Yesterday was day one of completing an unfinished project to distract myself from the fact that it’s the height of summer, and I am nearing 40 weeks and still very pregnant. I don’t need to do it every day, but as I’ve become more and more sedentary the last week or so, my brain has gotten louder and louder, and the discomfort harder to ignore. Which means on less busy days, a distraction project is needed. Bonus: I actually finish some things!
Yesterday’s project was some hair bows I started months ago. I used the pattern and tutorial from Simple Life Pattern Company for the large bow and had gotten up to the point of having three bows cut out, two embroidered, and one mostly embroidered before coming to a standstill. So the first thing that had to happen to finish this project was to finish that embroidery.
I absolutely do not recommend doing it this way. If I ever make another one, I’ll trace the pattern, embroider the design, and THEN cut it out. Hooping these was a nightmare.
Once that was done, it was time to iron! The tutorial doesn’t mention this specifically, but months in storage had done a number on my pattern pieces.
Yes, of course my ironing board has a smiley face on it; doesn’t yours?
Side note, but ironing is always my least favorite part of sewing. Not sure why I hate it so much, unless it’s maybe the actual work of getting out the board and waiting for the iron to heat up. However, I’ve never set up the board by my kitchen window before, and ironing with the light coming in and the nice view changed everything. This will probably be my go-to ironing spot from now on.
I mostly followed the tutorial after this, so go check that out if you want to make some. The only place I differed during the sewing is that after stitching the big bow piece and before flipping it right side out, I ironed the seam open. It just made it easier for me to get it to lay flat once it was time for the next step.
I did deviate a lot at the end, after the stitching was finished, however. The tutorial calls for hot gluing the hair clip and fabric strip to the bow at the end. I think it would probably work since they wrap the clip in the actual fabric before gluing, but I lost a bow once because the glue came undone and don’t want to have a repeat of that.
So instead, I hand stitched the small fabric piece down, and then added the clips the same way.
Overkill? Probably. But I feel better knowing it’s not likely to need re-doing. Took me long enough to finish them the first time!
And here’s how they came out! I really liked this pattern and tutorial; it was super easy to follow and simple to execute. Should definitely not have taken me six months or more to finish, lol. If sewing intimidates you, or you just want a pretty and fun way to use up fabric remnants, you should definitely try it!
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