Daisy Headband Tutorial

SUPPLIES:

Cardboard
Pins
Yarn Needle
Sewing needle & thread
Sewing Machine
Scissors
Pencil
X-acto Knife
Cutting board
Craft Glue
Ruler
Ribbon
Yarn
Elastic

STEP ONE: Using your x-acto knife cut 2 cardboard circles, 2" in diameter. I used the lid of a spice jar as my template.

STEP TWO: Draw lines across one of the cardboard circles to create 12 sections (like a pie).

STEP THREE: Following the photo below, write corresponding numbers near the end of each line.

STEP FOUR: Glue the two cardboard circles together and insert 12 pins around the edge of the cardboard circle (following the lines you just drew).

STEP FIVE: Hold the end of the yarn down with your left thumb. Then, working in a clockwise direction, pass yarn with the right hand from left to right around pin 1. Pass yarn across the center and from right to left around pin 2 (opposite), going back across center. From left to right around pin 3, and right to left around pin 4. Continue until all pins have been wrapped (once if using thick yarn, several times if using thin yarn) and cut, leaving a tail about 12" long.

STEP SIX: Take your yarn needle and thread the tail of the yarn. Work 13 back stitches, passing the needle under 2 petals and back over 1. Make sure to do all 13 back stitches or the center will not be complete. Work in the starting end with weaving stitches to bind it firmly, and tie both yarns together at the top side of the daisy (this will be the back when daisy is finished).

STEP SEVEN: Pull the pins out of the cardboard to release the daisy.

STEP EIGHT: Cut a piece of ribbon about 20" long and a piece of elastic about 4.5" long. Turn the end of the ribbon and pin one end of the elastic to it.

STEP NINE: Using a sewing machine, attach elastic to the end of the ribbon (you could also hand-stitch this).

STEP TEN: Repeat steps 8 and 9 to attach the other ends of the ribbon and elastic.

STEP ELEVEN: Using a needle and thread, hand stitch the daisy to the ribbon. I attached mine about 6" in.

TA DA! The cutest springtime headband ever!