Jan 25 2010
How To Make A Felted Wool Heart Headband
This felted sweater project is fast and so easy to make. A perfect gift for a little girl on Valentine’s day. The simple-ness of this felted wool headband is what makes it so beautiful!
If you have never felted a wool sweater before it is super easy! You may have some wool sweaters that you no longer need or they can easily be found in thrift shops. Just make sure that they are 100% wool.
Wash them in HOT water with a cold rinse and dry in the dryer. You can repeat this process as needed, until you no longer can see any stitches in the sweater.
Supplies you will need to make a felted wool heart headband:
Felted wool sweater or sweaters
metal-less hair band
scissors
embroidery floss
embroidery needle
sewing machine ( if you don’t have one, you can sew by hand)
sewing needle and thread to match wool heart
Step 1
Cut a strip of felted wool from your sweater, the width and length are entirely up to you. The metal-less hair band will give you about 3 inches of stretch. Unless you have felted a huge sweater, you might only be able to make this for a child unless you sew some strips together for a larger size. Next you need to cut out a heart from your wool, again size is up to you.
Step 2
Choose your color of embroidery thread. Using 3 strands, slip stitch around your heart and down each side of your wool strip. Remember, being perfect or precise is not the point with this headband! (Tip: after you separate your embroidery thread, run it under a hot iron to straighten it out. This helps to minimize tangling while stitching)
Step 3
Using thread and needle to match, sew your heart on the headband in the desired location.
Step 4
Fold one end of your headband strip over the metal-less hair band and sew in place. Do the same for the other end, making sure that your headband is not twisted.
There you have it! Super quick project!…
I love comments so let me know what you think of this tutorial! If you make this headband I’d love to see your photos, so come back and leave your link!
this is such a cute idea!
Thanks for sharing this adorable project on Craft Schooling Sunday, hope to see you again next week!
Very pretty, and very simple. My favorite kind of craft! Thanks for sharing. I’ve posted a link.
Nice tutorial. I’m just learning how to felt. It’s a little addictive-lol.
Enjoy yoru day.
Oh, so cute and simple!!
Have you heard of One Pretty Thing? It’s a website
that puts links up to different crafting and sewing
projects in one place.
Rachel would probably love to post this project
on One Pretty Thing.
God Bless You and Yours!!!
Thank you so much for visiting Flassie! Thank you for the heads up… I will check it out
Thanks for visiting Lisa! You are right, it is addictive!
I love felted wool! What a cute headband. That would look great with a sweater dress! Stop by and link this up at Make it, Wear it, my new Thursday linkup party.
Thanks Andrea!