Fabric Flower Hair Pins

Want a chick hairpiece for summer time?  Need a unique, easy, homemade hair accessory for the start of school?  I've got a simple project for you if you're up to the challenge of battling hot glue.  Let's get started!

This is what you need:

1.  Fabric of choice (The bargain bin at Hobby Lobby can have some great buys for pennies on the dollar!) (I find that lace ends up turning out beautiful and goes pretty much everything)

2.  Glue gun with glue sticks

3.  Sticky back felt (you can find a pack of assorted colors in the craft section at Walmart for only $2)

4.  Bobby pins

5.  Jewels, pearls, etc. for embellishment

6.  Scissors

7.  Tough fingers!! (this glue is ruthless if you make many at once!)

This is how you do it:

1.  Cut your fabric into a strip about an inch wide and about 3 feet long depending on the size of your desired flower.

2.  Twist the strip so it makes a rope like string.

3.  Roll the fabric into a small wheel and glue on one side only, making sure all seams are glued together.

4.  Once the glue has cooled a little, press your thumb into the glue to make sure the fabric is stuck together.

5.  Continue twisting the fabric and rolling the wheel while glueing at the seams and pressing until the flower is your desired size.  Cut the fabric and glue the frayed end over to the back of the flower to secure.

6.  Cut out a circle of the sticky back felt about the size of the flower.

7.  Peel off the sticky back cover, open the bobby pin and slip the sticky felt in with the sticky side facing out.

8.  Press the Rossette to the sticky felt to secure the bobby pin to the flower (add a little hot glue to each end to make sure it's totally secured)

9.  If desired glue a pearl, jewel, etc. to the top of the rossette for added flair!

There you have it!  It might sound a little confusing but you can do it!  Just feel the pattern of the flower and how the rolls into a wheel make a round flower.  Leave any questions in the comments section if you need more assistance!  I LOVE these hairpieces!  They go with anything and hold your hair back easily for a hot summer day.