St. Patrick’s Day Skirt & Shamrock Headband
Posted: March 16, 2012 | Author: Tiffany | Filed under: Sewing | Tags: buttons, felt, headband, ric rac, skirt, St. Patrick's Day |2 CommentsI’ve never really gotten into St. Patrick’s Day—for no particular reason, I just haven’t—but since it’s the little one’s first, a green getup of some sort was definitely a must. After all, we don’t want any pinching going on in this house!
I was originally going to make a pillowcase dress using my McCall’s 6058 pattern, but after I cut everything out and started putting the dress together, I just didn’t like it. I decided to cut off the top portion of the dress and turn it into a simple skirt instead. To add a fun detail, I trimmed the skirt with some white ric rac I had on hand.
For the headband, I used an idea I saw on Pinterest for making felt shamrocks. I spruced up the shamrock a bit by whip stitching around the edges of the leaves using a contrasting embroidery floss and then adding a button in the middle. I have been reusing the same white elastic headband for multiple outfits. Instead of sewing on flowers or bows, or in this case shamrocks, I just use a tiny safety pin and attach whichever accessory I need for a particular outfit. A time saver for sure!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Tiffany I love your blog! I think it is awesome how you reuse the headband-so creative and practical!
AND the lil’ one is soooo cute! LOVE!
Thanks!