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Cheap, fun and easy barrette to make
This was an entry for the "Pencil and Crayon Hoopla" over at Craftster and I chose to make hair accessories.
Although I used a sewing machine to put mine together, it could easily be adapted to just use the hot glue gun instead if you didn't have a sewing machine.
It is also very inexpensive to make - it cost me under .25 cents.
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Mai added Crayon Barrette to jewelry and hair stuff
20 Jan 05:26
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Step 1The amount of fabric will depend on the size of the crayon and the width you want the bow.
Mine was a jumbo crayon (6 inches long) so I used a piece of fabric that was 10 inches long and 6 inches wide.
Use the ruler, measure, then cut.
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Step 2I cut a 2 inch strip off at the end of the 10 inches to sue to make the center of the bow (set it aside for now)
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Step 3Fold the larger piece of half, right sides together, pin then sew on the right side and the long edge using 1/2 inch seam, leaving the left side open.
Turn the strip of fabric right side out and press.
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Step 4On the end that is open, fold in 1/2 inch along the inside edge, press, pin then sew to close.
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Step 5Now for the skinny strip, going to do the same thing, except you won't need to sew the end closed as you will end up trimming it off.
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Step 6Apply glue to the underside of the crayon.
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Step 7Glue the crayon in the middle then fold up the top and the bottom towards the crayon.
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Step 8Glue the stitched end to the center back of the blow with hot glue, then wrap around, trim off the excess and glue the end to the back.
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Step 9Apply hot glue to the top of the barrette and then firmly place it on the back center of the barrette.
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Step 10To pretty up the edges, I turned the edges under 1/2 inch towards the back of the barrette and glued down so you don't see any ugly stitching on the top side.
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