Pink Saturday: Rosette Hair Tie & Clip Tutorial

Hello, readers! Happy Pink Saturday! This event is hosted every week by Beverly at How Sweet the Sound.  A whole day devoted to pink crafts, antiques, photos, and more.  Perfect!

A few weeks ago I was featured on the blog Recycled Crafts.  Since that tutorial was such a hit, I've decided to do another one.  And this one will be ridiculously detailed, too! Cuz that's how I roll.
                                 

I started out with this scrap of knit material.  It was less than six inches long and about two inches wide. 

I folded it over, but didn't press it with an iron, so that it made a tube.

I had some leftover white felt from a Christmas stocking kit.

I took a small piece and cut it into a circle(ish) about 2cm in diameter.

I threaded a needle with white embroidery floss (two strands only) and started with the uneven end.

The first thing I had to do was attach the knit to the felt backing.

Keeping the raw edges of the knit scrap together, I sewed it onto the felt in concentric circles.

Here's another view of the sewing process:

And the finished rosette looked like this. I made two.

With the first one, decided to make an elastic hair tie.  I cut another small piece of felt, and sewed one side of it to the base of the rosette. I put the "ugly" part of the elastic band inside, and sewed the felt down over it.

I tested it in my hair and found that the elastic liked to slide around, so I sewed through it and anchored it to the felt.

Here is the finished product in action.

And a close-up:

Yep, folks, that's me.

With the second rosette, I decided to make a clip.  I had lots of clips handy, and all of them were in colors that look horrible in my hair.

So I spray-painted them white, lol.  I wasn't sure it would work, but it did.  I also sprayed them with acrylic sealer, just to be sure.

I used the same technique with the felt to secure the second rosette to the clip.

The underside was left silver-colored. It's better that way. Here's the front.

And here's a shot of the new hair clip in action.

I like it.  It's a very pale pink that sort of matches my complexion. 

If you decide to try this at home, leave a comment with a link to your pic! I'd love to see what you cook up!