Simple and Sweet Poppy Pin in Honor of Memorial Day
Materials:
Gemstones, Buttons, or Black Felt Circle for the Poppy’s Center
2-4 inch circle of fabric
Hot Glue
Thread
Sewing Needle
Scissors
Elastic or Ring Form (optional- if you wish to make a ring or headband)
Headband (optional)
First take a circular item and trace a circle onto a piece of red or reddish-orange fabric. You can use anything you wish, but remember that the end result will be approximately half the diameter. Cut the traced circle out of the fabric. My circle was just over 2.5" in diameter. It definately was not perfect.
Take a threaded needle and knot the end. Sinch up a few gathers and run a basting stitch through it. That is a longer loose stitch.
Once you meet the knot you have completely gone around the circle's edge once. Pull the thread to draw up the edges in to a tightly sinched pucker.
Hot glue a gemstone or button to the top of the opening. Hot glue felt to the rear and an extra strip for a clip if this will be a pin. Trim off the edges of the felt to clean it up and only show the poppy flower from the top.
Add a piece or elastic for a ring or if you have a ring form hot glue it on. For a head band, you can either glue it to a headband you purchased or to a piece of elastic long enough to encompass the head that will be wearing it. Lol. I say that because I have a XL head when it comes to the diameter. Apparently, the normal or regular sized head has a circumference of 22.5” and I am at a whopping 23.75”. With that size when hat shopping means XL. It is the same for me from top to bottom with headbands. I just have a big head literally. So make sure you have enough elastic for the size you need. You can also tie off a ribbon under the hairline with poppies glued to the top or a pretty scarf can act as a headband. Another quick and easy headband is to cut the band from a T-shirt measure the circumference and sew the ends together. With that, you can make it as wide as you would like. You can glue or sew the poppies onto the top side of the headband. That makes a beautiful and comfortable headband.
