
Felt hair accessories: barrettes and elastics that stay
Sew felt barrettes and elastics that hold hair and survive washing — including the snap-clip method that keeps flowers centered.
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This is the felt-first workshop: baby shoes, flowers, barrettes, and pendants, sewn with wool-blend felt, a blanket stitch, and more patience than talent. If you own scissors and a needle, you can start here.
What you'll find:
Every tutorial is tested the unglamorous way — sewn, washed, handed to a toddler. How that works is written up in the editorial policy.

Sew felt barrettes and elastics that hold hair and survive washing — including the snap-clip method that keeps flowers centered.
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Stitch a layered felt mandala pendant with embroidery floss — the slow meditation craft that uses up every felt scrap in the drawer.
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Sew wool-blend felt baby shoes that stay on: cutting, blanket stitching, elastic straps, and fit notes from ten years of pairs.
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Layer a wool felt flower onto a ribbon ring base — the fastest felt craft on this site, and still the best-selling at every craft fair table.
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