Barrette tutorial

What you will need

material- 2 colors, one for the  button and one for the body

100% cotton batting- I use warm and natural or white and natural

buttons- either you can use regular ones or ones that you cover yourself… both turn out really cute

needle and thread

barrette.

First,

start out by cutting your material 1in. by 2.5 in. You will need two pieces of batting and one piece of material for the body.

Next,

you should have your 3 pieces of material- 2 pieces of batting and one piece of material. Take your barrette and line it up on the body of the underside of one piece of batting. Make a small (really small) clip with your scissors so that when the barrette is opened the small skinny piece fits into the slit. At this point I actually clip the barrette shut to the bottom piece of batting  and lay the 2nd piece of batting on top of the barrette  (so the barrette is “hiding”now) then the material on top of the second piece of batting. Basically the barrette is sandwiched in between the 2 pieces of batting.

Then,

I thread my needle and start sewing around the edges. I sew pretty loosely so it looks kind of vintage-ish.

You can do it however you’d like!

Voila!- your hair clip is done!

NOW… accessorize! I make my fabric covered button and hot glue it onto the barrette!

*** note: if you are going to use a regular button, you need to sew it onto the material first.***

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