start out was I took one petal and rolled it so that the backside is out the reason you're going to want to do this is that when you're done you can turn out your petals and it'll look much better if you can turn out your petal and it has the right side out what you're want to do once you have your circle rolled out is you're going want to take it and run a couple of stitches through it um I'm not the best sewer in the world so my stitches are probably not the neatest stitches in the world but if you can sew well you'll probably have a better go at it from the center on you're going to want to take your petal and apply it so that the right side is facing the inside again this is for when you turn your um flower out at the end you're going to want to be able to turn it out so that your right side's showing as you're sewing your petals on you're going to want to make sure that you get them securely attached um I run a few stitches through as I'm attaching each pedal and then once I start attaching more petals I Stitch back into the first petals that way they're all connected and they don't look like three flowers the best way I've seen to keep the petals even on the on the flower is to sew directly through the middle and apply one petal right across from your first pedal um as you keep going it'll probably turn a little bit but but don't worry you'll probably get an even coverage around once you get your first couple pedals on it's mostly just going around and around and around and sewing about 10 to 15 I might have given another another number earlier in the video but it's about 10 to 15 petals this is actually a seven petal flower and at this point I kind of like it so I think I'm going to stick with the seven petal flower um what I choose what I'm choosing to do right now is to run this needle up through the middle of the flower and then back down this way I can attach it to the headband easier and to any other thing that I might be attaching it to the next thing I'm going to do is take my lace and cut a section out this isn't really extremely necessary but I made mine look much better by adding some lace as soon as you've got your lace or extra fabric or whatever um you take it and put the needle through that's attached to your flower and make sure that you get it so that there's some kind of compositional look to it otherwise it's just going to look like something's flopping off and looking strange but yeah that's how I attached mine and it's going to be sort of like a leaf at this point what you do with the headband is basically up to you um what I did for my black headband is I took another piece of my black pleather Fabric and I made a leaf um I did this by sewing along the middle of the leaf in a line with some weird stitching I don't even know the name and it came up with sort of a vein which I like but I've got that leaf on mine along with lace backing and a little tiny Rose like a t- rose um you can basically do whatever you want you could add chains or beads or whatever but I'm just keeping this one simple and I'm going to add just this black lace and maybe a leaf once you're satisfied with how your decorations look you can sew them on your headband you can do this with a few strong stitches or you can attach them to a clip and then you can clip them in your hair or on your headband or whatever for my black headband I sewed it on because I don't really care much about this side band but for my red one I want to be able to take it on and off so I am going to use a clip what I used for a hair clip was just a generic hair clip that you can get from a craft store but you could easily use a padded hair clip that you happen to have around I sewed my hair decoration into the padding that was on the clip and then I clipped it onto the hairband when you're done you have something like this and you can wear it sideways in your hair which is how I usually usually wear mine but I usually don't have my hair looking as bad as it does right now um anyway I hope you guys have a lot of fun with this project I had a lot of fun making it um I know that I've kind of gotten addicted to making these little flowers and they're probably going to show up about about half the stuff I'm going to make um but anyway thanks for having this contest and anyway I hope a lot of you guys get good projects out of thishi thread Brer this is Gabby also known as supersonic Gabby on the thread Brer forums and today I'm going to show you how to make a fascinator headband like the one I'm wearing for this project you're going to need a headband you are going to need fabric of your choice I'm using pleather fabric that I yanked from jacket and some other kind of fabric this is an old lace shirt that I'm going to tear apart oh and of course scissors and a needle and thread the first thing you're going to want to do when you start making your headband is take your Fabric and cut a bunch of circles that are about an inch in diameter it's not really necessary that you make them A Perfect Circle but you are going to want them somewhat petal shaped um once you've got a whole bunch of circles I started with about 10 um you take your needle and thread take your needle and thread and you start sewing them together what I did to start out was I took one petal and rolled it so that the backside is out the reason you're going to want to do this is that when you're done you can turn out your petals and it'll look much better if you can turn out your petal and it has the right side out what you're want to do once you have your circle rolled out is you're going want to take it and run a couple of stitches through it um I'm not the best sewer in the world so my stitches are probably not the neatest stitches in the world but if you can sew well you'll probably have a better go at it from the center on you're going to want to take your petal and apply it so that the right side is facing the inside again this is for when you turn your um flower out at the end you're going to want to be able to turn it out so that your right side's showing as you're sewing your petals on you're going to want to make sure that you get them securely attached um I run a few stitches through as I'm attaching each pedal and then once I start attaching more petals I Stitch back into the first petals that way they're all connected and they don't look like three flowers the best way I've seen to keep the petals even on the on the flower is to sew directly through the middle and apply one petal right across from your first pedal um as you keep going it'll probably turn a little bit but but don't worry you'll probably get an even coverage around once you get your first couple pedals on it's mostly just going around and around and around and sewing about 10 to 15 I might have given another another number earlier in the video but it's about 10 to 15 petals this is actually a seven petal flower and at this point I kind of like it so I think I'm going to stick with the seven petal flower um what I choose what I'm choosing to do right now is to run this needle up through the middle of the flower and then back down this way I can attach it to the headband easier and to any other thing that I might be attaching it to the next thing I'm going to do is take my lace and cut a section out this isn't really extremely necessary but I made mine look much better by adding some lace as soon as you've got your lace or extra fabric or whatever um you take it and put the needle through that's attached to your flower and make sure that you get it so that there's some kind of compositional look to it otherwise it's just going to look like something's flopping off and looking strange but yeah that's how I attached mine and it's going to be sort of like a leaf at this point what you do with the headband is basically up to you um what I did for my black headband is I took another piece of my black pleather Fabric and I made a leaf um I did this by sewing along the middle of the leaf in a line with some weird stitching I don't even know the name and it came up with sort of a vein which I like but I've got that leaf on mine along with lace backing and a little tiny Rose like a t- rose um you can basically do whatever you want you could add chains or beads or whatever but I'm just keeping this one simple and I'm going to add just this black lace and maybe a leaf once you're satisfied with how your decorations look you can sew them on your headband you can do this with a few strong stitches or you can attach them to a clip and then you can clip them in your hair or on your headband or whatever for my black headband I sewed it on because I don't really care much about this side band but for my red one I want to be able to take it on and off so I am going to use a clip what I used for a hair clip was just a generic hair clip that you can get from a craft store but you could easily use a padded hair clip that you happen to have around I sewed my hair decoration into the padding that was on the clip and then I clipped it onto the hairband when you're done you have something like this and you can wear it sideways in your hair which is how I usually usually wear mine but I usually don't have my hair looking as bad as it does right now um anyway I hope you guys have a lot of fun with this project I had a lot of fun making it um I know that I've kind of gotten addicted to making these little flowers and they're probably going to show up about about half the stuff I'm going to make um but anyway thanks for having this contest and anyway I hope a lot of you guys get good projects out of this\n"
