Last-Minute Christmas DIY Idea

2 Days til Hannukah!
2 Days til Solstice!
6 Days until Christmas!!!

If anyone needs a last minute gift idea, a wonderous DIY hath been born out of the order I'm currently finishing before this week is over. A gal I work with gave me her late Grandpa's sweater to make a bear out of for her niece as a Christmas gift. It was a great-sized sweater and had more than enough material for the bear itself so I decided to make her mittens and a headband out of the scrap bits and pieces. Today I will share how to make the headband because it is my favorite and I think it's realllllly cute.

You will need:

Old Sweater / Ribbed Band off of a sweater

Scissors

Needle

Thread

How to Craft it:

Measure and mark the band to match the circumference around your head. Cut the band to this measurement and stitch the ends together with a blanket stitch.

Use the excess band length to make the bow. Make another circular band, then overlap the ends as in the 2nd picture, and make a running stitch through all layers down the center of the bow.

Next cut a thinner band of trim off the sweater, like from around the neck. Wrap and stitch this around the center of your bow securely, and then attach this "bow" to your headband. I used a couple anchoring stitches on either loop to make sure the bow didn't flop too much.

This should take 30 min - 1 hour!

Are you making any holiday DIY's for decorations or presents?

I want to seeeeee!!!