Sewing baby blankets with minky fabric has left me with lots of minky scraps. Today, I stumbled upon a great use for these super-soft pieces in making holiday headbands.
SUPPLIES
Scrap minky fabric (I used ivory)
Sequin ribbon
A small strip of elastic
Thread and sewing machine (I used green thread)
Pick up a scrap rectangle and stitch a line of sequins straight across the center of the fabric using a zigzag stitch. Stitch back across again using the zigzag to secure your sequins.
Then grab your minky, pick up the elastic, hold it up to the head for which you are stitching, and pin the elastic so it fits snugly around the head.
Remove the fabric and elastic and turn the minky with the wrong side up. Pin both sides in with one on top of the other (your sequin should run straight down the center of the other side). Make sure your elastic end is pinned between the layers of fabric.
Stitch around the edges of the folded and pinned minky and make sure to backstitch several times over the area with elastic (it needs a little extra securing).
My apologies for the image-less tutorial, but I didn't take all the right photos. It happens more than I like to admit.
