Post by Legendary on Jan 23, 2016 11:34:54 GMT -5
I promised I'd make a headband tutorial after I made my baby legs one but I don't have time to make a headband and take photos at the moment, so I'll post the one I use and show you pics of my littlest model wearing ones I've made with it!
This is the knotted headband we're making.
Here's a ready made pattern if you wanna keep it simple, this one has the various sizes already laid out so you just click and print, then cut out!
This is the knotted headband we're making.
Here's a ready made pattern if you wanna keep it simple, this one has the various sizes already laid out so you just click and print, then cut out!
CLICK HERE FOR PATTERN
Or, if you'd rather, you can make your own. Cut out a tie shaped piece from a piece of paper
The math here is the most complicated part, this is half of one side of the headband. So measure your baby's head and then decide how big you want the bow ends to be, keeping in mind the knot takes about 1-2 inches off. So if your baby's head is 11 inches, and you want a 5 inch flap on each side for the bow size, you'd do 11+5+5+2=22. That should fit a 6 month old baby, with a reasonable sized bow on the front. But since the pattern is only half the bow, divide it in half and you have 11inches. (this is confusing but it'll make sense by the end of it)
If you're making the bow for a future age or you can't measure your baby's head at the moment, here is a handy chart for the head circumference of an average child at various ages. Just keep in mind you're still going to add about 5-6 inches to the pattern piece for the bow.
Trial and error though, worst case scenario, when you tie it on your baby's head it's so big that the bow is unreasonable and in which case you trim it and sew it shut.
Okay! Moving on,
Fold your fabric in half and put the skinny end of your fabric on the fold.
(if you want to be really fancy you can fold it again and cut so that you have all your pieces at once!
If you folded it twice, you should have two of these. If you only folded it once, repeat that step so you now have two of these pieces.
Okay, now you have two pieces, put them on top of each other, inside out. So the fabric you want showing, is on the inside like a sandwich.
Now sew it together! Leave about 2-3 inches near the end so you can turn it back inside out (right side in?) when the sewing is done. You can actually leave your opening wherever you want, I just recommend near the end because then it's hidden by the knot when you're finished.
And we're sewing..
Now turn it back from inside out, do this however you want, it sucks no matter what. This girl used scissors, I just pull it through with my fingers.
And wha-la
To be honest, I could have shown most of you that picture alone and you would have figured it out. It's just two pieces of fabric sewn together, not complicated. However you want to get to this step, go for it.
Now tie that bitch in a knot.
I like to do that step ON my baby's head because I don't know how the fuck you're going to guess how many inches is on the inside.
There, here's my little tupac with my first attempt.
But the pros have done better ones.
This girl put a little glue on the ends to keep the bows down. -.- fancy.
I'll do these two styles next!
And the turban style, which I made too small so I'll make it again for another tutorial
Also, baby hats are really simple so I might make a tutorial for that too, if there's interest!
Hope that wasn't too hard to follow! It is actually really simple, just cut out two long strips, sew together, tie a knot. It didn't need to be this detailed and confusing!
The math here is the most complicated part, this is half of one side of the headband. So measure your baby's head and then decide how big you want the bow ends to be, keeping in mind the knot takes about 1-2 inches off. So if your baby's head is 11 inches, and you want a 5 inch flap on each side for the bow size, you'd do 11+5+5+2=22. That should fit a 6 month old baby, with a reasonable sized bow on the front. But since the pattern is only half the bow, divide it in half and you have 11inches. (this is confusing but it'll make sense by the end of it)
If you're making the bow for a future age or you can't measure your baby's head at the moment, here is a handy chart for the head circumference of an average child at various ages. Just keep in mind you're still going to add about 5-6 inches to the pattern piece for the bow.
Trial and error though, worst case scenario, when you tie it on your baby's head it's so big that the bow is unreasonable and in which case you trim it and sew it shut.
Okay! Moving on,
Fold your fabric in half and put the skinny end of your fabric on the fold.
(if you want to be really fancy you can fold it again and cut so that you have all your pieces at once!
If you folded it twice, you should have two of these. If you only folded it once, repeat that step so you now have two of these pieces.
Okay, now you have two pieces, put them on top of each other, inside out. So the fabric you want showing, is on the inside like a sandwich.
Now sew it together! Leave about 2-3 inches near the end so you can turn it back inside out (right side in?) when the sewing is done. You can actually leave your opening wherever you want, I just recommend near the end because then it's hidden by the knot when you're finished.
And we're sewing..
Now turn it back from inside out, do this however you want, it sucks no matter what. This girl used scissors, I just pull it through with my fingers.
And wha-la
To be honest, I could have shown most of you that picture alone and you would have figured it out. It's just two pieces of fabric sewn together, not complicated. However you want to get to this step, go for it.
Now tie that bitch in a knot.
I like to do that step ON my baby's head because I don't know how the fuck you're going to guess how many inches is on the inside.
There, here's my little tupac with my first attempt.
But the pros have done better ones.
This girl put a little glue on the ends to keep the bows down. -.- fancy.
I'll do these two styles next!
And the turban style, which I made too small so I'll make it again for another tutorial
Also, baby hats are really simple so I might make a tutorial for that too, if there's interest!
Hope that wasn't too hard to follow! It is actually really simple, just cut out two long strips, sew together, tie a knot. It didn't need to be this detailed and confusing!
