Fall Flower and I tweet

Over on Trey and Lucy, Tanya made a super cute BIG flower.  I decided to do one for myself, except on a smaller scale.  For actually wearing it in my hair (not as an embellishment for a hat or jacket) I thought the size she did would have been too big for me.

So for mine, I used a batik scrap that I still had from this headband.  It was about 24 inches long and 3 inches wide, and I just followed her directions from there.  She has a great video too and shows some other things you can use the flowers for.  I'm TOTALLY doing a pillow!

And did you notice, I got my hair done chopped OFF.  It feels so nice, it looks great straightened or curly (the way God made it) and even looks good if I shower at night, sleep on it and run the curling iron through it for a few loose curls (as pictured).  It was much needed.  (Now if I can just keep it up.)

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A Hat for Momma

I saw this tutorial on At Second Street, and knew I wanted to make one.  It reminded me so much of the hat my mom got me at TJ Maxx last year.  

I love that hat! 

I had some black/white fabric left over from this scarf (which btw, I redid with elastic thread finally, I just had to use my old Singer instead of my Brother) and I thought, it would make a super cute hat.  It was meant to be.

I feel really accomplished after completing this project.  Making a hat seemed so intimidating, but really it went together very easily.  I adjusted the construction of it a bit since I wasn't using knit.  I will for sure be making more.  My mom gave me a wool sweater this weekend to refashion, I think part of it will become a new hat. 

You need one of these hats, they are way cuter than a baseball cap, but serve the same purpose: hiding dirty hair and yesterday's makeup you're still wearing.  When does a mom of a newborn have time to shower? :)

More hat projects I hope to complete:

a boy version for Monster

upcycled hat

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Frayed Fabric Pin

We went to the home opener football game of our Cardinals. Since I didn't have any Cardinals gear, I threw together a frayed fabric pin with the school colors.

I really liked how it turned out. I made each flower individually and then glued together and backed with red felt. Attach a pin and you're good to go. Or if you prefer attach to a lined clip and you've got a cool hair piece. I actually wanted to make this a hair piece, but I asked my hub and he said it would be huge on my head. So took his advice and opted for a pin.

I'm not brave at all.

Happy Fall

I know it's not officially fall yet, but soon and very soon it will be.  And it's a great time of year to wear my favorite color, ORANGE.  So in honor of fall being right around the corner I made an orange satin flower.  It helps that I can also wear this on game day and cheer on The Pokes :)

You know what else is creeping up on me??  The birth of baby #3, I'm 35 weeks people.  35 WEEKS!!  

Muslin Frayed Flower

Please excuse my make-up-less, summer freckled face.  But do feast your eyes on my new flower headband. I used two different muslins, cut different sizes, then wadded them up to get them all wrinkly (I wish I would have sprayed them with some starch-next time). Sewed it on a dollar store headband (four pack for $1-can't beat it).  I made a matching button and glued it to the center.  Result, pretty ivory flower headband for less than a $1.