Heart Applique Fabric Headband with HeatnBond

Hello! It's Gail from Boo and Lu Designs and The Simple Life Pattern Company. As a part of Thermoweb's Show Thanks Week, I am sharing with you this quick and easy heart applique headband tutorial.

Heart Applique Headband

Supplies Needed

• 4-way stretch knit fabric
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• Ballpoint needle
• Pins or Clips
• Ruler
• Iron
• 1 package of HeatnBond Soft Stretch Lite 17" x 2 YD Roll
• 1 package of HeatnBond Soft Stretch Lite 5/8" x 10 YD Roll
• Heart Headband Applique

Sewing Instructions

• Apply your 5/8" HeatnBond Soft Stretch Lite to the right side of one short side of your fabric. Your HeatnBond will be right along the edge.
• Peel off the paper backing.

• Turn your fabric over so that the wrong side is facing up. Fold the short edge that does not have HeatnBond on it wrong sides together 1/2" and press.

• Fold your headband in half, right sides together, so that the long raw edges align. Pin/clip in place.
• Sew or serge along the pinned edge with a 1/2" seam allowance.
• Turn right side out and press the seam in the center of the headband.

• Print out your heart applique template and cut out the corresponding size.

• Trace your heart applique onto the paper side of your HeatnBond Soft Stretch Lite roll.
• Cut a square just slightly larger than the heart.
• Using your iron, press your HeatnBond onto your knit fabric.
• Once the fabric has cooled down cut the heart shape out with scissors and peel off the paper backing.

• Fold your headband in half to find the center.
• Mark with pins/clips.

• Fold one side of your headband in towards the center and mark the fold with pins or clips.

• Place the heart so that it is centered on the 1/4 point of your headband (the area that you marked with pins/clips in the previous step)
• With the adhesive side facing the right side of the headband press to adhere your heart applique to the headband.

• Take the HeatnBond side of your headband and place it into the side that is folded under.
• Press well to adhere the pieces together.

• Topstitch along the seam if desired

• Fold your headband centerpiece in half, right sides together, so the long raw edges are aligned. Pin/clip in place.
• Sew along the pinned/clipped edge using a 3/8" seam allowance
• Turn right sides out and press flat so that the seam is in the center.

• Find the center front of your headband and cinch it together.
• Hold it in place with a pin or clip.

• With the bow center wrong sides out, wrap it around the cinched portion of the headband and pin/clip.
• Sew as close as you can to the headband without catching any of the headband in the seam. (You want your bow center tightly wrapped around the headband)
• Be sure to backstitch a few times to secure it well.

• Trim the seam allowance to approximately 1/4".
• Turn the bow center right side out so that the seam is hidden.

• Now put it on or wrap it up to donate to your favorite essential workers to show your gratitude for all that they do!

I hope that you've enjoyed this tutorial, happy sewing! xoxo, Gail **Special note as this is Gail's first post for us and we're thrilled to have her here on our team! We think you will be as well!