Ric Rac Flower

All you need is:

a yard of ric rac

matching thread 

hand sewing needle

buttons for center

felt scraps

clipper if you want to make this clippable. 

First off, cut out two circles the same size. They don't have to be perfectly circular, as you can see. I cut out a 2.5" square folded it in half, and then half again, and the rounded the corners.

Then thread up your needle, knot the ends together and tack down the end of your ric rac to the edge of the felt. 

Continue tacking (taking a small stitch) down each point around the edge of the felt.

When you come back to where you started, continue with the same piece of ric rac, moving inward towards the center.

Keep on going, layering and tacking the points down. When it gets smaller, you'll need to start pinching the rics and racs (ha!) so that it will fit better.

Then when you get close enough to the middle, trim off the end, leaving a little bit extra.

Then tuck that under and tack it down as well. 

Add a button if you like, or leave it plain.

Then, if this ric rac flower is destined to become a clippy, cut a small slit in one end of your other piece of felt, making sure your clip will fit the size of the felt.

Insert the bottom of the clip through the slit.

Then hot glue the pieces together! (imagine glue in this pic)

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Materials:

*This is for a 3-6 mo. size skirt.

18″ of soft 1 1/2 inch elastic.

1/4 yard of cotton fabric 

22 inch by 5 inch cotton knit fabric (from a T-shirt)

Prep all your pieces by cutting your fabric to these specifications.

Ruffle the top and bottom of the skirt.

Or liner.

Sew right sides together and turn right side out….

Sew together with a ONE inch seam allowance. Then open it up and sew the seam allowance down on each side.

Pin the other part of the liner to the top of the skirt.

Serge, or sew and then zig-zag around.

Now you’re ready to attach the elastic waistband.

Sew with a modified or regular zig zag stitch all the way around.

Stretch the elastic to match the skirt length as you sew. When you release the elastic it will gather the skirt fabric with it. If you stretch pinned section by pinned section, then your skirt will be evenly gathered.

Then flip right side out. 

And you have a cute bouncy little bubble skirt.

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Materials:

1 yard knit fabric (size 3mo.)

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