Black Swan Theme Hair Band Accessory – Using Vintage Buttons, Beads, Felt and Embroidery

14 Mar 2011 3 Comments

by Melissa D in Accessories, Birthdays, Christmas, Embroidery, Fabric, Felt, Gifts, Inspirations, Sewing Tags: ballet, beads, bird, black swan, buttons, craft, create, decorate, Embroidery, eye, Fabric, Felt, flower, gift, girls, green, handmade, idea, lace, leftovers, make, project, seed, Sewing, swan, theme, vintage

Sooo pleased with this!

Alice Band Black Swan

A little project just for me. I just couldn’t resist making myself this cute head band. The swan itself was drawn by myself, transferred onto felt and embellished with a lace ‘half’ yo-yo’, then decorated with seed beads. Other decorations I added were some little vintage black buttons, bugle beads and faceted glass beads. For the eye I used a vintage green Mother of Pearl button with a fish eye design. I embroidered a simple trellis on the chest too.

I’m so pleased with this, I’m going to make a few more animal designs. Next I want to try an octopus, I think this will look great too in those white and dirty vintage creams and off pinks. *squeals* can’t wait!

Oh, and to top it off.. I’m going to the NEC in Birmingham to the Sewing for Pleasure Craft Event at the end of March! Will be buying loads of fabric goodies and crafting essentials.

Let me know what you think of my head band below! Happy Crafting. =]

Black Swan

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