They looked
awfully cute though and I can’t wait to make more, in a variety of colors
someday. This was kind of the look I was going for, loops plus some spikey
things to the side.
A reminder
of how I did my ribbon loops: I cut the ribbons to the length I wanted to fold
in half to make them, and also ones to poke out on the sides with a V cut into
them. I brushed some of the Stiffy liquid on the backsides, folded them into a
loop and used a straight pin at the bottom to hold them together. I think it took
about an hour to dry. From my previous test, I liked the hold of the Stiffy
ones best.
I thought at
first I would be pinning each loop into my hair and trying to get them to stay
at the angles I wanted them but that didn’t work. So then I came up with the
idea of sewing them all together, and that worked perfect. I first test pinned
them into my hair to check the angles, then basted one loop to one cut single ribbon.
Next, I thought at first I would be pinning each loop into my hair and trying to get them to stay at the angles I wanted them but that didn’t work. So then I came up with the idea of sewing them all together, and that worked perfect. I first test pinned them into my hair to check the angles, then basted one loop to one cut single ribbon. I pinned the two sets of ribbon together at the angle I wanted, and basted those
together. I didn’t like that raw finish on back, and made a looped bow to cover
them. *Disclaimer, I’m horrible at making bows.*
With those
done, it was easy to just use bobby pins to place it on my topknot. They’re in
there quite sturdy too.
There’s so
many fun things you can do with this style by adding flowers, leaves, combs,
sticks of beads, wheat sheaves, you name it. The sillier the better.
I have a
dress in my MAKE THESE file that I hope to incorporate this hair comb with.
If you want
to see some more of these hairstyles, watch the movie, Wives & Daughters,
based on Elizabeth Gaskill’s book.
~~~Val~~~
Nice!! Informative and APPRECIATED!!
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