Felt bowties aka Wife-beaters with felt bowties

After a number of complaints by readers (ok the number is one and the reader (sans s) was my sister) that I have not posted in a while, I made some fancy tops for my sons to wear to my dad's name day party. I saw a onesie with bowtie on it on the web, but it is too hot for onesies at the moment and my elder son does not wear them any more.

They were surprisingly easy to make!

I cut out a rectangle shape of felt in the size  I wanted and clipped the corners for a less severe look.

I pinched the rectangle in the middle and secured it with a couple of stitches 

I cut a narrow bit of felt and wrapped it around the middle of the bow and sewed it onto the bow. I could have used a glue gun for this and the previous sewing as well.

felt bowtie makes all the difference! :)

 

FELT ROSE HAIRPINS

 My sister-in-law, made these gorgeous hairpins last night as I was sewing yet another Easter egg garland... Maybe her flower girls will be wearing white felt roses in their hair.

PORCUPINE HAIRPIN

Porcupine hair clip

This hair clip was my first hair accessory comission! :) It was requested by my super-cute goddaughter... well one of my super-cute goddaughters to be exact. She wanted a porcupine hairclip after she was the porcupine bib scarf I made for my son   (http://thefeverishfeltist.blogspot.com/2012/02/fleece-bandana-bib-scarf-with-felt.html).

I used two felt circles as the base and sewed the porcupine on one of the circles first, attaching first the brown to the body then the body to the circle

I snapped a pic of her wearing it! :)

MORE HAIR ACCESSORIES

Here are some hair accessories I made recently...

The first three pics are of  hairbands consisting of three layers or circles, of slightly different sizes and a button. They could also be attached to headbands...

Cupcake hairpin

Watermelon hairpins

Simple flower hairpin

FLEECE BANDANA BIB SCARF WITH felt PORCUPINE

  

 I finally got down to making this scarf for Simon yesterday. I bought one for his dad earlier this winter and we were both so impressed that I wanted to make and decorate one myself. After having bought some fabric that was not right for this endeavor, I found a strip of light brown fleece left over long ago from a blanket.   

The original scarf (adult size) was 58 x 41.5 x 41.5 cms. I measured it to the baby's neck and scaled it down to 46x33x33cms.

First I used blanket stitching to decorate the edges of the scarf, then I attached VELCRO to the ends of the longest side, a smaller piece to the outer side and a longer piece to the inner side. (I actually used the velcro from a stained bib as I could not find new velcro at home and was very eager :))

 

Here is Simon wearing it with his jacket. It is ideal for small ones because there is no fear of choking, , it can easily fit into mommy's pocket or his hat when he takes it off, and it covers his neck where it needs the most covering!